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Sermon: Reign of Christ Sunday, November 20, 2022 – Luke 1: 68-79

November 22, 2022November 20, 2022 by Greg Wooley
Cross River landscape near Radium BC

Some of you will have grown up in Churches where the Liturgical Calendar of the year is an important thing, and for others it will be a more recent and/or … Read more

Categories Sunday Sermons Tags big picture, Christ, Elizabeth, History, hope, John the Baptist, Liturgical Calendar, Reign, unfolding, Zechariah

Sermon: Sunday, October 23, 2022 – Joel 2: 23-32

October 23, 2022 by Greg Wooley

What do you do, after a wide-sweeping catastrophe has made life difficult for just about everyone in your nation?  How do you encourage the young and old alike to not … Read more

Categories Sunday Sermons Tags catastrophe, creativity, dream, encouragement, God, healing, hope, hurt, imagination, Jesus, Joel, life, love, prophet

Sermon: September 11, 2022 – Jeremiah 32: 1-3, 6-15

September 11, 2022 by Greg Wooley

The summer I was 21, I learned the value of praise that has been received from an unexpected source. In my first summer of student Ministry at Shaunavon SK, my … Read more

Categories Sunday Sermons Tags authenticity, exile, God, hope, Jeremiah

Sermon: June 12, 2022 – 1 Kings 17: 8-16

June 12, 2022June 12, 2022 by Greg Wooley

Today’s reading from 1st Kings, the encounter of the prophet Elijah and the Widow at Zarephath, is a story that invites us to see the big picture, and to come … Read more

Categories Sunday Sermons Tags despair, Elijah, God, hope, hospitality, hunger, Jesus, life, provision, widow, Zarephath

Easter Sunday, April 17, 2022 – John 20: 1-18 and Isaiah 65: 17-25

April 17, 2022April 17, 2022 by Greg Wooley

This is the day of resurrection. The gloom of Good Friday is replaced by a glorious new day, the body laid in the tomb after the crucifixion is replaced, miraculously, … Read more

Categories Sunday Sermons Tags Christ, easter, hope, Isaiah 65, Jesus, John 20, justice, power

Sunday, Feb 6 – Worship with the Moderator

February 4, 2022 by Greg Wooley

On Sunday, February 6th, 2022 at 11:00 AM Mountain Time, Ralph Connor and Rundle are invited to join in the closing Worship Service of the “A Cup of Hope” event … Read more

Categories General Posts Tags church, hope, moderator, Sunday, worship

Sermon: November 28, 2021 – Advent I – Luke 1: 68-80

November 28, 2021 by Greg Wooley

Note: Sunday, November 28, 2021, the congregations of Ralph Connor Memorial UC, Canmore and Rundle Memorial UC, Banff joined to worship, in Banff.  For the Ralph Connor congregation, this was … Read more

Categories General Posts Tags advent, Elizabeth, Faith, hope, justice, prayer, silence, Zechariah

Sermon: November 29, 2020 – Advent I – Luke 3: 1-6

November 28, 2020 by Greg Wooley

Hope.  What an important word for us right now. We need hope. With widespread fatigue and discouragement as public health needs necessitate greater restrictions, and the kinds of emotional and … Read more

Categories Sunday Sermons Tags advent, future, hope, Isaiah, Jesus, John the Baptist, past, present

Sermon: May 10, 2020 – Colossians 1: 3-14

June 9, 2020May 10, 2020 by Greg Wooley

We are now in our eighth week of providing Worship through virtual means rather than in-person. While I wouldn’t say there’s a good time for a pandemic to be declared, … Read more

Categories Sunday Sermons Tags Christ, gratitude, hope, justice, pandemic

Sermon: April 19, 2020 – John 20: 19-31

June 9, 2020April 18, 2020 by Greg Wooley

One assumption that I bring to sacred texts, is that these ancient words can always speak into our present situation. Take, for example, today’s reading from John, with the disciples … Read more

Categories Sunday Sermons Tags Christ, closed doors, hope, invitation, love, presence
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CANMORE CAMPUS:
Trish Campney – Office Admin, Canmore

Church Phone: 403.675.0064
Church Fax: 403.675.0071

Mailing Address:
PO Box 8901 Stn Main,
Canmore AB T1W 0J3

Street Address:
Ralph Connor Memorial UC,
617 Main (8th) Street,
Canmore, Alberta

BANFF CAMPUS:
Nancy Murray – Office Admin, Banff

Church phone: 403.762.2075
Mailing Address:
Rundle Memorial United Church,
PO Box 1086
Banff, AB T1L 1B1

Street Address:
104 Banff Avenue
Banff, Alberta
(corner of Banff Ave and Buffalo St)

 

 

 

 

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