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63. Week of Guided Prayer – Day 1: Seed…Promise 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 1. Seed…Promise of Life – Writer G. Austin
61. Table Talk And Everything in Between: Lent 1
On March 9, 2025, Islington United Church began a series called Table Talk and Everything In Between as our Lenten theme. This week, we remember how we are all a part of the story of the good Samaritan.
60. Awake the Senses: Knowing
On March 2, 2025, Islington United Church concluded a series on awakening the senses. This week, we reflected on the sense of knowing with Islington’s spiritual leader Paul Hutchison.
Psalms In a Sacred Space
Jason Locke, our Minister of Music, is nearing the end of his degree program at Western University. On March 8 at 7:00 pm, he will be presenting his graduation recital at Islington United Church: Psalms in a Sacred Space. This program will feature a variety of Psalm...
59. Awake the Senses: Taste
On February 23, 2025, Islington United Church continued a series on awakening the senses. This week, we reflected on the sense of taste.
58. Awake the Senses: Smell
On February 16, 2025, our church building was closed, but Rev. Maya did not want you to be without the complete series on awakening our senses! So, here is this week’s message on smell.
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92. Deciding to Go
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.
91. Prophesy and Call
On Sunday, September 28, we welcomed Rev. Maya back, and she shared a metaphor used by our new moderator of the United Church of Canada in how our calls play out in our lives.
90. A Promise for All
On Sunday, September 21, Rev. Amy Crawford shared about Joel’s prophecy: young people will have visions and old ones will dream dreams. What does this mean for all of us today?