DeacoNote 14: Heaven Hotel
November 16, 2022 Many years ago, I had occasion to travel to France for business. While there, I stayed in Paris, ate most of my...
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Warren Ayer
- Nov 9, 2022
- 5 min
DeacoNote 13: Will The Real Miracle Please Stand Up
November 9, 2022 Photo by bryan robinson on Unsplash As I sit down to compose my thirteenth DeacoNote, it feels like a milestone of sorts....
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Warren Ayer
- Nov 1, 2022
- 5 min
DeacoNote 12: The Gift Of Encouragement
November 2, 2022 For a good part of my business career, I worried about strategy. My job titles had things like Plans & Strategy,...
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Warren Ayer
- Oct 25, 2022
- 5 min
DeacoNote 11: A Measure Of Greatness
October 26, 2022 In the age of sports analytics it would seem, that almost any competition is no longer simply about which team scored...
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Warren Ayer
- Oct 21, 2022
- 6 min
DeacoNote 10: And The Answer Is . . .
October 19, 2022 Those of you that know me well, know that I take music lessons on a weekly basis. I am trying to learn how to play the...
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Warren Ayer
- Oct 12, 2022
- 4 min
DeacoNote 9: Bloom Where You Are Planted
October 12, 2022 I am always intrigued by the answers you get when you ask a young person, what they want to be when they grow up? The...
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Warren Ayer
- Oct 4, 2022
- 6 min
DeacoNote 8: When The Water Roars
October 4, 2022 It is mid-week once again. This mid-week, however, will mark about a week since hurricane Ian came ashore near Sanibel...
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Warren Ayer
- Sep 29, 2022
- 5 min
DeacoNote 7: Orchestral Church
September 28, 2022 Recently, I have begun to think more and more about the structure and purposes of the gathering of souls, we call...
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Warren Ayer
- Sep 22, 2022
- 4 min
DeacoNote 6: But God - So What?
September 21, 2022 One of the most profound Christian concepts, yet so simple it can be expressed in just two words, is "But God." It is...
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Warren Ayer
- Sep 16, 2022
- 2 min
DeacoNote 2: Parables All Around Us
August 24, 2022 I was recently discussing the sources of illustrative stories for possible use in sermons, or other teaching...
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Warren Ayer
- Sep 15, 2022
- 3 min
DeacoNote 5: Mourning Into Gladness
September 14, 2022 A long time ago I had a friend who used to joke, that if you wanted to hear God laugh, just tell Him your plans. It...
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Warren Ayer
- Sep 15, 2022
- 3 min
DeacoNote 4: Strength In Weakness
September 7, 2022 I was reminded this week of a story I heard many years ago, that was attributed to Charles Spurgeon. It was said, that...
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Warren Ayer
- Sep 15, 2022
- 3 min
DeacoNote 3: Use Your Own Gifts
August 31, 2022 This week a casual conversation reminded me of a cruise my wife and I had been on many years ago. We traveled with a...
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Pastor Russell Willis
- Jul 31, 2022
- 1 min
Summer Comings and Goings
There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant...
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- May 25, 2022
- 1 min
Where My Heart Lies Today Because of Yesterday
The first of these three poems -- "There Are No Words" -- was written in 2018 after an earlier massacre at a school and is far too timely...
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- Apr 17, 2022
- 1 min
Happy Easter! -- This New Day
This New Day Quiet Dark Nothing moves Stars slowly wink out One, then another as Sky tints Bird song greets The light A new day A new...
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- Jan 5, 2022
- 1 min
Sunrise on a New Year
Christmas Sky Is the Christmas sky the brilliant night the host of stars illuminating paths for curious souls and a venue for celestial...
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- Dec 27, 2021
- 1 min
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
From your church family at the United Church of Colchester
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- Dec 27, 2021
- 1 min
The Fourth Candle of Advent 2021 - Love
For God so loved the world the he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life! (John...
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- Dec 16, 2021
- 1 min
Cantiamo Christmas Concert
Bella Voce Women’s Chorus’ small ensemble, Cantiamo, will share some Christmas Joy in a concert at the United Church of Colchester on...
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