Please join us for our weekly Ecumenical Shared Ministry service on Sunday, January 19, 2025 @10:30 am., at St. Paul’s United Church, 178 Church Street in Bowmanville. We offer an accessible worship space with an elevator/lift and smiles. If you can’t make it in person, please join us on Facebook Live or VIMEO
One: How precious is God’s steadfast love!
All: We will find refuge in the shelter of God’s wings.
One: Come and feast on God’s abundance.
All: We will drink from the river of God’s delights.
One: For with God is the fountain of life;
All: And in God’s light we will see light.
One: Let us worship God with joy and thanksgiving!
All: We will bring God our prayers and our praise with hearts full of love.
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity: “Do you believe this?”
Every year, between January 18 and 25, Christians worldwide are invited to participate in the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity , an ecumenical celebration, reflecting on scripture together, participating in jointly organized ecumenical services, and sharing fellowship. This year’s theme focuses on the common faith of Christians, as expressed in the Nicaean Creed.
The prayers and reflections for this year’s Week of Prayer for Christian Unity were prepared by the brothers and sisters of the monastic community of Bose in northern Italy. This year marks the 1,700th anniversary of the first Christian Ecumenical Council in Nicaea, near Constantinople, in 325 AD. This commemoration provides a unique opportunity to reflect on and celebrate the common faith of Christians, as expressed in the Creed formulated during this Council. This faith remains alive and fruitful in our days. The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2025 offers an invitation to draw on this shared heritage and to enter more deeply into the faith that unites all Christians.
Presbyterian Connection, Issue 32, Winter 2024, now available!
The latest issue of the Presbyterian Connection newspaper will be delivered to all congregations and subscribers as soon as the Canada Post strike ends. This edition is once again packed with articles and photos from Presbyterian congregations, individuals, ministries and groups across Canada. Click on the image to go to download link.
In this issue you’ll find:
- A feature article on the moderator’s trip to Malawi
- Details on what makes Place of Hope Indigenous Presbyterian Church unique
- An update from the Committee on Church Doctrine
- Reflections from the “I Love Taiwan” experience
- An update from PWS&D after a year of the current war in Gaza
- Photos from celebrations, group activities and special events, plus so much more!
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