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Date

Lectionary Year B

Title

Scripture

Nov 25/07
Reign of Christ Sunday
Now Let Me Be The Lover
The Rev. Bruce Sanguin                           pdf printer version)
Colossians 1:11-20
Nov 18/07
25th  Sunday after Pentecost
Repositioning Perfection
Susan McCaslin.                                       pdf printer version)
Matthew 5: 44-48
Nov 11/07
Remembrance Day
Fogiving & Loving Our Enemy
The Rev. Bruce Sanguin.                          pdf printer version)
Matthew 5: 1-11
Nov 4/07
23rd  Sunday after Pentecost
Dinner With A Sinner
The Rev. Bruce Sanguin.                          pdf printer version)
Luke 19: 1-10
Oct 28/07
22nd Sunday after Pentecost
The Democracy Of The Spirit
The Rev. Bruce Sanguin.                          pdf printer version)
Joel 2:23
Luke 18:9-14
Oct 21/07
21st Sunday after Pentecost
The Heart Covenant & The Sacred Feminine
The Rev. Bruce Sanguin.                          pdf printer version)
Luke 18: 1-8
Jeremiah 31: 27-34
Oct 14/07
20th Sunday after Pentecost
The Faith That Makes Well
The Rev. Bruce Sanguin.                          pdf printer version)
Luke 17: 11-19
Oct 07/07
Thanksgiving Sunday
Rejoicing Always
The Rev. Bruce Sanguin.                          pdf printer version)
Philippians 4: 4-9
 
Sept 30/07
18th Sunday after Pentecost
Investing In Hope
The Rev. Bruce Sanguin.                          pdf printer version)
Jeremiah 32:1-3a, 6-15
 
Sept 23/07
17th Sunday after Pentecost
Beyond The Field Of Right & Wrong
The Rev. Bruce Sanguin.                          pdf printer version)
Luke 16:1-13
 
Sept 16/07
16th Sunday after Pentecost
Evolutionary Christianity
The Rev. Bruce Sanguin.                          pdf printer version)
Luke 15:1-10
Psalm 14
Sept 9/07
15th Sunday after Pentecost
A Strange Prosperity
The Rev. Bruce Sanguin.                          pdf printer version)
Luke 14:25-33
 
Sept 2/07
14th Sunday after Pentecost
Make Conversation, Not War
The Rev. Bruce Sanguin.                          pdf printer version)
Luke 14:1,7-14
Sirach 10: 12-18
Aug 26/07
13th Sunday after Pentecost
How Should We Speak To Each Other?
Dr. Stephan Ward                                 (pdf printer version)
Luke 13:10-17
Aug 19/07
12th Sunday after Pentecost
Village Bread
The Rev. Dr. Don Robertson          (no printed text this week)
Luke 11:1-13
Aug 12/07
11th Sunday after Pentecost
First United Church Mission 2007
The Rev. Bob Burrows                   (no printed text this week)
Galatians 6:1-10
Aug 5/07
10th Sunday after Pentecost
On Being Rich Toward God
The Rev. Bruce Sanguin.                        (pdf printer version)
Luke 12: 13-21
July 29/07
9th Sunday after Pentecost
Qualifying Disqualification
The Rev. Bruce Sanguin.                        (pdf printer version)
Colossians 2: 6-19
July 22/07
8th Sunday after Pentecost
The Better Part
The Rev. Bruce Sanguin.                        (pdf printer version)
Luke 10:38-42
July 15/07
7th Sunday after Pentecost
Faith in Dark Times
Dr.John Cobb Jr.                         (no printed text this week)
Psalm 82
July 08/07
6th Sunday after Pentecost
A Dramatic Midrash
Sheelah Megill                            (no printed text this week)
Mark 10:46-52
July 01/07
5th Sunday after Pentecost
Looking Forward
The Rev. Bruce Sanguin                  (pdf printer version)
Luke 9:59-62
June 24/07
4th Sunday after Pentecost
The Sound of Sheer Silence
The Rev. Bruce Sanguin                   (pdf printer version)
1 Kings 19
June 17/07
3rd Sunday after Pentecost
Beyond Moral Purity
The Rev. Bruce Sanguin                   (pdf printer version)
Luke 7:36-8:3
Jun 10/07
2nd after Pentecost
Listening to Our Heart Song
Eric Hellman                            (no printed text this week)
 
Jun 3/07
Trinity Sunday
The Journey
The Rev. Jeff Seaton                       (pdf printer version)
Genesis 12:1-9
Mark 8:34-38
Romans 5:1-5
May 27/07
Pentecost
Watching Your Language
 – A Pentecostal Practice
The Rev. Bruce Sanguin                   (pdf printer version)
Genesis 11: 1–9
Acts 2: 1–21
May 20/07
7th Sunday of Easter
Shaking the Foundations
The Rev. Bruce Sanguin                   (pdf printer version)
Acts 16:16–34
John 17:20–26
May 13/07
6th Sunday of Easter
Healer of Our Every Ill
The Rev. Bruce Sanguin                   (pdf printer version)
John 5:1-9
May 6/07
5th Sunday of Easter
A New Heaven and Earth Shall Emerge
The Rev. Bruce Sanguin                   (pdf printer version)
Acts 11:1-18
Revelation 21:1-6
Apr 29/07
4th Sunday of Easter
Coming Out of the Great Ordeal
The Rev. Bruce Sanguin                   (pdf printer version)
Revelation 7:9-17
Apr 15/07
2nd Sunday of Easter
The Science of Easter
The Rev. Bruce Sanguin                   (pdf printer version)
John 20:19-31
Apr 8/07
Easter Sunday
Easter – No Idle Tale
The Rev. Bruce Sanguin                   (pdf printer version)
Luke 24:1-12
Apr 6/07
Good Friday
Living the Story of Good Friday,
Holy Saturday and Easter

The Rev. Bruce Sanguin                   (pdf printer version)
John 18:28-19:3-42
Mar 25/07
5th Sunday of Lent
Pssst…The Untold Secret about The Secret
The Rev. Bruce Sanguin                   (pdf printer version)
Isaiah 43: 16-21
John 12: 1-8
Mar 18/07
4th Sunday of Lent
Religion and Spirituality
The Rev. Bruce Sanguin                   (pdf printer version)
Luke 15:1-32
Mar 11/07
3rd Sunday of Lent
The Economy of Grace
The Rev. Bruce Sanguin                   (pdf printer version)
Isaiah 55:1-9
Luke 13:1-9
Mar 4/07
2nd Sunday of Lent
Transforming the Shadow
Susan McCaslin                                (pdf printer version)
Psalm 91:1–2, 9–16
Luke 4:1–13
Feb 25/07
1st Sunday of Lent
Global Warning
Jeff Seaton                                     (pdf printer version)
Luke 6:17–26
Feb 18/07
Transfiguration Sunday
Losing the Veil – Life in Christ
The Rev. Bruce Sanguin                   (pdf printer version)
Exodus 34:29-35
2 Corinthians 3:12-4:2
Luke 9:28-36
Feb 11/07
6th Sunday after Epiphany
If For This Life Only – A Sermon About Life After Death
The Rev. Bruce Sanguin                   (pdf printer version)
I Corinthians 15:12-20
Feb 4/07
5th Sunday after Epiphany
The Whole Earth – Full of Glory
The Rev. Bruce Sanguin                   (pdf printer version)
Isaiah 6:1-8
Luke 5:1-11
Jan 28/07
4th Sunday after Epiphany
Spoken Like a True Prophet
The Rev. Bruce Sanguin                   (pdf printer version)
Jeremiah 1: 4–10
Luke 4: 21–30
Jan 21/07
3rd Sunday after Epiphany
Body Building
The Rev. Bruce Sanguin                   (pdf printer version)
1 Corinthians 12:13-31
Jan 14/07
2nd Sunday after Epiphany
They Have No Wine
The Rev. Bruce Sanguin                   (pdf printer version)
Isaiah 62:1-5
John 2:1-11
Jan 7/07
Epiphany

Follow the Light
The Rev. Bruce Sanguin                   (pdf printer version)

Matthew 2:1-12
Dec 31/06
1st Sunday
after Christmas

Resolving to Increase in Wisdom
The Rev. Bruce Sanguin                   (pdf printer version)

Luke 2:41-52
Dec 24/06
4th Sunday of Advent
From Trench to Truce: The Peace of Christmas
The Rev. Bruce Sanguin                   (pdf printer version)
Isaiah 9:2-7
Luke 2:1-20
Dec 17/06
3rd Sunday of Advent

Out of the Frying Pan – Into the Fire
The Rev. Bruce Sanguin                   (pdf printer version)

Luke 3:7-17
Dec 10/06
2nd Sunday of Advent

All Flesh Shall See The Salvation of God
The Rev. Bruce Sanguin                   (pdf printer version)

Luke 3:1-6
Dec 3/06
1st Sunday of Advent

Stand Up and Raise Your Head
The Rev. Bruce Sanguin                   (pdf printer version)

Luke 21:25-28, 34-36
Nov 26/06
Reign of Christ Sunday

The One Who Was, Is Now, and Is to Come

The Rev. Bruce Sanguin                   (pdf printer version)

Revelation 1:4b-8
John 18:33-37
Nov 19/06
24th Sunday after Pentecost

Longing in Hope

Karen Millard                                  (pdf printer version)

1 Samuel 1:4-20; 2:1-10
Mark 13:1-8
Nov 12/06
Remembrance Sunday

Working It Out Some Other Way

The Rev. Bruce Sanguin                   (pdf printer version)

Ecclesiastes 3:1-10
Matthew 24: 36-44
Oct 29/06
21st Sunday after Pentecost

Seeing Again

The Rev. Bruce Sanguin                   (pdf printer version)

Mark 10:46-52
Oct 22/06
20th Sunday after Pentecost

Wisdom in the Inward Parts

The Rev. Bruce Sanguin                   (pdf printer version)

Job 38:1-7, 34-41
Mark 10:35-45
Oct 15/06
19th Sunday after Pentecost

The Only Answer
Jeff Seaton                                     (pdf printer version)

Job 23:1-9, 16-17
Psalm 22:1-15
Oct 8/06
18th Sunday after Pentecost

From Worry to Wonder

The Rev. Bruce Sanguin                   (pdf printer version)

Matthew 6:24-34
Oct 1/06
17th Sunday after Pentecost

Scandals, Stumbling Blocks, and Stumblers

The Rev. Bruce Sanguin                   (pdf printer version)

Mark 9:38-50
Numbers
11:4-6, 10-16, 24-29
Sep 24/06
16th Sunday after Pentecost

Constant Craving

The Rev. Bruce Sanguin                   (pdf printer version)

James 3:13-4:3, 7-8a
Mark 9:30-37
Sep 17/06
15th Sunday after Pentecost

The Irrepressible Sophia

The Rev. Bruce Sanguin                   (pdf printer version)

Proverbs 1:20-33
Wisdom Solomon 7:26-8:1
Mark 8:27-38
Sep 10/06
14th Sunday after Pentecost

Don’t Tell Anyone

The Rev. Bruce Sanguin                   (pdf printer version)

Isaiah 35:4-7a
Mark 7:24-37
Sep 3/06
13th Sunday after Pentecost

From Hearers Who Forget to Doers Who Act

The Rev. Bruce Sanguin                   (pdf printer version)

Mark 7:1-23
James 1:17-27
Aug 6/06
9th Sunday after Pentecost

The Masala Memorandum

The Rev. Bruce Sanguin                   (pdf printer version)

Ephesians 4:1-16
July 30/06
8th Sunday after Pentecost

What is my ethical identity?

Dr. Stephen Ward                           (pdf printer version)

Ephesians 3:14-21
July 23/06
7th Sunday after Pentecost

The House That God Builds

The Rev. Bruce Sanguin                   (pdf printer version)

Mark 6:30-34, 53-56
2 Samuel 7:1-14a
July 16/06
6th Sunday of Creation

Full of Glory

The Rev. Bruce Sanguin                   (pdf printer version)

Psalm 19
Isaiah 6:1-7
July 9/06
5th Sunday of Creation

Sophia, The Way Of The Thunderbolt

The Rev. Bruce Sanguin                   (pdf printer version)

Proverbs 8:21-31
1 Corinthians 1:18-30
July 2/06
4th Sunday of Creation

Tending The Garden

The Rev. Bruce Sanguin                   (pdf printer version)

Genesis 2:2b-10, 15
Mark 10:41-45
June 25/06
3rd Sunday of Creation

From Egocentric To Ecozoic

The Rev. Bruce Sanguin                   (pdf printer version)

Isaiah 35:5-7
John 7:37-39a
June 18/06
2nd Sunday of Creation

Setting Creation Free

The Rev. Bruce Sanguin                   (pdf printer version)

Romans 8:18-25
June 11/06
Trinity, 1st Sunday of Creation

This Ancient Love

The Rev. Bruce Sanguin                   (pdf printer version)

Isaiah 6: 1-8
John 3:1-17
Jun 4/06
Pentacost Sunday

95 Theses at MatthewFox.org
Matthew Fox                  (no text of the sermon available)

Ezekiel 37:1-14
Acts 2:1-21
May 21/06
Ascension Sunday

The Paradise Ear

Susan McCaslin                                (pdf printer version)

Acts 1:1-11
Luke 24:44-53

May 21/06
6th Sunday of Easter

Celebrating God's Marvellous Things

Susan DuMoulin                               (pdf printer version)

Psalm 98

John 15:9-17

May 14/06
5th Sunday of Easter

Mutual Abiding

The Rev. Bruce Sanguin                   (pdf printer version)

John 15:1-8
May 7/06
4th Sunday of Easter

We Know Love by This

The Rev. Bruce Sanguin                   (pdf printer version)

1 John 3:16-24
Apr 30/06
3rd Sunday of Easter

Interrupting Despair

The Rev. Bruce Sanguin                   (pdf printer version)

Luke 24:13-35
Apr 23/06
Earth Sunday

When Kindred Live Together
The Rev. Bruce Sanguin                   (pdf printer version)

Psalm 133
Acts 4:32-35
Apr 16/06
Easter Sunday

Getting Our Wings
The Rev. Bruce Sanguin                   (pdf printer version)

John 20:1-18
Apr 9/06
Palm Sunday

The Great Procession of Life
The Rev. Bruce Sanguin                   (pdf printer version)

Mark 11:1-11
Apr 2/06
5th Sunday of Lent

A Covenant of the Heart
Jeff Seaton                                     (pdf printer version)

Jeremiah 31:31-34
Mar 26/06
4th Sunday of Lent

The End of Us and Them
The Rev. Bruce Sanguin                   (pdf printer version)

John 3:14-20
Mar 19/06
3rd Sunday of Lent

A Cataclysmic Christ
The Rev. Bruce Sanguin                   (pdf printer version)

1 Corinthians 1:18-25
John 2:13-22
Mar 12/06
2nd Sunday of Lent

Agreeing With God
The Rev. Bruce Sanguin                   (pdf printer version)

Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16
Mark 8:31-38
Mar 5/06
1st Sunday of Lent

Into the Wilderness
Jeff Seaton                                     (pdf printer version)

Mark 1:9-15
Feb 25/06
Transfiguration Sunday

Closer to the Light
The Rev. Bruce Sanguin                   (pdf printer version)

2 Kings 2:1-12
Mark 9:2-9
Feb 19/06
7th Sunday after Epiphany

Dancing with the Paralytic
Jeff Seaton                                     (pdf printer version)

Mark 2:1-12
Feb 12/06
6th Sunday after Epiphany

A Real Stretch
The Rev. Bruce Sanguin                   (pdf printer version)

2 Kings 5:1-14
Mark 1:40-45
Feb 5/06
5th Sunday after Epiphany

Beyond the Manual to the Mystic
The Rev. Bruce Sanguin                   (pdf printer version)

Mark 1:29-39
Isaiah 40:21-31
Jan 29/06
4th Sunday after Epiphany

What Has He To Do With Us?
The Rev. Bruce Sanguin                   (pdf printer version)

Mark 1:21-28
Jan 22/06
3rd Sunday after Epiphany

Jesus for Prime Minister
The Rev. Bruce Sanguin                   (pdf printer version)

Mark 1:14-20
Jan 15/06
2nd Sunday after Epiphany

From Deceit to Discipleship
The Rev. Bruce Sanguin                   (pdf printer version)

John 1:43-51
Jan 8/06
Epiphany of the Lord

A Light in the Darkness
Jeff Seaton                                     (pdf printer version)

Isaiah 60:1-6
Matthew 2:1-12
Jan 1/06
1st Sunday after Christmas

The Birth of Hope
Jeff Seaton                                     (pdf printer version)

Luke 2:22-40
Dec 25/05
Christmas Day

The Lion, the Witch and the Word of God
The Rev. Bruce Sanguin                   (pdf printer version)

John 1:1-12
Dec 24/05
Christmas eve

Once In Royal David’s City
The Rev. Bruce Sanguin                   (pdf printer version)

Isaiah 9:2-7
Luke 2:1-20
Dec 18/05
4th Sunday of Advent
The "W" in Christmas
The Rev. Bruce Sanguin                   (pdf printer version)
Luke 1:26-38
Dec 11/05
3rd Sunday of Advent
Holding Fast to What Is Good
The Rev. Bruce Sanguin                   (pdf printer version)
Isaiah 61:1-4, 8-11
1 Thessalonians 5:16-24
Dec 4/05
2nd Sunday of Advent
A Disturbing Peace
The Rev. Bruce Sanguin                   (pdf printer version)
Isaiah 40:1-11
Mark 1:1-8
Nov 27/05
1st Sunday of Advent
Where Hope Is Found
The Rev. Bruce Sanguin                   (pdf printer version)
Mark 13: 24-37

Date

Lectionary Year A

Title

Scripture

Nov 20/05
Reign of Christ Sunday

On Powerlessness
Dr Michael W Higgins                        (pdf printer version)

Matthew 25: 31-46
Nov 13/05
26th Sunday after Pentecost

Securing the Kingdom
Jeff Seaton                                      (pdf printer version)

1 Thessalonians 5:1-11
Nov 6/05
25th
Sunday after Pentecost
Tending the Light
The Rev. Bruce Sanguin
Matthew 25: 1-13
Oct 30/05
24th
Sunday after Pentecost
The Joy of Giving
The Rev. Bruce Sanguin
Matthew 25: 14-29
Oct 23/05
23rd
Sunday after Pentecost
A God To Love
The Rev. Bruce Sanguin
Matthew 22:34-46
Oct 16/05
22nd
Sunday after Pentecost
Whose Head Is This?
The Rev. Bruce Sanguin
Exodus 33:12-23
Matthew 22:15-22
Oct 9/05
21st Sunday after Pentecost