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Find Your Thin Places
Meditation on the lessons for Transfiguration Sunday Exodus 34:29-35; Psalm 99; 2 Corinthians 3:12-42; Luke 9:28-36 photo by Vincent...

Pastor Russell Willis
Mar 1, 20252 min read
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Love Your Enemies, Really?
Meditation on the lessons for the Seventh Sunday after Epiphany Genesis 45:3-11,15; Psalm 37:1-11, 39-40; 1 Corinthians 15:35-38,42-50;...

Pastor Russell Willis
Feb 20, 20253 min read
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Be a Blessing
Meditation on the lessons for the Sixth Sunday after Epiphany Jeremiah 17:5-10; Psalm 1; 1 Corinthians 15:12-20; Luke 6:17-26 Photo by...

Pastor Russell Willis
Feb 15, 20252 min read
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Send Me
Photo by Brett Jordan on Unsplash Isaiah 6:1-13; Psalm 138; 1 Corinthians 15:1-11; Luke 5:11-11 After reading these scriptures from this...

Pastor Russell Willis
Feb 6, 20251 min read
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Paul's Love Letter
photo by Derick McKinney on Unsplash If I speak in the tongues of humans and of angels but do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a...

Pastor Russell Willis
Jan 29, 20252 min read
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At The Water Gate
The Water Gate, where Ezra read the Law to Nehemiah and the gathered people. . . .all the people gathered together into the square before...

Pastor Russell Willis
Jan 27, 20252 min read
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October Art
October 1, 2024 With the arrival of Autumn and the natural world around us erupting in a blaze of brilliant colors, it seems an...

Warren Ayer
Oct 4, 20244 min read
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DeacoNote 50: Life In The Fast Lane
September 12, 2024 I was reflecting recently on how busy life seems at the moment. Many of the people I know are feeling like they are...

Warren Ayer
Sep 12, 20247 min read
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DeacoNote 49: Bearing Fruit
August 28, 2024 During the morning prayer time at last Sunday's worship service Tom shared how much the fruit of our Garden Of Eatin'...

Warren Ayer
Aug 29, 20244 min read
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DeacoNote 48: Baptism
August 2, 2024 It is August at the United Church of Colchester. That means that it will soon be time for our annual Baptismal service...

Warren Ayer
Aug 2, 20245 min read
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DeacoNote 47: Full Of It
July 22, 2024 On Sunday I preached a message on the necessity of being willing to let go of old baggage to make room for, or to be open...

Warren Ayer
Jul 21, 20245 min read
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DeacoNote 46: The Lived Bible - In & Out
June 26, 2024 What does your personal Bible look like? This is the question that popped into my mind as I sat drinking my coffee this...

Warren Ayer
Jun 26, 20246 min read
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DeacoNote 45: Lift Me Up Oh Lord
June 7, 2024 If you have been by our church (the United Church of Colchester) this week, you will notice a new addition to the parking...

Warren Ayer
Jun 7, 20245 min read
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The Next Day after 21 Days Of Prayer
April 29, 2024 We have completed our 21 days of prayer. Now what? I Thessalonians 5: 16-19 Rejoice always, Pray continually, Give thanks...

Warren Ayer
Apr 28, 20242 min read
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Day 21 of 21 Days Of Prayer
April 28, 2024 Sometimes we pray like David, Psalm 5: 8 Lead me, Lord, in your righteousness because of my enemies - make your way...

Warren Ayer
Apr 27, 20242 min read
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Day 20 of 21 Days Of Prayer
April 27, 2024 As we approach the final days of our 21 days of prayer, we turn to a recurrent theme in the messages of our Lord and our...

Warren Ayer
Apr 26, 20244 min read
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Day 19 of 21 Days Of Prayer
April 26, 2024 Matthew 24: 6 You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. While written two thousand...

Warren Ayer
Apr 25, 20242 min read
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Day 18 of 21 Days Of Prayer
April 25, 2024 We have all played some form of Hide & Seek as children. The best games were sometimes in the shadows of early evening -...

Warren Ayer
Apr 24, 20242 min read
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Day 17 of 21 Days Of Prayer
April 24, 2024 Hope is a word we use often as It is so intermingled with faith. Hebrews 11: 1 Now faith is confidence in what we hope for...

Warren Ayer
Apr 23, 20242 min read
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Day 16 of 21 Days Of Prayer
April 23, 2024 There is a praise chorus, written by Mark Altrogge, called I Stand In Awe. The lyrics are based on Psalm 33: 8 and read,...

Warren Ayer
Apr 22, 20242 min read
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