What's New at Westworth

Clark Saunders on CJOB

Clark Saunders recently did an interview on the Greg Glatz show on CJOB. You can listen to a podcast here.

Minister’s Message

We worship at 11:00 am on Sunday.   Join us for our big Goods and Talents Auction on Saturday, May 12 at 7:00 pm.  Then on Sunday, May 13 we welcome the Lake Agassiz Girls Choir from Fargo, North Dakota to our service.  Mona Denton is away on sabbatical until August.

Self-denial or Self -esteem?

Rev. J. Clark Saunders , Westworth United Church,  March 4, 2012. Mark 8 :31-3  “If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.”  (Mark 8:34)  That line from our gospel reading certainly fits the season – the season of Lent.  It mentions the cross, and in…

Dust and Ashes

Rev. J. Clark Saunders, Westworth United Church, February 26, 2012. Mark 1:9-15 I was hearing the other day about a music teacher who directs a school choir.   Apparently she starts the rehearsal with the more serious pieces, songs that are slow or solemn or meditative.  She likes to get through these things as quickly as…

Who Saw the Light?

Rev. J. Clark Saunders  , Westworth United Church,  Transfiguration, February 19, 2012  Mark 9:2-9  It comes around every year about this time: The Feast of the Transfiguration.  It=s the last Sunday before the beginning of Lent, the day we remember an incident in the life of Jesus that falls about the middle of the gospel accounts of…

Our Healing Ministry

Rev. J. Clark Saunders , Westworth United Church,   February 12, 2012.  Mark 1:40-45 “Teach us all your way of healing.”  We made that request in the last verse of the hymn we just sang.  When people talk about Jesus’ healing ministry they often think in terms of our own need for healing and of how, as…

Being All Things to All People

Rev. Mona F. Denton, Westworth United Church, Sunday, February 5, 2012 1 Corinthians 9:19-23; Mark 1:29-39  I have become all things to all people, so that I might by any means save some. I do it all for the sake of the gospel, so that I might share in its blessings. (I Corinthians 9:22b-23) The…

Trust and Call; Call and Trust

Rev. Mona F. Denton, Westworth United Church, January 15, 2012 1 Samuel 3:1-20; John 1:43-51 As Samuel grew up, the Lord was with him and let none of his words fall to the ground. And all Israel from Dan to Beersheba knew that Samuel was a trustworthy prophet of the Lord. (1Samuel 3:19-20) The call…

Westworth Faith and Future Fund Seeks Applications

The Westworth Faith and Future Fund grants funds for the spiritual and financial well-being of Westworth United Church and the communities it serves. The Terms of Reference, Guidelines and Application Process for the Fund, can be obtained from the Church office. Please be advised that the Faith and Future Fund Committee will meet in April…

The Eighth Day of Creation

Rev. J. Clark Saunders,  Westworth United Church,  January 8, 2012 Genesis 1:1-5  Mark 1:4-11 [Play C Major scale.] That was a C Major scale.  If you were counting, you will know that it consisted of eight notes.  But the first and last notes were both “C”s – Middle C and the C above Middle C. When…