Minister’s Reflections | Beacon United Church, Yarmouth, NS

Reflections/Announcements

2023

Message from our Minister

Jan 1 – Worship Service – New Years Day

Jan 8 – Worship Service – Jesus Baptism

Jan15 – Worship Service – Temptation of Jesus

Jan 22 – Worship Service – Beatitudes

Jan 29 – Sunday Worship – Matthew

Feb 12 – “The United Church Creed” in Story and Song

Feb 19 – Worship Service – Transfiguration

Feb 26 – Worship Service – Lent 1

Mar 5 – Worship Service – Lent 2

2022

Jan 2 – Worship Service – New Year

Jan 9 – Worship Service – The Wedding at Cana

Jan 16, 2022 – Worship Service – The Cleansing of the Temple

Jan 23 – Worship Service – Jesus and Nicodemus

Jan 30 – Worship Service – The Samaritan Woman at the Well

Feb 6 – Worship Service – Official’s Son is Healed

Feb 13 – Worship Service – Bread of Life from Heaven

Feb 20 – Worship Service – Living Water

Feb 27 – Worship Service – Jesus Light of the World

Mar 6 – Worship Service – Raising Lazarus

Mar 13 – Lent 2 – Getting our Feet Wet

Mar – Worship Service – Lent 3 World Day of Prayer

Mar 27 – Worship Service – Annual Meeting

Apr 3 – Worship Service – Lent 5

Apr 10 – Worship Service – Palms/Passion Sunday

Apr 14 – Maunday Thursday Worship Service

Apr 15 – Good Friday Worship Service

Apr 17 – Worship Service – Easter Sunday

Apr 24 – Worship Service – Coming To Believe

May 1 – Worship Service – Conversion of Ananias

May 8 – Worship Service – Acts 16:16-34

May 15 – Worship Service

May 22 – Worship Service – Grateful to God

May 29 – Worship Service – Annual General Meeting

Jun 19 – Worship Service – Keep it Alive!

Jun 19 – Worship Service – Indigenous Day of Prayer: All My Relations

June 26 – Worship Service – Having a Mary Heart in a Martha World

July 3 – Worship Service – Praying the Psalms

July 10 – Psalms -Prayers of Longing

July 17 – Worship Service – Psalms Prayers of Trust

July 24 – Worship Service – Psalms Prayers of Gratitude

July 31 – Worship Service – Psalms prayers of Distress

Aug 7 – Worship Service – Psalms – Prayers of Forgiveness

Aug 14 – Worship Service – Psalms – Prayers of Joy

Aug 21 – Worship Service – Psalms – Prayers of Hope

Aug 28 – Worship Service – General Council 44

Sept 4 – Worship Service – Labour Day

Sept 11 – Worship Service – Changing World

Sept 18 – Worship Service – Affirm Celebration

Oct 2 – Worship Service – World Wide Communion

Oct 16 – Worship Service – Choices

Oct 23 – Worship Service – Consequences

Oct 30 – Worship Service – Choosing Wisdom

Nov 6 – Worship Service – Hope – Backward and Forward

Nov 13 – Worship Service – Simple Grace

Nov 20 – Worship Service – Communion Sunday

Nov 27 – Worship Service – Advent 1

Dec 4 – Worship Service – Advent 2

Dec 11 – Worship Service – Advent 3

Dec 18 – Worship Service – Advent 4

Dec 24 – Christmas Eve Worship

Dec 25 – Christmas Day Worship – Lessons and Carols

2021

Jan 3 – Worship Service – Epiphany Sunday

Jan 10 – Worship Service – Baptism of Jesus

Jan 17 – Worship Service – Epiphany 2

Jan 24 – Worship Service – Epiphany 3

Jan 31 – Worship Service – Epiphany 4

Feb 7 – Worship Service – Ancestors and Ancestry

Feb 14 – Worship Service – Valentine’s Day

Feb 21 – Worship Service – Lent 1

Feb 28 – Worship Service – Lent 2 (Annual Meeting)

Mar 7 – Worship Service – Lent 3 No Info

Mar 14 – Worship Service – Lent 4

Mar 21 – Worship Service – Lent 5

Mar 28 – Worship Service – Palm/Passion Sunday

Apr 2 – Good Friday Service of Symbols

Apr 4 – Worship Service – Easter Sunday

Apr 11 – Worship Service – Holy Humour Sunday

April 18 – Worship Service – Earth Day

Apr 25 – Worship Service – Easter 4

May 2 – Zoom Worship Service – Easter 5

May 9 – Worship Service – Easter 6

May 16 – Worship Service – Ascension Sunday

May 23 – Worship Service – Pentecost Sunday

May 30 – Worship Service – Regional 15 Conference

June 6 – Worship Service – Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs

June 13 – Worship Service – Dumbo

June 20 – Sunday Worship – Pinocchio

June 27 – Worship Service – Fantasia

July 4 – Worship Service – Bambi

July 11 – Worship Service – Cinderella

July 18 – Worship Service – Alice in Wonderland

July 25 – Worship Service – Peter Pan

Aug 1 – Worship Service – Lady and The Tramp

Aug 8 – Worship Service – Sleeping Beauty

Aug 15 – Worship Service – 101 Dalmations

Aug 22 – Worship Service – The Sword and The Stone

Aug 29 – Worship Service – The Jungle Book

Sept 12 – Worship Service – Story of Creation

Sept 26 – Worship Service – Story of Jacob

Oct 3 – Worship Service – Worldwide Communion

Oct 10 – Worship Service – Thanks Giving

Oct 17 – Sunday Worship – World Food Sunday

Oct 31 – Sunday Worship – Reformation

Nov 7 – Worship Service – Remembrance Day

Nov 14 – Worship Service – Amos

Nov 21 – Worship Service – Reign of Christ Sunday

Nov 28 – Advent 1 – Dr Seuss – Oh The Places We Will Go

Dec 5 – The Sneetches – Advent 2 – Peace

Dec 12 – Worship Service – Advent 3 Joy – Green Eggs and Ham

Dec 19 – Worship Service – Horton Hears a Who – Advent 4

Christmas Eve Worship Service – How the Grinch Stole Crristmas

Boxing Day Service: Mission & Service Sunday

2020

Jan 5, 2020 – Epiphany

Jan 12 – Baptism of Jesus

Jan 19 – Before I Was Born

Jan 26 – Bloom Where You Are Planted

Feb 2 – The Be-Attitudes

Feb 9 – Salt, Stardust and light

Feb 16 – Let Your Light Illuminate The “LAW”

Feb 23 – Transfiguring our Congregation

Mar 1 – Lent 1 – Second Chances

March 8 – Lent 2 – Accepting Forgiveness

Mar 15 – Lent 3 – Living Water

Rev Sharon Lohnes – Covid -19 Message

July 12 – Worship Service – Esau and Jacob

July 19 – Worship Service – Jacob’s Ladder

July 26 – Worship Service – Jacob’s Sons

August 2 – Worship Service – Jacob Wrestles With God

Aug 9 – Worship Service – Joseph

Aug 16 – Worship Service – Israel in Egypt

Aug 23 – Worship Service – Moses

Sept 13 – Worship Service – Biodiversity

Sept 20 – Worship Service – Land

Sept 27 – Worship Service – Water

Oct 4 – Worship Service – World Wide Communion Sunday

Oct 11 – Worship Service – Thanksgiving

Oct 18 – Worship Service – Sky

Oct 25 – Worship Service – Need not Greed

Nov 15 – Worship Service – Stewardship

Nov 22 – Worship Service – Children’s Sunday

Nov 29 – Worship Service – Advent 1 – Hope

Dec 6 – Worship Service – Advent 2 – Peace

Nov 8 – Worship Service – Remembrance Day

Dec 13 – Worship Service – Advent 3 – Joy

Dec 20 – Worship Service – Advent 4 – Love

Dec 24th – Christmas Eve 2020

Dec 27 – Worship Service – New Beginnings – Ancient Promises

2019

Dec 2019 – Advent Reflections

We Strive to Serve God through an Open
Community of Faith; seeking love, peace,
truth, justice & respect for all Creation