Simple doesn’t necessarily equate to easy. That’s true in terms of words and deeds, and its especially true when we consider Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount. The list of attributes includes words we don’t use today: meek, poor in spirit and merciful. Those words seem antiquated and quite out of date, but those who live […]
Our Matinee and Munchies session focuses on the opportunities for new adventures despite loss, endings and grief. Join retired psychotherapist and grief counsellor Mary Helen Garvin and our minister, Rev. Joanne Lee, for a movie, desert and discussion.
Community support helps us share the warmth with our Little Winter Warmers Tree.
Little Winter Warmers Tree warms up people in damp, dark days downtown Barrie.
The big day in our culture is over: Christmas Day, the day for family, presents and a feast. Talk has already turned to shopping and getting bargains and storing up more to add to our comforts in these cold, dark days. But in God’s world, our journey is just beginning. We have celebrated the miracle […]
Last Sunday and today were Advent 2 and 3. But what does that entail – and what does it mean? Many people in many Christian churches light Advent candles. The first was the candle of Hope. As we travel in the darkness, we await God’s promise of a new day, of a Saviour, of new […]
Today is St. Andrew’s Day. St. Andrew was one of the first two disciples Jesus called to help Him. And although we don’t generally celebrate “feasts of the saints”, we can reflect on the ministry of Andrew and our history as a community of God’s people in Barrie. Andrew was a fisherman and he followed […]
Nothing can be so discouraging as reading the headlines: inflation, a lack of housing that’s affordable, cutbacks at the grocery store and rising costs all around us. Add that to the ever-darkening days and it can be quite challenging to remain a person of hope, someone who helps bring God’s love and light into a […]
Too often, our minds and our imaginations can run wild. And sometimes they take us down dark paths and into unsettling places. It can happen incredibly quickly. Worry sets in. The mind can begin to spin, and spin and spin. We can imagine catastrophe. We panic. It feels like a dark, downward spiral. So what […]
It only takes a spark to get a fire going. That’s the opening line of a song that inspires us to share God’s love. And two people who inspire and encourage us on our journey of sharing hope and love are our own minister, Rev. Joanne Lee, and the Presbyterian Church in Canada’s Malawi liaison, […]