Nov 20, 2013 | AVEL, Christian Life & Growth
We stand on the threshold of Advent. We are getting ready for the Mystery of Christmas. This post will pull together a few of the resources on our website for Advent. We hope they will help with your planning. AVEL Resources for Advent and Christmas Advent Hymns by...
Nov 19, 2013 | Archives Committee, Featured Congregations
The archivist in me was super excited when I stumbled across the following document. And yes, the words archivist and excitement can occur in the same sentence… This is an inventory of the furniture of the Methodist manse in Liverpool in 1842 and was found in...
Nov 8, 2013 | Finance & Property, Notices
Occasionally the question arises, should we incorporate the cemetery? This document offers some information for consideration. concerning cemeteries
Nov 7, 2013 | Christian Life & Growth, On-line Retreats
The future is not some place we are going, but one we are creating. The paths are not to be found, but made. And the activity of making them changes both the maker and the destination.” – Unknown Our Advent days offer a shift from ordinary time and...
Nov 5, 2013 | Archives Committee, Featured Congregations
Looks like the baby boom of the 1950s and 1960s was alive and well in Amherst, Nova Scotia! This is a photograph from Trinity-St. Stephen’s United Church. Although there was no label on the back, perhaps these babies were being baptized on that particular...
Nov 4, 2013 | Christian Life & Growth, On-line Retreats
Spiritual Practices in the Isaiah Readings: An Advent Small Group Study Resource In a part-time ministry hard choices are made. Often what needs to be let go are the faith formation studies and gatherings. Even in the full-time ministry the demands of pastoral care...
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