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68. Week of Guided Prayer – Day 6: Leaves, Flowers, and Fruit – Harvest of Living
Each day this week, we will pray the scriptures together and reflect on how they are speaking into our lives. The daily reflections were written by a team in 2020, a time when our daily rhythms had changed significantly because of COVID-19. They seem even more fitting today to Root us in God and allow us to Grow in Faith.
Day 6. Leaves, Flowers and Fruit…Harvest of Living
Day 5: Branches…Grafting in New Life – Writer J. Cameron
Day 4. Trunk…Support through Life – Writer – P. Gushue
Day 3. Roots…Foundation of Life – Writer – A. Hills
Day 2. Sap…Nourishment for Life – Writer – Dale Kucharczyk
Day 1. Seed…Promise of Life – Writer G. Austin
67. Week of Guided Prayer – Day 5: Branches – Grafting in New Life
Each day this week, we will pray the scriptures together and reflect on how they are speaking into our lives. The daily reflections were written by a team in 2020, a time when our daily rhythms had changed significantly because of COVID-19. They seem even more fitting today to Root us in God and allow us to Grow in Faith.
Day 5: Branches…Grafting in New Life – Writer J. Cameron
Day 4. Trunk…Support through Life – Writer – P. Gushue
Day 3. Roots…Foundation of Life – Writer – A. Hills
Day 2. Sap…Nourishment for Life – Writer – Dale Kucharczyk
Day 1. Seed…Promise of Life – Writer G. Austin
66. Week of Guided Prayer – Day 4: Trunk – Support through Life
Each day this week, we will pray the scriptures together and reflect on how they are speaking into our lives. The daily reflections were written by a team in 2020, a time when our daily rhythms had changed significantly because of COVID-19. They seem even more fitting today to Root us in God and allow us to Grow in Faith.
Day 4. Trunk…Support through Life – Writer – P. Gushue
Day 3. Roots…Foundation of Life – Writer – A. Hills
Day 2. Sap…Nourishment for Life – Writer – Dale Kucharczyk
Day 1. Seed…Promise of Life – Writer G. Austin
65. Week of Guided Prayer – Day 3: Roots – Foundation of Life
Each day this week, we will pray the scriptures together and reflect on how they are speaking into our lives. The daily reflections were written by a team in 2020, a time when our daily rhythms had changed significantly because of COVID-19. They seem even more fitting today to Root us in God and allow us to Grow in Faith.
Day 3. Roots…Foundation of Life – Writer – A. Hills
Day 2. Sap…Nourishment for Life – Writer – Dale Kucharczyk
Day 1. Seed…Promise of Life – Writer G. Austin
64. Week of Guided Prayer – Day 2: Sap…Nourishment for Life
Each day this week, we will pray the scriptures together and reflect on how they are speaking into our lives. The daily reflections were written by a team in 2020, a time when our daily rhythms had changed significantly because of COVID-19. They seem even more fitting today to Root us in God and allow us to Grow in Faith.
Day 2. Sap…Nourishment for Life – Writer – Dale Kucharczyk
Day 1. Seed…Promise of Life – Writer G. Austin
62. Rooted in God: Lent 2
On March 16, 2025, Islington United Church continued the series called Table Talk and Everything In Between as our Lenten theme. This week, we reflect on the story of Mary and Martha.
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95. Accepting What We Do Not Choose
On Sunday, October 26, we continued our season guided by the book “How We Learn To Be Brave” by Mariann Edgar Budde, Episcopal Bishop of Washington. This week, Rev. Maya Landell spoke what it means to accept what we do not choose and live out of love in the midst of hardship.
94. Deciding to Start
On Sunday, October 19, we continued our season guided by the book “How We Learn To Be Brave” by Mariann Edgar Budde, Episcopal Bishop of Washington. This week, Rev. Maya Landell spoke about how deciding to start can be an overwhelming task and how we can push ourselves to take that first step.
93. Deciding to Stay
On Sunday, October 5, we began a season guided by the book “How we Learn To Be Brave” by Mariann Edgar Budde, Episcopal Bishop of Washington. This week, Rev. Maya Landell spoke about how deciding to go and trusting God’s call to leave in the midst of fear and the unknown requires bravery.