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Advent Week Two: Peace Listen to Cn Tim Clayton's sermon Advent 2: Prophets and Peace In Hebrew the word for peace is "shalom" which can mean "wholeness, delight, universal flourishing". Most of us would agree that this world needs peace at every level. The second week of Advent is traditionally known as the week of Peace. The "peace" candle is lit, and at the sa...

Advent Week One: Hope Listen to Cn Tim Clayton's sermon Advent 1: Hold Onto Hope. Join us as Tim leads us into an insightful look at Jesus' words in the gospel of Mark 13, reminding us to keep watch and to be ready for his return. How do we get excited about the hope of God coming to his people, especially in the face of so much adversity? What do we do when we hit scriptures that are di...

Join us as we continue our series on Giving Thanks - Eucharist; with Canon Tim Clayton's sermon part 3: Re-Member, Re-Connect The word “Eucharist” is a transliteration of the Greek word eucharistia, which is itself a translation of the Hebrew word berekah. All three words have the meaning of thanksgiving, or praise for the wonderful works of God. For the Eastern Orthodox, Eucharist is "l...

Join us as we continue our new series on Giving Thanks - Eucharist; with Mother Wendy Dixon's sermon Giving Thanks- Eucharist part 2: Wine The word “Eucharist” is a transliteration of the Greek word eucharistia, which is itself a translation of the Hebrew word berekah. All three words have the meaning of thanksgiving, or praise for the wonderful works of God. For the Eastern Orthodox, Euchari...

Join us as we start a new series on Giving Thanks - Eucharist; with Canon Tim Clayton's sermon Giving Thanks- Eucharist part 1: Bread The word “Eucharist” is a transliteration of the Greek word eucharistia, which is itself a translation of the Hebrew word berekah. All three words have the meaning of thanksgiving, or praise for the wonderful works of God. For the Eastern Orthodox, Eucharist is...

Way of Love November 2023 Join us as we continue our spiritual formation class and journey, The Way of Love. In this insightful and powerful sermon, Rev. Mako Nagasawa takes a look at the history of Anglo Saxon Christianity and God's Vision of Love for Every Nation, Tribe, and Tongue. Mako shares insights on our own longing for community. Contending with what "whiteness" has meant a...

Join us as we continue with the sixth part of this series on connecting. Connecting with God. Connecting with Community. Connecting with Creation. Connecting to Creation: learning to live in the place that God put us. Part of what it means to be human is to connect to the Good Creation that He made for us. We are created by God and woven into the gift of His beautiful creation, and that allows us...

Join us as Canon Tim Clayton shares about Saint Francis Once a year the church calendar draws our attention to Saint Francis. What makes a saint? Why celebrate a saint in the first place? Join us as Cn Tim shares an insightful and intriguing sermon on the story of Saint Francis and the celebration of the Blessing of Animals.... Coming from a time when the church had lost itself, had become rigid a...

Join us as we continue with the fifth part of this series on connecting. Connecting with God. Connecting with Community. Connecting with Creation. This week Canon Tim Clayton continues with some more insights from 1 Corinthians chapter 2. Connecting with community. “Things that no eye has seen, or ear heard, or mind imagined, are the things God has prepared for those who love him.” When we say con...

Join us as Canon Tim Clayton shares about Holy Michael and All Angels. Once a year the church calendar draws our attention to Angels, we never get too far away from the truth that God's creation involves more than we can see and sense. Tim shares some lovely insights, and a few from theologian and Orthodox priest, Sergei Bulgakov. God who is love, created human beings for love... Such is the...

Doubts, Questions and Wounded Healers Reverend Jake Strumm of the Anglican Relief and Development Fund shares with us some profound and inspiring thoughts as we look at the story of Jesus and Thomas. We pick up the story as we find the followers of Jesus completely devastated and scattered after their friend and brother has died. Jake shares some powerful stories about the work of God and Christia...

Join us as we continue with the third part of this series on connecting. Connecting with God. Connecting with Community. Connecting with Creation. This week Canon Tim Clayton continues with some more insights from the Acts of the Apostles chapter 17. Connecting with God. From Acts 17: 22a, 23b-31: "From one man he made every nation of the human race to inhabit the entire earth, determining th...

Join us as we continue with the second part of this series on connecting. Connecting with God. Connecting with Community. Connecting with Creation. This week Canon Tim Clayton shares some insights from the Acts of the Apostles chapter 17. Though Paul was brilliant and able to communicate clearly and with wisdom to those around him, what was most powerful was that Paul showed his love for those he...

Join us as we begin this series on connecting. Connecting with God. Connecting with Community. Connecting with Creation. Mother Wendy Dixon shares some beautiful insights on connection as we look at the Book of Hebrews chapter 10: 22-25, and the lovely insights Wendy has learned about connection. Our Earth and it's people here and now are still crying out; the refugees, the Joshua trees, the...

Psalms Series Part 12: Psalm 150 Join us as we study the Psalms this season at Trinity North Shore. Canon Tim Clayton continues our series in the Psalms with a closer look at the last psalm in the Book of Psalms, Psalm 150. Really a psalm that is summing up the entirety of the book. God is worthy to be praised simply because He is God. At the same time, the nature of God's character is so goo...

Psalms Series Part 11: Psalm 31 Join us as we study the Psalms this season at Trinity North Shore. Trevor Jones continues our series in the Psalms with a closer look at Psalm 31. Join us as Trevor walks us through this lovely Lamenting Psalm of David. A Psalm of David, again asking for help from God, and a reassurance of knowing who God is, and praising Him for that. This lines up with our own pri...

Psalms Series Part 10: Psalm 139 Join us as we study the Psalms this season at Trinity North Shore. Canon Tim Clayton continues our series in the Psalms with a closer look at Psalm 139. Finding ourselves doesn't happen just by looking inside, but also through relationships. We also find out who we are as we interact with those around us. The Scripture teaches us that we are all made in the Im...

Psalms Series Part 9: Psalm 40 Join us as we study the Psalms this season at Trinity North Shore. Mother Wendy Dixon continues our series in the Psalms with a closer look at Psalm 40. The Psalms describe a lot of tight situations, full of cries to God for "help". In this week's Psalm 40, we see that in this song, David's help has come, the challenge has passed. David, having be...

Psalms Series Part 8: Psalm 130 Join us as we study the Psalms this season at Trinity North Shore. Canon Tim Clayton continues our series in the Psalms with a closer look at Psalm 130. Psalm 130 could possibly be the most beautiful desperation prayer that's ever been prayed. Whatever is going on with you in this season, whatever heaviness you carry, whatever thoughts might be condemning you,...

Psalms Series Part 7: Psalm 22 Join us as we study the Psalms this season at Trinity North Shore. Mrs Jennifer Keifer continues our series in the Psalms with a closer look at Psalm 22. Layered underneath the cause of sufferings, a profound alienation is felt. In the words of the Psalmist, this believer has found themselves in a "pit", an "abyss", "waters overwhelming"...

Psalms Series Part 6: Psalm 65 Join us as we study the Psalms this season at Trinity North Shore. Mother Sue Currie continues our series in the Psalms with a closer look at Psalm 65. Join us as Sue leads us through a fascinating connection between Psalm 65 and our weekly Anglican Liturgy. Week after week, God waits for us, to welcome us into His house. To welcome us to the celebration of communion...

Psalms Series Part 5 Join us as we learn about the Psalms this season at Trinity North Shore. Psalm 63 - Canon Tim Clayton continues our series in the Psalms with a closer look at Psalm 63. How much did David know that these Psalms/Prayers of his were also about Jesus? How can we find ways to open up to God to allow him to work within the deep parts of our being? Join us as Cn Tim looks in depth a...

Psalms Series Part 4 Join us as we learn about the Psalms this season at Trinity North Shore. Psalm 121 - Canon Tim Clayton continues our series in the Psalms with a closer look at Psalm121. As we continue our look at the Psalms, Tim reminds us that the Psalms are the heart cry of the scriptures. Reminding us that God desires the fullness of each of us, and relates to the fullness within each of u...

Psalms Series Part 3 Join us as we learn about the Psalms this season at Trinity North Shore. Psalm 2 - Canon Tim Clayton continues our series in the Psalms with a closer look at Psalm 2. The joy of life comes in a mission of glory to Jesus, it comes as we remember that God is with us and He loves us and loves everyone we encounter and even ones we don't, this is the perspective we live in, a...

Psalms Series Part 2: Psalm 131 Join us as we learn about the Psalms this season at Trinity North Shore. Mother Wendy Dixon continues our series in the Psalms with a closer look at Psalm 131. When do we turn to the book of Psalms? - When we need comforting - When we need a deep moment of peace How is it that David finds a way to intentionally calm and quiet his soul? Join us as Wendy shares an ins...