Sinopsis
This podcast is brought to you by the people of God at Knox United Church in Lanigan and Nokomis United Church in Nokomis. We are disciples of Jesus Christ who seek to live out our faith in our local communities and our everyday lives. Our weekly sermons share how we wrestle with the Bible in our time as the Holy Spirit guides our life and work.Knox United in Lanigan gathers at 9:30am on Hoover Street, and Nokomis United gathers in Nokomis at 11:15am on 3rd and King.
Episodios
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A Good Work: We Gather
05/02/2019 Duración: 09minWe believe that God has gifted our church to the world as a good work (Philippians 1:6). Each week we will be exploring a different way that God has called us to serve God and the world. This week we explored the theme "we gather" as God calls us to be a family, a community, where all are welcome as we are to engage in a community seeking a more inclusive world where all are one. Our sermon was delivered by our student minister Mitchell Anderson and was based on Philippians 1:3-11 and Galatians 3:27-29
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One Body
05/02/2019 Duración: 10minAs Knox United gathered for our annual meeting, we reflected on words written to another church a long time ago, about how the church is like a body with many members, each different, each needed one another, and together working for the common good. The sermon was delivered by Mitchell Anderson, our student minister, and was based on First Corinthians 12:12-31
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Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2019
24/01/2019 Duración: 12minEach year the Church celebrates the week of prayer for Christian unity. But what does unity mean in our time? How can we pursue justice, and only justice, as we respond to Jesus' prayer that all may be one? To learn more about the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, the World Council of Churches has information here: Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
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Baptism of the Lord
18/01/2019 Duración: 16minThe Baptism of the Lord celebrates when Jesus was baptised, and reminds us of our calling as a baptised and baptising people for our hearts to be transformed by Jesus for the sake of the world. Our teaching was delivered by Mitchell Anderson. Our teaching text was Luke 3:1-22.
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Epiphany of the Lord
11/01/2019 Duración: 13minThe Epiphany of the Lord celebrates when wise people from the East came to offer Jesus gifts. They were transformed by their encounter with him, just as Jesus transforms our lives and transforms the world. The sermon was delivered by Mitchell Anderson and the Scripture readings are Isaiah 60:1-6 and Matthew 2:1-12
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The Birth of the Lord
02/01/2019 Duración: 13minMerry Christmas! Each we celebrate the mystery of the Incarnation, how God walks with us as Jesus Christ, the Word made flesh who reconciles and makes new. The sermon was delivered by Mitchell Anderson, our student minister, and was based on Isaiah 9:2-7, Philippians 2:1-11, and Luke 2:1-14.
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Advent 4: A New Song of Love
02/01/2019 Duración: 14minOn the fourth Sunday of Advent we celebrate love. We look to Isaiah the prophet who gifts to use four Servant Songs, teaching us the way of love that we meet in Jesus Christ who bears the grief, pain, and suffering of the world to teach us how to live in love. Our teaching was delivered by our student minister Mitchell Anderson the teaching text was Isaiah 52:13-53:12.
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Advent 3: A New Song of Joy
19/12/2018 Duración: 14minOn the third Sunday of Advent we celebrate joy. We look to Mary's new song of joy to celebrate how God lifts up the oppressed to the high places and fills the hungry with good things, that our hearts might leap with joy every time we hear her words. Our sermon was delivered by Mitchell Anderson our student minister and reflects on Luke 1:26-56
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Advent 2: A New Song of Peace
13/12/2018 Duración: 12minOn the second Sunday of Advent we celebrate peace. We look to Hannah's new song of peace to celebrate how God lifts up the poor to seats of honour amongst the princes, always joining the side of the poor, marginalised, and oppressed. Our sermon this week is delivered by our student minister Mitchell Anderson and is based on the Song of Hannah in First Samuel 2:10 and James 3:17-18.
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Advent 1: A New Song of Hope
03/12/2018 Duración: 12minWe begin a new church year with the first Sunday in Advent, celebrating hope. We look to Zechariah's new song of hope to remember the promises God has made to our ancestors as we look ahead to how Jesus will come again into the world with the promise of hope. Our sermon is offered by Mitchell Anderson, our student minister. Our Scripture lesson is from Luke and can be found here: Luke 1:67-79
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Bonus Episode: Reign of Christ at St. Andrew's College
03/12/2018 Duración: 06minWe have a bonus episode! At the chapel of St. Andrew's College in Saskatoon on November 22, our student minister Mitchell Anderson led this service. Scripture reading was Revelation 1:4-8 which you can read here: Revelation 1:4-8.
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Reign of Christ
03/12/2018 Duración: 11minOn November 25 we celebrated Reign of Christ Sunday, also called Christ the King Sunday, as we bring our church year to an end. Our sermon is offered by Janice Edwards of Nokomis, Saskatchewan, a licensed lay worship leader in the United Church.
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Breathed by God: Reading the Epistles in our time
21/11/2018 Duración: 17minWe trust that all Scripture is breathed by God, and so we look to the Scriptures for teaching, testing, correction, and training in justice. The last in our five week series on how to read the Bible in our time, this week we explore the Epistles, ancient letters written by Christians to one another about our faith. This week's sermon is offered by our student minister Mitchell Anderson. You can read the Scripture readings for this week here
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Breathed By God: Reading the Gospels in our time
12/11/2018 Duración: 14minWe trust that all Scripture is breathed by God, and so we look to the Scriptures for teaching, testing, correction, and training in justice. The fourth in our five week series on reading the Bible, this week we explore the sayings of Jesus where he says "the Son of Man came..." as we explore who Jesus is and the purpose of his life and teachings, his death on the Cross for us and the world, and resurrection to new life. Today's sermon is delivered by our student minister, Mitchell Anderson, and looks at three sayings of Jesus: The Son of Man came eating and drinking. (Matthew 11:19) The Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to offer his life as a ransom for many. (Mark 10:45) The Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost. (Luke 19:10)
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Breathed by God: Reading the Writings in our time
06/11/2018 Duración: 12minWe trust that all Scripture is breathed by God, and so we look to the Scriptures for teaching, testing, correction, and training in justice. The third in our five week series on reading the Bible, this week we explore the Biblical figure of Wisdom, a feminine image for the God who creates the world and liberates her people. Our sermon is delivered by our student minister, Mitchell Anderson, and works through Proverbs 1:20-21, 8:1, 22-31 and Wisdom of Solomon 7:22-8:1
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Breathed by God: Reading the Prophets in our Time
30/10/2018 Duración: 12minWe trust that all Scripture is breathed by God, and so we look to the Scriptures for teaching, testing, correction, and training in justice. The second in our five week series on reading the Bible, this week we wrestle with the messages of the prophets to seek justice, love kindness, and walk humbly with our God. Our sermon this week is by Mitchell Anderson our student minister. The scripture lessons we engaged with are First Kings 21:1-21, Amos 5:21-24, and Micah 6:6-8 Each week we are also learning from United Church teaching on Scripture. This week's principle is “our interpretation of the Bible is most clearly shown in the way we live" from The Authority and Interpretation of Scripture.
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Breathed by God: Reading the Torah in our time
23/10/2018 Duración: 16minWe trust that all Scripture is breathed by God, and so we look to the Scriptures for teaching, testing, correction, and training in justice. The first in our five week series on reading the Bible, this week we wrestle with the story of the Exodus as we seek to read the Bible in our time and learn about the Torah. Our sermon this week is by Mitchell Anderson our student minister. The scripture lesson we engaged with is Exodus 15:1-21. Each week we are also learning from United Church teaching on Scripture. This week's principles are “God calls us to engage the Bible to experience the liberating and transforming Word of God" from The Authority and Interpretation of Scripture and “Scripture is our song for the journey, the living word passed on from generation to generation to guide and inspire, that we might wrestle a holy revelation for our time and place from the human experiences and cultural assumptions of another era. God calls us to be doers of the word and not hearers only" from A Song of
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Finding Our Way
16/10/2018 Duración: 11minLife can get confusing, but Jesus helps us find our way. Today's sermon is delivered by guest preacher Jeanette Warrian, a licensed lay worship leader from Lanigan. She walks through Job 23:1-9,16-17 and Mark 10:17-31 to explore how we find our way in life following Jesus who guides us.
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Creation 6: Thanksgiving
09/10/2018 Duración: 13minThis week we celebrated Thanksgiving as we had our last Sunday in our series "Creation: Following Jesus. Loving the Earth." This week's sermon was delivered by our student minister Mitchell Anderson in reflection on Joel 2:21-27, Mark 4:2-9 and 26-29, and Matthew 9:35-38.
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Creation 5: Mountain Sunday
01/10/2018 Duración: 13minThis week we celebrate Mountain Sunday in the Season of Creation, where we reflect on the resurrection of Jesus and the new creation that Jesus begins in and through us, and what it means for us to live the life of that new creation. This week's sermon was delivered by our student minister Mitchell Anderson, and connects with Isaiah 65:17-25 and Mark 16:14-20. A note for listeners that this week we discuss recent events in the news about violence, abuse, and harassment and the MeToo movement. If you need support, you can call or text 211 in Saskatchewan or go to sk.211.ca to access supports.