Palm/Protest Sunday

Holy Week, which starts with Palm Sunday, is the pinnacle of the church year. It’s where everything comes together; it’s where everything is torn apart; it’s where we discover that new life is really new. And we begin Holy Week by remembering a protest march. Jesus conducts some “street theatre,” to point to injustice, toContinue reading “Palm/Protest Sunday”

Reflections on the Cross

Attached below you will find the prayers and sermon which were used in the Lunenburg Parish for Sunday, March 3, 2024. We are approaching Good Friday and Easter, the most important days of the year for the Christian church in general, and for Christians in particular. The issue is that, too often, we have settledContinue reading “Reflections on the Cross”

Worship for Feb. 11, 2024

Hello everyone. Here are the readings and reflections from this last Sunday. (Note – Last week’s service was cancelled due to bad weather in Nova Scotia, so there was no worship material sent out.) February is Black History Month, and as a church which wants to be part of reconciliation and healing between peoples, thisContinue reading “Worship for Feb. 11, 2024”

Worship for January 28, 2024

Peace to all of you in this cold end of January (at least in Nova Scotia!). Below are the prayers and reflections we made use of for our services this last Sunday in the Lunenburg Parish These are offered to you as an invitation to join your prayers with ours as we trust the promiseContinue reading “Worship for January 28, 2024”

Worship for Oct. 22, 2023

Ambiguity makes us nervous. Make us anxious. Makes us want to walk away. But what if there is another alternative? What if we embrace it? Sit with it? Even welcome it as a chance to go deeper? I believe this is the invitation implicit in the story of Jesus for today. I wish you blessedContinue reading “Worship for Oct. 22, 2023”