Category: Sunday

We offer our congratulations to Mrs. Elsie Biegler and Ms. Kath Dubecki, whom the bishop made members of the Order of Niagara at services on the 1st and 15th of October of this year. As the bishop shook their hands, and presented them with the medal of the order, the Dean read the citations that can’t…

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Church of the Nativity, Hamilton Favourite Hymns April 30, 2017 The goal of this activity is to help the congregation get a clearer sense of their faith culture; shared beliefs and God-stories, shared practices Share the title, first line, refrain of your favourite hymn, and why it is so powerful for you; going beyond the…

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Our first session of the Holy Conversations process happened on March 26th. Canon Christyn Perkons was with us for both Sunday services, and preached a fine sermon explaining the process and sharing with us some of its fruits in other communities. During coffee hour, we explored two big questions as we began. What follows are…

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While these photos are from last year, as is the text below, you’ll see most of the same faces if you pop in and see the hardworking crew making Palm Crosses and Strips. Here’s a sense of what happens in the Palm Project. Each year as Lent deepens at the Nativity, a crew of parishioners and…

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When I was a small boy, my school choir joined many others and sang a concert Hamilton Place. Everything about it was exciting: the dress rehearsal, and then the performance itself, with lights blinding us but still certain that more people were watching us than ever had before! The part I still remember and still find…

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Happy Christmas! As we celebrate the good news of God coming into our midst in Jesus Christ, we marvel at how God shares our life and invites us to share in God’s life. We have many different traditions about how we celebrate. Here are some wonderful photographs from our own Mr. William Pleydon of some of our…

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The website Thinking Anglicans often publishes interesting reflections on Scriptural passages, particularly in Advent and Lent. I was deeply moved by this year’s piece written by David Walker (the bishop of Manchester), called “An Angelic Salutation“—it’s beautiful and thought-provoking as we wait and act in this season of Advent. Rosemary Hannah’s “Meeting the Judge” is a…

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The Reverend Matthew Griffin will be on sabbatical leave from October 1st through November 11th.  The bishop has appointed our honorary assistant, Canon Linn, as priest-in-charge during Matthew’s sabbatical. We’re very glad to have someone we know and trust to support us during this time, and are grateful to him for agreeing to be with…

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