Sermons
Seed Sowers
Loraine MacKenzie Shepherd June 17, 2018 Mark 4:26-34; Ezekiel 17:22-24 Grass and I have a love-hate relationship. I would love our yard to …Read more
Gracious Power
Loraine MacKenzie Shepherd April 8, 2018 Acts 4:32-35 What does power look like to you? If you were to sculpt power, what would it be? (sculpt cowering, raising hands high, muscling, fist …Read more
Apr. 22 Reflection-Earth Sunday
Loraine MacKenzie Shepherd and Amanda Davis Genesis 1:1-27 Reflection: Loraine’s Introduction Earth Sunday God has created a living, breathing earth, one entity with multiple expressions of life. We are part of one global ecosystem, in which its various sub-ecosytems …Read more
Open Mindedness
Loraine MacKenzie Shepherd April 15, 2018 Luke 24:36b-48 Last week we listened to the Easter story of gracious power teaching us how to be open-handed. Today, another Easter story teaches us to be open-minded. …Read more
A Resurrected Life of Promise
Loraine MacKenzie Shepherd Easter Sunday April 1, 2018 Mark 16:1-8 There was no joy in their steps as they left the empty tomb. They were amazed, but they were also terrified. Mary Magdalene and Mary, the …Read more
A Covenant of the Heart
Loraine MacKenzie Shepherd March 18, 2018 Jeremiah 31:31-34 Abbess and mystic Hildegard of Bingen, from the 12th century, wrote, “You understand so little of what is around …Read more
Wonderment
Loraine MacKenzie Shepherd B Lent 3 March 4, 2018 Exodus 20:1-17, Psalm 19 Last Sunday I talked about the cross being our moral compass with which we can take a cross-bearing to see if we’re …Read more
Cross Bearing
Loraine MacKenzie Shepherd A Lent 2 Feb 25, 2018 Mark 8:34-37 There are certain lakes in the Canadian Shield where boaters easily get turned around. I have a …Read more
Repent, and believe in the Good News
Rev. Earl M. Gould Sunday, February 18, 2018 Text: Mark 1:9-15 Westworth United Church Year B, Lent 1 If I ask for things you associate with Lent – you will likely include: “You are supposed to give up something you like doing for …Read more
The Suffering Servant
Loraine MacKenzie Shepherd Mark 8:31-33 Feb. 11, 2018 Rev 21:1-6 What do we believe about the end times? This was a question I posed to our first Faith Café, as I needed some help with this topic. We don’t often broach this …Read more
