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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...

Warren Ayer
Sep 16, 20222 min read
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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...

Warren Ayer
Sep 15, 20223 min read
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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...

Warren Ayer
Sep 15, 20223 min read
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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...

Warren Ayer
Sep 15, 20223 min read
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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...

Pastor Russell Willis
Jul 31, 20221 min read
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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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May 25, 20221 min read
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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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Apr 17, 20221 min read
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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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Jan 5, 20221 min read
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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
From your church family at the United Church of Colchester
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Dec 27, 20211 min read
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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 27, 20211 min read
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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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Dec 16, 20211 min read
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Third Candle of Advent 2021 - Joy
The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who lived in a land of deep darkness on them light has shined. You have...
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Dec 16, 20211 min read
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Second Candle of Advent 2021 - Peace
The wolf shall live with the lamb, the leopard shall lie down with the kid, the calf and the lion and the fatling together, and a little...
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Dec 7, 20212 min read
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First Candle of Advent 2021 - Hope
“The days are surely coming, says the Lord, when I will fulfill the promise I made to the house of Israel and the house of Judah. In...
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Dec 4, 20213 min read
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For All the Saints
This week we celebrate All Saints Day. We particularly hold up our brothers and sisters in Christ who have passed in the last year: Bob...
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Nov 2, 20211 min read
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Bringing Light into Darkened Lives
Sitting in Darkness If you are sitting in darkness open your eyes turn around to see if there’s light behind you or above or below or to...
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Sep 5, 20211 min read
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Behold the Trumpet (Flower)
Psalm 81: 3-4 Blow the trumpet at the new moon, At the full moon, on our feast day. For it is a statute for Israel, An ordinance of the...
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Aug 29, 20211 min read
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Our Garden of Eatin' in the News
The Colchester Sun Headline reads:: ""Garden of Eatin" at United Church of Colchester Supplies Vegetables to Food Shelf." Jessica...
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Aug 19, 20211 min read
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Happy Easter: Looking Forward to New Work To Do!
We made! We made it to Easter! Remember last Easter. Just a year ago we were canceling services, clumsily learning Zoom, saying goodbye...
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Apr 3, 20213 min read
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Sixth Week of Lent 2021: Venturing into Holy Week
The final six days of Lent are also known as Holy Week, Beginning with the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem, and then following...
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Mar 27, 20212 min read
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