Hillhurst United Church: An Affirming, Progressive Church in Calgary, Alberta

John Pentland, Lead Minister, reflects on his latest summer read, "Anxious People" by Fredrik Backman. Hillhurst United Church is an affirming, progressive, Christian church in Calgary, Alberta Canada. View the full service, including music, prayers, and more on our YouTube channel . Join us live on YouTube, Sunday mornings at 10 am MT.  To learn more about Hillhurst United Church, visit hill...

Robin Galey, guest preacher and Student Minister, explores the meaning of faith in a sermon on science and religion. Hillhurst United Church is an affirming, progressive, Christian church in Calgary, Alberta Canada. View the full service, including music, prayers, and more on our YouTube channel . Join us live on YouTube, Sunday mornings at 10 am MT.  To learn more about Hillhurst United Chur...

This Sunday, Andria Irwin preaches on the Parable of the Rich Fool in a sermon called "How Big is Your Barn?" about what it means to be truly rich. Hillhurst United Church is an affirming, progressive, Christian church in Calgary, Alberta Canada. View the full service, including music, prayers, and more on our YouTube channel . Join us live on YouTube, Sunday mornings at 10 am MT.  To learn m...

John Pentland takes a deep dive into a central element of Christianity - the Lord's Prayer. Hillhurst United Church is an affirming, progressive, Christian church in Calgary, Alberta Canada. View the full service, including music, prayers, and more on our YouTube channel . Join us live on YouTube, Sunday mornings at 10 am MT.  To learn more about Hillhurst United Church, visit hillhurstunited...

John Pentland, Andria Irwin, and Christa Ovenell, a death educator and funeral director, are in conversation about death and dying.. Drawing from the story of Jesus visiting the home of Mary and Martha, we’ll explore what it means to create a legacy while we're still living. View the full service, including music, prayers, and more on our YouTube channel . Join us live on YouTube, Sunday mornings...

John Pentland is back from vacation! This Sunday, he preaches on identity, story, and living into our True Selves. View the full service, including music, prayers, and more on our YouTube channel . Join us live on YouTube, Sunday mornings at 10 am MT.  To learn more about Hillhurst United Church, visit hillhurstunited.com and connect with us on social media. Facebook: https://bit.ly/3f1oOCa T...

Andria Irwin preaches on experiencing worthiness, exploring how we can move beyond what we’ve done and into who we are. View the full service, including music, prayers, and more on our YouTube channel . Join us live on YouTube, Sunday mornings at 10 am MT.  To learn more about Hillhurst United Church, visit hillhurstunited.com and connect with us on social media. Facebook: https://bit.ly/3f1o...

This Sunday, Rev. John Snow, Indigenous Minister for Pacific Mountain Region (BC/Yukon) preaches on reconciliation. Father Bouvette shares his experience as an Indigenous person and Catholic Priest. View the full service, including music, prayers, and more on our YouTube channel . Join us live on YouTube, Sunday mornings at 10 am MT.  To learn more about Hillhurst United Church, visit hillhur...

This Sunday, Spirit River Striped Wolf, congregant and board member, preaches on decolonization and their faith journey. View the full service, including music, prayers, and more on our YouTube channel . Join us live on YouTube, Sunday mornings at 10 am MT.  To learn more about Hillhurst United Church, visit hillhurstunited.com and connect with us on social media. Facebook: https://bit.ly/3f1...

Gloria Snow, Student Minister, preaches on Walking with God in Creation as we continue our Indigenous History Month series. View the full service, including music, prayers, and more on our YouTube channel . Join us live on YouTube, Sunday mornings at 10 am MT.  To learn more about Hillhurst United Church, visit hillhurstunited.com and connect with us on social media. Facebook: https://bit.ly/...

This week John Pentland, Lead Minister, continues exploring the Book of Revelation — this time, focusing on the "New Jerusalem" — a provocative image of heaven on earth. View the full service, including music, prayers, and more on our YouTube channel . Join us live on YouTube, Sunday mornings at 10 am MT.  To learn more about Hillhurst United Church, visit hillhurstunited.com and connect with...

This week John Pentland, Lead Minister, explores the Book of Revelation! Are we living in the 'End of Days?' What is our culture saying about the Apocolypse? Join us as we consider what this divisive and surprising text means for our lives today. View the full service, including music, prayers, and more on our YouTube channel . Join us live on YouTube, Sunday mornings at 10 am MT.  To learn m...

Andria Irwin, Associate Minister, explores the story of Doubting Thomas and the significance of what we're called and who we are called to be.\ View the full service, including music, prayers, and more on our YouTube channel . Join us live on YouTube, Sunday mornings at 10 am MT.  To learn more about Hillhurst United Church, visit hillhurstunited.com and connect with us on social media. Faceb...

Join us for Easter Sunday! Whoever you are, wherever you're at, join us on the journey! Our values are radical hospitality, spirituality, and social justice, all grounded in risk. View the full service, including music, prayers, and more on our YouTube channel . Join us live on YouTube, Sunday mornings at 10 am MT.  To learn more about Hillhurst United Church, visit hillhurstunited.com and co...

Andria Irwin, Associate Minister, preaches on the story of Palm Sunday and Jesus' return to Jerusalem as we enter Holy Week. We celebrate our fourteenth anniversary as an Affirming congregation. View the full service, including music, prayers, and more on our YouTube channel . Join us live on YouTube, Sunday mornings at 10 am MT.  To learn more about Hillhurst United Church, visit hillhurstun...

Andria Irwin, Associate Minister, delivers explores the theme of depression in the fourth week of our Good Grief series. Joined by our worship band and choir! View the full service, including music, prayers, and more on our YouTube channel . Join us live on YouTube, Sunday mornings at 10 am MT.  To learn more about Hillhurst United Church, visit hillhurstunited.com and connect with us on soci...

It's our first Sunday live-streaming (as opposed to pre-recording) in nearly two years! This is part of the transition as we prepare to resume in-person services on April 3. Today, John reflects on the third stage of grief in our Good Grief series — bargaining. View the full service, including music, prayers, and more on our YouTube channel . Join us live on YouTube, Sunday mornings at 10 am MT.&n...

In the second week of our Good Grief series, Andria Irwin explores the theme of anger. View the full service, including music, prayers, and more on our YouTube channel . Join us live on YouTube, Sunday mornings at 10 am MT.  To learn more about Hillhurst United Church, visit hillhurstunited.com and connect with us on social media. Facebook: https://bit.ly/3f1oOCa Twitter: https://bit.ly/2OUjk...

Rev. John explores the first of the five stages of grief in our Lenten sermon series, Good Grief. We are invited to move into Lent, facing the pain and suffering of our lives and our world, knowing God is there with us. Content warning: This sermon includes a reading from Eli Weisel’s “Night” that contains graphic depictions of death, violence, and execution by hanging. We invite you to listen wit...

Andria Irwin, Associate Minister, explores how the story of Transfiguration relates to our lives today. View the full service, including music, prayers, and more on our YouTube channel . Join us live on YouTube, Sunday mornings at 10 am MT.  To learn more about Hillhurst United Church, visit hillhurstunited.com and connect with us on social media. Facebook: https://bit.ly/3f1oOCa Twitter: htt...

This Sunday, we explore seeing the humanity in those we disagree with. Keith Murray, Social Justice Ministries Lead, is in the pulpit this week, delivering a sermon for World Day of Social Justice. Watch the Heineken ad Keith mentions here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etIqln7vT4w View the full service, including music, prayers, and more on our YouTube channel . Join us live on YouTube, Sunday...

This Sunday, we take time to nurture and be nurtured in the last week of our RAIN series, based on the work of author, psychologist, and teacher, Tara Brach, and her practice for self-compassion, RAIN (Recognize, Allow, Investigate, Nurture). View the full service, including music, prayers, and more on our YouTube channel . Join us live on YouTube, Sunday mornings at 10 am MT.  To learn more...

Join us as we continue our series on RAIN (Recognize, Allow, Investigate, and Nurture): A Practice for Self Compassion, using the work of author, psychologist, and teacher Tara Brach. This week, Andria explores 'investigate.' View the full service, including music, prayers, and more on our YouTube channel . Join us live on YouTube, Sunday mornings at 10 am MT.  To learn more about Hillhurst U...

Join us as we continue our series on RAIN (Recognize, Allow, Investigate, and Nurture): A Practice for Self Compassion, using the work of author, psychologist, and teacher Tara Brach. This week, John explores 'allow.' View the full service, including music, prayers, and more on our YouTube channel . Join us live on YouTube, Sunday mornings at 10 am MT.  To learn more about Hillhurst United Ch...

After taking to the streets for a couple of weeks, we are back filming in the building and kicking off our four-week series on Radical Compassion. Using the work of author, psychologist, and teacher Tara Brach, Andria will preach on 'recognize' — the first in Brach's acronym RAIN, a practice of self-compassion: Recognize, Allow, Investigate, and Nurture. View the full service, including music, pra...