From Hope to Harvest
Join us this week for the final part of our Spirituality of Gardening theme. We hear a special story shared by the Baycroft family, visit with Cecil Briggs in his garden, and talk with the Garden City Project about the Hub landscape.
Spirituality of Gardening: Sowing Seeds, Tending Hope
Seeds are a miracle of life. Then are a sign of what is possible. They speak to the abundance our Gardener God intends for all creation. This week we hear the parable of the Mustard Seed and visit with Norman Teed at his farm and Jocelyn Quann in her backyard garden.
Spirituality of Gardening: "Soil of God, You and I"
In the beginning....from humus - soil, dirt, mud of the earth, we are formed and shaped by a gardener God. (Genesis 2)
All life begins and ends with soil. We are Holy Ground. How do we tend the soil of our soul? Join us this week as we explore the spirituality of gardening.
Two of our Visions' friends - John Russell and Fernand Daigle - share wisdom from 'backyard gardens'. We will also have a moment of pause in remembrance for and reconciliation with our Indigenous relations.
Pentecost is Now!
This Sunday we celebrate the fiery, windy festival of the Spirit.
After reading through the book of Acts, and those first stories of being church, we have circled back to the story of Pentecost, yet again. The Spirit is always on the move! We celebrate the Pentecost that is happening, NOW, today in our time and space.
Bring your Pentecost colours of red or orange to worship.
We will celebrate Communion.
Please prepare food for yourself: some bread and a cup of juice - perhaps grape or cranberry - or wine, with or without alcohol. We will bless the elements together with prayer and song.
Charting the Course, Headwinds and Open Horizons
We are reaching the end of our journey through Acts. But first we hear the tale of a seafaring journey, a storm at sea, a shipwreck and the saving grace of kind hospitality. These stories of making church call us to imagine new directions and expanding possibilities for a still unfolding, not-yet-finished story of being church!
Christian Family Sunday & Mother's Day
Letters From a Time of Pandemic to Visions' Family of Faith
What letters or messages of encouragement, gratitude, challenge might we offer to each other as 'church' during these days and months of pandemic isolation, restrictions and separation? We turn our attention to a part of Paul's story that is woven behind the scenes, stories and speeches, which fill the pages of the Book of Acts (Acts 23-26).
Paul wrote letters of encouragement to the early Christian communities he visited on his travels. This week some of Visions friends will share some messages with us. Apart, together, during this time of pandemic, we encourage one another in faith. We will also have a photo story from our 10th Anniversary celebration last week.
Who's Sitting On Our Windowsills? The Story of Eutychus
Our theme series, Acts Now! Stories of Making Church Outside a Building, continues with this story about youth and is relevant to anyone who may be 'sitting on the margins'. How will we welcome all into our life of worship and prayer and be a place of radical belonging?
Turning the World (and the Church) Upside Down!
The early followers of Jesus were accused of 'turning the world upside down' with their message of good news. In our day, too, the gospel values of peace, justice and God's radical love for all people can clash with our consumer culture's values.
How will we 'turn the world upside down' with the Love of God?
