Archive for February, 2010

Sermon Series on Trees: 1. The Trees in the Garden

Rev. J. Clark Saunders, Westworth United Church , February 21, 2010 Genesis 2:9, 15-24 The late Richard St. Barbe Baker was both a deeply spiritual person and an ecologist who in many ways was ahead of his time.  His particular passion was the conservation of forests.  In 1974 he published a book that brought together…

Veiled or Unveiled Faith?

Rev. Mona F. Denton , Westworth United Church, February 14, 2010 Exodus 34:29-35; Luke 9:27-36 When Moses had finished speaking with them, he put a veil on his face; but whenever Moses went in before the Lord to speak with him, he would take the veil off, until he came out; (Exodus 34:33-34a) Last night…

The Greatest Gift

Rev. J. Clark Saunders, Westworth United Church,  January 31, 2010. I Corinthians 13:1-13 There are passages in the Bible that some have called “golden” – selections of scripture that sum up a significant truth in a poetic and memorable way.  One of those passages would be the 23rd Psalm.  Another might be the Sermon on…

How We Are Called

Rev. J. Clark Saunders, Westworth United Church,  February 7, 2010. Isaiah 6:1-8; Luke 5:1-11 Next Sunday I have been invited to spend some time with the older Church school students.  I’ve been alerted to the fact that a question they want to ask me is why I became a minister.  It’s a question I was…