Bideford Pastoral Charge

Greetings to you in this time of heightened anxiety: As everyone is aware, our country has been responding to health concerns regarding the spread of COVID-19, also known as the Coronavirus. Here in PEI, there are currently no cases of COVID-19 but our Public Health Office has been working to help prepare us for when […]

During Lent, we have been introducing weekly challenges during our Sunday worship. These challenges invite us to be more intentional in the ways in which we interact with one another, with ourselves, and with God. Last week, I forgot to share the first challenge, so I will highlight it here, and then share our challenge […]

Last week was the first Sunday in the Season of Lent where we began our journey of turning inward as we seek to follow Christ. We also began our sermon series, which invites us to become more “awakened”, as we journey with Christ to the cross. We started with our first theme, “awaken to the […]

Today we move from the Season of Epiphany into the Season of Lent. A time in the church year when we are invited to take time out of our day to day lives to turn inward. To make time to look at ourselves, our choices, our actions. To see and celebrate the ways in which […]

This morning, we celebrate Transfiguration Sunday, which marks the end of the Season of Epiphany. And this morning, we have two readings that are quite clearly connected: one from Exodus and the other from the Gospel of Matthew. In both passages, the story centres around a mountain, an encounter with the Divine and a message […]

This morning, our scripture reading invites us to spend time reflecting on a passage that is well known to many of us: the “Beatitudes.” The Beatitudes are a part of the what is referred to as the “Sermon on the Mount” in the Gospel of Matthew. They are also the opening verses of Jesus’ sermon, […]

*This is the sermon I preached for our Annual Ecumenical Winter Festival Service at the Ellerslie Legion.* This morning we have two very interesting scripture readings. Our Gospel reading is familiar to many of us, the one we often refer to as the “The Wedding at Cana.” Our second reading from the book of Acts, […]

This Sunday, we were blessed to share in our annual Ecumenical Service, held during Winter Carnival. As always, it was a blessing to gather with our sister and brothers in faith to share in worship. I always enjoy sharing in leadership with Rev. Ann and Rev. Gordon, and look forward to our gathering times to […]

Last Sunday we were finally able to celebrate both Epiphany Sunday and the Baptism of Jesus. Two important occasions in the church, that mark the beginning of what is known as the season of Light. Coming right after we celebrate the birth of Christ, the season of Epiphany invites us to reflect in a greater […]

As a new year begins, we often find ourselves looking back over the year that is now gone. We might think about our regrets, draw up a list of “resolutions” or just feel grateful that a difficult year is now behind us. Whatever it is that you’re feeling as 2020 begins, may you know God’s […]