Archive for February, 2010

Rev. Yeon Wha Kim was welcome into the pastoral charge of First, Thunder Bay, Ont., in...

Joan Kennedy and John Hawkins were honoured last November for their many years as elders of St. Columba, Saint John.  The occasion was the 114th anniversary of the...

As traumatized residents wandered through the ruins of Port-au-Prince after an earthquake devastated the region on Jan. 12, support for relief efforts was already pouring into Presbyterian World...

Five presbyteries, encompassing all Presbyterian parishes within Southland and Otago below the Waitaki River in New Zealand, are joining together to form the Southern Presbytery. The presbyteries will...

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After a five-month delay, St. Andrew's in Owen Sound, Ont., is on its way to becoming the "greenest" Presbyterian church in the country thanks to 32 solar panels...

Sweetheart Sunday, honouring the couples married in St. Andrew's, Thunder Bay, Ont., was one of the special events marking the 100th anniversary of its present building. Ken and...

Thousands of bells in churches around the world rang out 350 times on Dec. 13, 2009 to call for action on climate change. December 13 marked the height of...

It is soon to be Purim. This means it's time for me to dust off my Old Testament and read Esther. In the Jewish Bible, the book of...

A trio of American-born, PhD-toting candidates are in the running for moderator of the 2010 General Assembly. Ballots were sent to presbyteries in December and votes will be...

The letters this month (as they do each month) really enforce the idea expressed by Revs. Ray and Joyce Hodgson (January 2010) of the Presbyterian Church being a...

I cried when I heard the surgeon's report. Ten days earlier I'd had a hip replacement. My tears made me realize how anxious I was to find...

The Homeless Church Though some churches claim to be "church without walls" this one literally is. homelesschurch.org The Internet Monk Christian blogger Michael Spencer of Internet Monk considers himself a...

On April 28, 2009 eight women from the Presbytery of Lindsay-Peterborough landed in Budapest. Wow! The flowers were in full bloom. Church steeples rose all over the city....

McGill University has become the first Canadian university to partner with the Tony Blair Faith Foundation's Faith and Globalisation Initiative, a global network of universities exploring the complex...

A claim by Canada's minister of immigration that a Presbyterian-supported social justice group is anti-Semitic has church members denouncing the government as irresponsible and "draconian." "We don't usually get...

Judging by how much ink is being spilled these days on books about the divine, God is alive and well, at least in print. Visit your local bookstore,...

The largest portion of my annual givings goes to my congregational church; as does a large portion of my volunteer time. But competing for my time and chequebook...

February 7: 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 Luke 5:1-11 Today's gospel story is eerily similar to the post-Resurrection narrative in John 21. Luke makes it Peter's call, the beginning of his discipleship. John...