June 21, 2026

Happy Father’s Day to many of you gathered here or online who are fathers, grandfathers, great-grandfather’s, stepdads or mentors of young people who turn to you like a father.

For many this day is one to celebrate, for some it is a painful reminder perhaps of fathers who were not loving and supportive, or in some cases abusive. For some it is a reminder of father’s who are no longer with us. It is a day that can bring mixed emotions so before I begin I just wanted to acknowledge that.

June 14, 2026

I was talking with Dennis Dechart last week and he was telling me stories about how hard it was to get rid of a weed call sow thistle that has appeared in the community garden behind the church and then later that same week Chris Robinson and some folk from the property committee we’re struggling to get the Buckthorn trees out of the backyard here. Man there seems to be a goodly number of plants out there that disrupt what we want to see in our gardens and lawns. And getting rid of them is easier said than done!

June 7,2026

The Genesis reading is beautiful poetry about the relationship between God and all things that are in creation. Yet this beautiful poetry has been abused and used in the many attacks that Christians have made against the 2S LGBTQ A+ community. Christians have pointed out, see right there in the scriptures, God made them, male and female, for the explicit reason to reproduce. There’s no doubt about it that plants and animals need to be reproduce for a species to survive, but that doesn’t mean that every single plant or animal needs to be reproduce. A rose is just as beautiful regardless of whether it’s seeds ever find their way to the ground. ………….

May 31, 2026

Trinity Sunday comes early in the season of Pentecost for a very specific reason. After all Pentecost is a celebration of the work of the Holy Spirit. To help us understand the trinity I need to ask how many people here have heard of Unitarians? Well, it may surprise you, it certainly surprised me, to find out that Unitarians were part of the early Christian church. It was only during the time of the first councils that were debating what would be the official Christian theology that a split emerged. The Unitarians argued for God in the singular as an undivided entity. Universally identifying this God as God, the Father or Creator alone.

May 24, 2026

Hello my name is Katherine Bitzer, and I’m a member of Trinity United Church.  It is my absolute pleasure to be up here today to talk about Gifts into Action: the work of The Working Centre (TWC).  Some of you are very familiar with TWC, some are aware of its presence in our community, and some of you may be hearing about us for the very first time.  What I know is that even after being a part of The Working Centre for over 20 years, I still think to myself often enough, “oh, I didn’t know we did that!”  To start with a broad stroke: TWC is “a volunteer-inspired venture that seeks to give access to tools and opportunities to build community”.  …..

May 17, 2026

Based on Acts 1:6-14, 1 Peter 4:12-14, 5:6-11

1 Peter 5:8-11 says:

“Be alert, be on watch! Your enemy, the Devil, roams around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour. Be firm in your faith and resist him, because you know that other believers in all the world are going through the same kind of sufferings. But after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who calls you to share his eternal glory in union with Christ, will himself perfect you and give you firmness, strength and a sure foundation.”