Sermons

On Sunday, we meet Jesus in one of the most profound bonds and conversations in all of Scripture. The setting is the upper room. The disciples have just heard troubling news: Jesus is leaving. One will betray him. Another will

Church on a spring Sunday morning.  The text is known, an old friend.  Sunday’s can be a bit jarring.  You settle into a comfortable chair and you are a bit lost with some unfamiliar idea, some alien text.  It feels

Join us this Sunday at 10:30am as Rev. Jim Young takes us on walk down the Emmaus Road. Two travelers. Friends? Brothers? Husband and wife? We haven’t the slightest idea. Just Cleopas and whomever. Why did Luke not name the

“Doubt has become a dirty word in Church. But doubt can be healthy; a way to think through everything we take for granted. More importantly through, asking questions, naming our doubt, can bring us to a greater understanding of our

I remember watching a special with the magician David Copperfield. He had a car from the famed Orient Express surrounded by people from the audience who joined hands. He covered the car with a giant cloth. As we watched the

Join us this Sunday as we celebrate Palm Sunday and Jesus’ triumphal arrival into the city of Jerusalem.  Rev. Dr. George Vais will be leading our service  and taking a look at Mark11:1-11  “Are we inventing a Christ to suit

Twenty-five years ago, I went on a Women’s Canoe Trip on Killarney Lake, here in Ontario. It was to be a three-day retreat with seven women. Some of us were experienced canoeists, and others (like me) were not. Okay, I

I began my ministry in Northern Ontario in the town of Kapuskasing. One summer, I was asked if I would lead a wedding service at an outfitters in a place called Oba. Now Oba is located on a bush road

Matthew 25:31-45, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’ Our friend, Tanja Futter, a nurse and the Pastoral Director at Sanctuary Ministries of Toronto,