Islington Listens

This Sunday, Rev. Maya Landell preached on team kindness. From Leviticus to today, God has been instructing God's people on how to be one through acts of kindness and care for our neighbours. 

This Sunday, many voices offered leadership in our intergenerational worship service, where we explored what it means to be on Team Jesus!

This Sunday, many voices offered leadership in our intergenerational worship service, where we explored what it means to be on Team Jesus!

This Sunday, Rev. Maya Landell preached on the gift of being invited to co-create with God and teaming with others in this work.

This Sunday, Rev. Sheila Murray shared about her love of sharing in the work of quilt-making with those she loves.

This Sunday, Hannah Athanasiadis shared about the heron as we continued our summer series, Consider the Birds.

This Sunday, we continued to consider the birds. Rev. Roger Landell shared about the sparrow and how fear distorts our relationship with life, God, others, and ourselves.

This Sunday, we continued to consider the birds. Amy Crawford shared with us how the wild goose might connect to our faith today.

This Sunday, we continued to consider the birds. Rev. Maya shared a picture of God as the Turkey Vulture.

This Sunday, we continued to consider the birds. Rev. Maya introduced us to the quail and how it might connect to our desires and longings.

This Sunday, we recognized the Indigenous Day of Prayer. We welcomed Dorothy Lee Lowe to share about her experience growing up on the res with us. 

This Sunday, we celebrated our Music Ministry at IUC.  Rev. Maya continued our series Consider the Birds and invited Thom Varey, a member of our community to share about his activist work protecting birds in urban environments. 

This Sunday, we celebrated Pride Sunday. Rev. Maya continued our series Consider the Birds and shared the secrets of the Raven.

This Sunday, Rev. Maya shared about a biblical bird that shares the encouragement "I can" with us: the pelican.

This Sunday, 10 young people at Islington United were confirmed into our church family. Here they share a bit of their story that brought them to today.

This Sunday, Rev. Maya Landell shared about the ancient symbol of the Holy Spirit, the dove. But, why the dove? 

This Sunday, Rev. Maya Landell honoured Christian Family Sunday with stories of hens and chicks.

This Sunday, Rev. Maya Landell shared about how we can stay awake to noticing the signs of resurrection even if they don't appear in the way we expect.

This Sunday, our Pastoral Care Lead, Hannah Athanasiadis, shared that story of the Emmaus Road.

This Sunday, our children performed the book "You are Special" written by Max Lucado, illustrated by Sergio Martinez, and published by Crossway Books.

On Sunday, April 12, Rev. Sheila Murray preached about the delicate balance between doubt and certainty. She was inspired by the Voltaire quote " Doubt is an uncomfortable condition, but certainty is a ridiculous one."

On Easter Sunday, Rev. Maya invites us to take a step towards this world in the love of the resurrection - however fast or unhurried your pace.

On Sunday, March 29, Our children led us in retelling the palm Sunday story. 

On Sunday, March 22, Rev. Maya Landell continued our lenten theme of Wild & Holy, with reflections on how we recognize good fruit and our need for diversity.

This week of guided prayer, our theme is Woven with God's Love. Today's thread is the thread of Peace. Listen to these scriptures and reflection, then consider the questions that follow.