Our reading from this Sunday (Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23) is an important lesson about holding our patterns of behaviour, our personal and even community traditions up to the light of the Gospel. We are often quick do a quick surface-only reading of an encounter like this and think, “Jesus sure showed those bad folk up.… Read More Out of the shadow: evil intentions
When I was in the early grades of public school I participated in a study run by MacMaster University to study the impact of second-hand cigarette smoke. I remember my parents being asked to fill out permission forms and questionnaires. I remember being called down to the nurse’s room where the technician had setup, what… Read More Changing For The Better
The Pancake Supper St. George’s is hosting a Pancake Supper on March 4 from 5:00 to 7:00. It is traditional to prepare for the season of Lent (a time of fasting and self-examination) by having a party to use up all the sugar and fatty good stuff in the pantry. What better way than by cooking up… Read More Pancake Supper and Ash Wednesday
Messy Church returns tonight Sept. 11 5pm-7pm. The story of the sower is our theme for the evening. Everyone is welcome. THE SOWER Jesus told this story to the people to help them understand about God and our relationship with God. Jesus drew from the common life of the people, to help them understand about… Read More The Sower
Sometimes I think that there is nothing worse than unused gifts. We have all probably received a gift we will never use and we have all probably given a gift or two that have be put aside unused, thrown out, or re-gifted. I know my kids are hard to buy gifts for because they are… Read More God’s Gift
