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 […]
May 19, 2019 | Acts 11:1-18 | Carla Wilks
Acts 11: 1-18 Feel the Spirit Carla Wilks – Mount Seymour United Church May 19, 2019 A couple of years ago I saw a video called Love has no Labels. It showed a large black screen set up in a public place, the size of our screen here. But it was a special x-ray screen. […]
May 5, 2019 | John 21: 1-19 | Rev. Nancy Talbot
May 5, 2019 Easter 3 John 21, 1-19 Reflection: “FEED” Rev. Nancy Talbot Many of you will have heard the well-known quote often attributed to Albert Einstein that says: “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results.” If there was ever a good illustration of […]
April 28, 2019 | John 20: 19-31 | Carla Wilks
April 28, 2019 John 20: 19-31 Doubting Thomas Carla Wilks A man was walking on the beach one morning after a storm. All kinds of debris was washed onto the beach, including thousands of sea stars. As he’s walking along, he sees a small boy with his mom, and he watches the boy as he […]
April 21, 2019 | Easter Sunday | Matthew 28:1-15a | Rev. Nancy Talbot
April 21, 2019 Matthew 28: 1-15a What if We Believed? Rev. Nancy Talbot […]
April 14, 2019 | Palm Sunday | Rev. Nancy Talbot
Palm Sunday Storytelling April 14, 2019 Rev. Nancy Talbot The Story Of The Entry Into Jerusalem It was the beginning of the week of Passover, the most sacred week of the Jewish year – the time of year the faithful remembered the way their ancestors had been delivered from slavery in Egypt through the […]