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lent

Sermon: Sunday, March 5, 2023, Lent 2 — John 3: 1-17

March 10, 2023March 5, 2023 by Greg Wooley
photo of an open door, from Devotional Box

Today’s message begins with an extended time of personal confession and joyous resolution. It was fourteen years ago, late January or early February, and I had a big question to … Read more

Categories Sunday Sermons Tags Evangelical, God, grace, Jesus, lent, love, Nicodemus, rebirth

Message: February 26, 2023 – First Sunday in Lent – Matthew 4: 1-11

March 10, 2023February 26, 2023 by Greg Wooley
desolate lands

Throughout Lent we are being introduced to the five streams of Christian response (as identified by the Rev. Dr. Janet Gear) that are commonly found in the United Church of … Read more

Categories Sunday Sermons Tags contemplative, Jesus, Judea, Lectio Divina, lent, retreat, temptation, wilderness

Sermon: Sunday, March 13, 2022 – Lent II – Luke 9: 28-43a

March 13, 2022 by Greg Wooley

A reading from the gospel of Luke, chapter 9 (NRSV): 9:28 Now about eight days after these sayings Jesus took with him Peter and John and James, and went up … Read more

Categories Sunday Sermons Tags Disciples, Elijah, Jesus, journey, lent, life, Moses, mountain, transfiguration, valley

Evensong: March 9 , 2022 at 7:15 PM

March 9, 2022 by Greg Wooley

Lent I:   The Impeded Stream is the One that Sings March 9, 2022, 7:15 p.m.  Lent is a time to remember the light and the sorrow. Lent is a time … Read more

Categories Evensong Tags evensong, in person, lent, Zoom

Sermon: 28 Feb 2021, Lent II – Mark 8: 31-38

February 28, 2021 by Greg Wooley

At the end of a particularly testy exchange with his disciple Peter, in which they argued about the path to crucifixion and what it meant to proclaim Jesus as the … Read more

Categories Sunday Sermons Tags carry, cross, dignity, grace, Jesus, lent, sacrifice, selfless

Sermon: Lent I, February 21 2021 – Mark 1: 9-15

April 11, 2021February 21, 2021 by Greg Wooley
desolate lands

Jesus, age thirty-ish, had a new future opened to him.  Baptized by his cousin John, a heavenly voice named and claimed Jesus, and he knew that his life was going … Read more

Categories Sunday Sermons Tags Contemplation, goals, God, Jesus, leadership, lent, reflection, silence, stillness, wilderness

March 22, 2020 – Worship online with us!

December 2, 2020March 22, 2020 by Greg Wooley

March 22, 2020 Worship for Ralph Connor Memorial United Church is available online!  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kt3edcbl3kY Recorded at several locations in Canmore so that we can keep social distance from one another, then … Read more

Categories General Posts Tags canmore, John 9, lent, online, worship, YouTube

Seven Sacred Teachings and Lent – Tue Mar 10 7 pm

June 6, 2020March 9, 2020 by Greg Wooley

Tony Snow, Indigenous Lead for Chinook Winds Region,  on March 10th at RCMUC led a deep and meaningful time of discussion, inviting us to see how the Seven Sacred Teachings … Read more

Categories General Posts Tags courage, Honesty, humility, indigenous, lent, love, respect, Seven Sacred, Tony Snow, Truth, Wisdom

Sermon: Lent I, March 1 2020 – Matthew 4: 1-11

March 8, 2020March 1, 2020 by Greg Wooley
desolate lands

The 3rd chapter of Matthew, immediately prior to today’s reading, ends with these words: “when Jesus had been baptized, just as he came up from the water, suddenly the heavens … Read more

Categories Sunday Sermons Tags going deep, Jesus, lent, love, sel-examination, Spiritual, temptation, wilderness

Lenten Devotionals Available

June 6, 2020February 25, 2020 by Greg Wooley

Lent 2020 begins on Ash Wednesday, February 26th.    United Church Publishing House (UCPH) produces a devotional book each year, providing reflections for each of the 46 days of Lent … Read more

Categories General Posts Tags devotion, lent, Smith, spiritual discipline

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