Christ Church Belleville is open for Worship again. Lent 1. Tomorrow Sunday March 6th8 a.m. Eucharist BCP10 a.m. Sung Eucharist BAS WeekdaysTuesday Midday PrayersWednesday 10am Eucharist BCP Come Join the...
Transfiguration and the problem of the world. Jesus brought the world to its knees in the moment of transfiguration. The affirmation of sonship by God, as first echoed in the baptism of Jesus…’You are my son, my beloved’…and now very specifically, ‘This is my...
We are reopening for worship on Ash Wednesday March 2nd, and for the season of Lent. Services for Ash Wednesday will be 10 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Eucharist and imposition of ashes. Sundays during Lent. 8 a.m. said Eucharist BCP.10 a.m. sung Eucharist BAS. Sunday School...
Thirty four years ago, I was deaconed into God’s holy church on St. Valentine’s Day at St. Paul’s Cathedral Melbourne. I was 24 years old and felt that I’d already lived a life. I was working as an interior designer, studied Interior architecture in Melbourne and...
Deanery of Hastings – via Zoom Program Focus: A step along the way in the ongoing journey of reconciliation with Indigenous people of Canada, responding to Articles 59 & 60 of the “Call to Action” *. This is an opportunity to learn about and explore some...
The Accession of Elizabeth 2 70 years of service On the eve of my priesting in 1988, I was being tutored in the fine art of doing the Eucharistic liturgy…..how to do the service of Holy Communion. An awesome responsibility. As I went through the detailed...
Love What has love got to do with it… Everything! Working with people who lived in poverty was for me a salutary reminder of both the fragility of life and the true value of friendship and community. Out of adversity, true empathy, understanding, tolerance,...
What we desire…what we need… What we long for. A wise priest said to me a few weeks ago, that the greatest travesty of Covid has been our being apart…we are a people who gather and everything else confirms that truth. I agree. Lockdown 4 has been hard for me and I...
The abundance of God’s gratuitous love…filled to the brim… The miracle is not important, but the sign that reminds us of the generous abundance won for us of God’s salvation in Jesus Christ. Mary knew…”Do whatever he tells you”. Jesus says “My hour has not yet...
Season of Epiphany I have called you by your name, you are mine. Being called, recognized, affirmed, named is at heart the desire of every human being. It is in effect, to be loved. But, it is what we do with it, that remains the most important recognition and...
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