September 22, 2019 | Ezekiel 47: 1-12 | Rev. Carla Wilks
September 22, 2019 Ezekiel 47:1-12 Story of Creation – Rivers Sunday Rev. Carla Wilks at Mt Seymour United Church This morning’s reading in Ezekiel 47 is an important part of this narrative. To […]
September 15, 2019 | Job 39: 26-30 | Rev. Nancy Talbot
September 15 2019 Job 39: 1-12, 26-30 What Do We Know? Rev. Nancy Talbot at Mount Seymour United Church […]
August 25, 2019 | Luke 13: 1-17 | Rev. Carla Wilks
August 25, 2019 Luke 13:10-17 Rev. Carla Wilks at Mount Seymour United Church Last summer for fun and for part of my study leave, I took a week-long continuing education course on an aspect of preaching. It was taught by Archbishop Melissa Skelton, the Anglican bishop of the diocese of New Westminster, which covers most […]
August 18, 2019 | Luke 12: 49-56 | Rev. Carla Wilks
Luke 12:49-56 Rev. Carla Wilks at Mount Seymour United Church August 18, 2019 As some of you know, I have a bit of a love for elephants, so when I was thinking about the readings for this week and looking at some research for the sermon, I came upon this very old story from India […]
August 11, 2019 | Luke 12: 32-40 | Rev. Carla Wilks
Luke 12: 32-40 Rev. Carla Wilks at Mount Seymour United Church August 11, 2019 I remember hearing a story back when I was at the Vancouver School of Theology – the details are a little fuzzy because it was over 20 years ago, but the story was about a church that realized its money was […]
July 21, 2019 | Luke 10: 38-42 | Rev. Nancy Talbot
July 21, 2019 Luke 10: 38-42 Rev. Nancy Talbot at Mount Seymour United Church After listening to this morning’s scripture reading about Martha who is worried and distracted by many things in contrast to her sister Mary who sits listening attentively at Jesus’ feet, I just want to say thank God for the Marthas of […]
July 14, 2019 | Luke 10: 25-37 | Rev. Nancy Talbot
July 14, 2019 Luke 10: 25-37 “Who is my Neighbour” Rev. Nancy Talbot at Mount Seymour United Church Earlier this week our Anglican brothers and sisters voted at their General Synod meeting in favour of maintaining their traditional definition of marriage as being between a man and a woman instead of amending the marriage canon […]
July 7, 2019 | Luke 10: 1-11 | Rev. Carla Wilks
July 7, 2019 Luke 10: 1-11 Rev. Carla Wilks Last week I was on vacation from here, but during that week, I went to Girl Guide camp with 150 people from our District. Within days of leaving for camp, we had a few obstacles thrown our way. First we could not get reservations months […]
June 16, 2019 | John 16: 12-15 | Rev. Carla Wilks
June 16, 2019 John 16:12-15 Rev. Carla Wilks at Mount Seymour United Church Those of you who were at my ordination two weeks ago would have heard Doug Goodwin, the Executive Minister of our Pacific Mountain Region begin his sermon by talking about his dislike for preaching on the Gospel of John and how he […]
May 26, 2019 | John 5: 1-9 | Rev. Nancy Talbot
May 26, 2019 John 5: 1-9 “Heal” Rev. Nancy Talbot at Mount Seymour United Church Those of us who are familiar with the stories of Jesus are used to hearing him ask hard questions: Who do you say I am? Do you love me? Do you still not understand? But the question […]