Author: Walter Thiessen

Celtic Service Liturgy

Celtic Service “Main Liturgy” (v 5.8) Continually tweaked and adapted over the 18 years that this service has been celebrated, this is the liturgy usually used at our […]

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Wholly in the World Together (This World?!!)

As we enter into our new teaching theme, Jess invites us to reflect on the current state of the world and the tendency within evangelicalism toward escapist theology. She then underlines the significance of our connection and interdependence with the world and each other, and directs our attention toward role models like Jesus and Dorothy Day, who poured out their lives for the sake of the world.

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Prayers of lament, Prayers for peace

During our 2nd Breakfast service, Erin O’Neill invited us into a prayer practice of lament and longing for peace. Erin shared a bit about what drew her to start a monthly online prayer vigil for Palestine this year, and introduced us to the birds of gaza project. We then spent time making birds together.

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Rachael in the water

Wholly (& Holy) With You

This Sunday, Jess directed her homily toward blessing and saying goodbye to our beloved Rachael Barham as she and her family prepare for a move and a new season ahead. Themes of beauty, imperfection, interconnectedness, and the divine in all things were woven through the service, as well as much love and gratitude for the many ways Rachael has blessed and shaped our lives and community.

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an example of illustration from our "Kid's Liturgy" with clouds and a butterfly, and the words "Hello Divine Voice, You sing, and the heaves sing with you."

SCC Children’s Liturgy

SCC Children’s Liturgy: Our Music & Arts Coordinator, Teena Brown, has adapted and summarized our monthly liturgy to make it accessible to kids, and we all benefit! â–ş […]

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Music

MUSIC ♫♫ Hold Your Head Up by Jacob Rose Hold Your Head Up by Jacob Rose VELVET HAZE – Coates & Lefebvre – A “Resting Place” Event The […]

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Blogs

Walter Thiessen A Compassionate Consent to Reality by Walter Thiessen (Substack) Rachael Barham Rachael Barham’s Blog Jessica Knight Poems by Jessica Knight (Clarion Journal website) Kenotic Love and […]

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