Talks

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Prayer As Listening [2nd Breakfast]

Lorna introduces the practice of praying for others as another form of listening – to God and others. Later, Walter interviews Tracy Williams and Alex Henderson who have been involved in some prayer teams at SCC in past years.

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Pride Is Possible

On the first Sunday of Pride month, Jess Williams reflects on the history of Pride and how it models a way of walking the path Jesus walked while highlighting the history of St. Croix Church and its decision to split paths with the Vineyard

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In Our Own Tongues

Renate shares a Pentecost message on the beauty and diversity of all of our spiritual giftings and a call for celebrating the contributions, in particular, of those who prophesy in ways beyond the use of words and text.

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Music Is Life (2nd Breakfast)

Continuing our 2nd Breakfast theme that centres on listening, Teena interviews Rick Coates and Andre Lefebvre, asking how listening to music has impacted their lives.

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Life In It’s Fullness

Rachael asks how we do justice to the complexity of life in the way we hear this Sunday’s lectionary Bible readings and their visions of “Life In All Its Fullness,” and how we might live into these visions while reconciling them with “Life As It Really Is.”

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Challenges of Building an Indigenous Church

This morning we had the rich opportunity to hear guest speaker, Judith Moses, share some of the challenges and possibilities in building a truly Indigenous church. Judith is chair of the Jubilee Commission (Anglican Council of Indigenous Peoples) and vice-chair of the SSU board.

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Humility Re-Imagined

This morning, Marilyn Orr talked about the ways that we have often misunderstood humility, especially when it comes to teaching women in the church, and how true humility means accepting our strengths and our voice.

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Love Overcomes (Easter Sunday)

In this Easter Homily, Jess Williams reflects on how a faith that centres on resurrection requires us to face the reality of death and all its anguish. Looking at Jesus’ teaching in John 12:25-27, she suggests that to walk in Jesus’ steps is to “let go of life as it is, reckless in your love†and willing to lose it all.

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