Tag: Advent

For many years, Nativity has kept Harvest Thanksgiving on the weekend before National Thanksgiving. The church looks stunning, thanks to the hard work of the Decorating committee; after the ten o’clock service, we gather in the halls to share a great harvest lunch together. And then, next week, we celebrate Thanksgiving all over again it…

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Today–September 29th–is the feast of St. Michael and All Angels, sometimes called Michaelmas. On most of the days of our calendar, we remember either God or a significant person whose witness in following God inspires our own journey. Today, however, we remember and celebrate the messengers of God who bring a word that invites us…

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The day after Labour Day feels more like the beginning of a new year to me than January 1st or the first Sunday of Advent. Years of starting a new school session in the fall trained that feeling into me, and even after many years of working outside of the rhythms of school, there’s something…

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The Reverend Michael Deed, the rector of the Church of the Resurrection in Hamilton, shared the following prayer for the people of Iraq. For an overview about the horrific persecution of ethnic minorities, particularly Christians and Kurdish groups in northern Iraq, If you wish to learn more, you can read the Archbishop of Canterbury’s statement…

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We strive to be a community rooted and grounded in the love of God that so welcomes us and transforms our lives that we reach out to care for one another and the world around us. In our worship and prayer, in our service to the wider community, in all we do as we seek…

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