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Pamela McNeil is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Prepare to participate in worship by setting a table with a candle, a portion of bread and wine or juice for each person, and a small dish of oil for marking your head or hand with the symbol of the cross, saying “remember you areContinue reading “zoom link for Ash Wednesday evening service at 7:30”

You are invited to join in a journey through the season of Lent. We travel from the ashes and dust of living as sinners even as we are beloved to God, and move to a place of blooming in fullness through that love. To guide us on this journey we will visit significant places inContinue reading “Lenten Devotion invitation”

Worship link for January, February and March Pamela McNeil is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: Sunday worshipTime: Beginning Jan 5, 2025 10:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)Join Zoom Meetinghttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/87275107331?pwd=CjUb9BNyaTBAZMflxlbvTD9ysEsHOQ.1 Meeting ID: 872 7510 7331Passcode: 835820 Dial by your location Meeting ID: 872 7510 7331Passcode: 835820

#1, monarchist or not, a message of peace and care for each other from a leader is something I need to hear… #2, family joy… Paul’s niece recovered from hearing challenge, sings O Holy Night in Gaelic (copy and paste) https://youtu.be/GKvufqlAEIM?si=_ToVOA5OplKuWt6b favourite #3, Kate Bowler shares …. May we let this year unfold slowly, oneContinue reading “Some favourite Christmas hope”

Scheduled Zoom meeting. Worship begins at 7:30. Sign on early and share Christmas greetings. Topic: Christmas eveTime: Dec 24, 2024 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)Join Zoom Meetinghttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/82034958377?pwd=0NlgApFmauypUzN6HIekWiEZvcGRhL.1 Meeting ID: 820 3495 8377Passcode: 052811

Two music selections for you today. Music: Inshallah – Jesus what a wonderful child: Inshallah events are spirited affairs. Thanks Bradley Moggach for your work on the keys! The traditional African-American spiritual was arranged by Jeffrey Radford. And listen to this for fun moving music: Christmas in Capetown – new apostolic Church S Africa. https://youtu.be/YL9nACK7_U4?si=sC3Rj8ONqbe5pAZnContinue reading “Waiting for Jesus – December 19”

Prayer: Matthew 1: 20 But just when he had resolved to do this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, ‘Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Maryas your wife, for the child conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.’ i’m dreaming of … communitieswhereContinue reading “Waiting for Jesus – December 18”

story from South Africa

December 15 – Luke 2 This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.” I’m blown away with surprise! I wanted to talk about the beautiful nativity or manger scenes I’ve seen, and when I started to research traditions, I found a list of “rules for settingContinue reading “Waiting for Jesus”

Music: Learning about the traditions of other cultures brings us closer to each other in understanding and respect. Music: https://youtu.be/zagRGPYKfmw?si=gxdnI7XozhG8dL1G (carol of the bells)