Reflections St. Paul's

Victoria Day Long Weekend

A Reflection on the Victoria Day Long Weekend (A Sunday Sermon) Whether you call it Victoria Day, in honour of Queen Victoria’s birthday; the more popular May Two-Four, with its double meaning; or Firecracker Day, as we called it when I was a kid –for many this weekend marks the...

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Remembering Lost Ones

To Our Friends in the Muslim Community

On Friday, Feb 3rd, following the the tragic attack on a Quebec mosque, along with other faith leaders and civic leaders, I was invited to address a prayer vigil held by the Newmarket Muslim community. Here are the words I shared and the prayer I offered: To our friends in...

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Inclusion and Acceptance

I recently attended a service at an Anglican church in a small town with which I had at one time been quite familiar, having often visited relations there as a child, and later a young adult. This town was fairly representative of small towns in central Ontario back in the...

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Student coordinator

Introducing Our New Community Care Coordinator

We’d like to welcome Jeesu to St. Paul’s. She’s in a temporary role with us for the summer as our Community Care Coordinator. Jeesu is a university student so she’ll be returning to her studies in September. If you have the pleasure of crossing Jeesu’s path during her time with...

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Merry Christmas

What the @#%k….”Merry” Will Be In My Vocab This Year!

Instead of Happy Holidays or Seasons Greetings, or whatever other linguistic bend and twist I’ve made during this time over the last several years, I’m turning over an “old” leaf (yes I meant “old”) this year. I’m going back to my roots and shrugging my shoulders with a big “What...

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OneChurch Faithbuild

The Build Has Begun!

The Habitat for Humanity OneChurch Faithbuild, which is located at 302 Andrew Street in Newmarket has begun!! It is our hope that the house will be completed by Christmas and that the family will be “Home for the Holidays”. Faithbuild days are occurring every Saturday between now and the end...

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One Church Build Starting Soon

(Past Event) Pick Your Day For the Habitat Build

Excitement continues to grow as the OneChurch Faith Build Project on Andrew St. in Newmarket, is about to start the actual build stage which will commence next month (September). In preparation we are encouraging all those who have registered to participate, to go online and sign up for the day(s)...

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Prayer Post

Things to be Thankful for This Summer

Sometimes events in the news are depressing. Natural disasters, wars, the plight of refugees, murders, theft and fraud fill our newscasts. So I’ve been looking for some good news stories in our own community to be thankful for. Newmarket’s first dog park has opened. It’s located at George Richardson Park...

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