Nashwaaksis United Church

06/11/2026

Prayer Pause: Held in Love
This week's prayer is for those who are wrestling with loss. Whether that loss is fresh, or grief that has carried through the years, know that you are held in love and prayer today.

Let's pray:
God who stays, today we pause and bring before you those who are carrying grief. Some losses are fresh and sharp. Some have softened with time but still ache in unexpected moments. Some losses have names we speak often. Others we carry quietly in places no one else can see.

You know them all. Be close to those who are mourning, those grieving someone they love, those grieving relationships that have changed, those grieving health, hopes, certainty, or seasons of life that cannot be reclaimed. Hold those who feel lonely in their sorrow. Sit with those who cannot find words. Strengthen those who are tired of being strong.

And remind us, God, that the pain we carry is only so deep because our love ran deep. What hurts now matters because someone mattered. What aches now mattered because love was real.

Help us not to rush ourselves or others toward healing, but to trust that you meet us in every stage, in tears and silence, in remembering and releasing, in questions and in hope.

Teach us to be gentle with one another, to become companions who carry light into heavy places. And when grief feels too large, hold us in the promise that love is never wasted, and no sorrow is carried alone.

With tenderness and hope, we place ourselves and one another into your care.

AMEN

06/10/2026

Mid-Week Moment: Living Awake ☀️✨
How much of life do we move through without really noticing?

The next task. The next appointment. The next thing on the list.

In this week’s Mid-Week Moment, we reflect on Paul’s invitation in 1 Thessalonians to stay awake, not with anxiety or urgency, but with openness, attentiveness, and wonder.

What if God is already present in the ordinary moments we are rushing past?

Take a few minutes to pause and reflect this week. 🌿

🔗 https://nashwaaksisunited.ca/mid-week-moment-living-awake/

06/10/2026

THE TAKE-OUT PICNIC MEAL IS BACK! - Special Events is planning a Take-Out Picnic Meal for Thursday, June 18th, pick-up from 4:00pm-5:30pm, (please use the front door). Enjoy roast beef, ham & turkey deli sandwich with coleslaw, pickle, Covered Bridge chips and fresh strawberry & brownie delight for dessert - all for $18.00. Reservation sign-up sheets will be available before and after church services on June 14th. If you are unable to reserve at the church, please call (458-9452)or email ([email protected]) the church office and Judy will be happy to take your order.

06/09/2026

Recording of the NUC worship service for June 7, 2026.

Recording of the Nashwaaksis United Church worship service for June...

06/09/2026

🌙 Sacred Grounds: “Night Is Not Forever” 🕯️
Join us this evening, June 9, at 7 PM in the Sanctuary for our final Sacred Grounds gathering before summer.

Together, we will reflect on the words of 1 Thessalonians 5:4-11 and hold onto a simple promise: even in uncertain times, night is not forever.

This contemplative evening gathering will include scripture, prayer, music, silence, candle lighting, and space to simply breathe and be present.

Whether you are carrying weariness, hope, questions, or longing for a quiet place to reconnect with God, you are welcome here.

Come as you are. Bring your whole self. And gather with us in the glow of hope and community. ✨

06/04/2026

Prayer Pause: Starting With Love 🏳️‍🌈
For our first of many Prayer Pause posts, we are beginning in a great place: love! As we begin our journey through Pride month, may the Holy Spirit inspire us to grow in love, understanding, and affirmation!

Let's join together in this prayer, inspired in part by 1 Thessalonians 4:1-12.

God of abundant and ever-expanding love, in this season of Pride, we pause and remember that your love is never small, never scarce, and never finished.

Through the words of Paul, you invite us to love more and more, to grow beyond what imaginary boundaries, to open our hearts wider, and to become communities where people are seen, valued, and celebrated. Teach us a love that listens before speaking, a love that welcomes without condition, a love that honours the sacred worth carried in every person.

Especially today, we pray for all who have known exclusion instead of belonging, silence or indifference instead of affirmation, judgment instead of grace. Wrap your beloved children in courage, joy, safety, and deep assurance that they are held in your care.

We pray for LGBTQIA2S+ people and communities, for celebration where there has been sorrow, for healing where there has been hurt, for freedom where there has been fear, and for spaces where people can live openly, authentically, and fully.

Continue shaping your Church into a place where love grows more generous, more compassionate, more courageous, more Christ-like. Help us to move beyond words into action: to stand beside one another, to celebrate one another, to learn from one another, and to reflect the expansive welcome of Christ.

And where we discover places in ourselves that still need growing, meet us there with grace.

May our lives proclaim what your love has always declared: that every person is worthy of dignity, every person is created in wonder, and every person is invited into the unfolding story of your love.

Teach us, O God, to love more and more. AMEN

06/03/2026

Mid-Week Moment: Love More and More ❤️🌿
In this week's Mid-Week Moment, we reflect on Paul's invitation to the Thessalonians: not to become entirely different people overnight, but simply to let love continue to grow.

Take a few moments to pause, reflect, and consider where love might be growing in your life today. ✨

🔗 https://nashwaaksisunited.ca/mid-week-moment-love-more-and-more/

06/02/2026

Recording of the NUC worship service for May 31, 2026

Recording of the Nashwaaksis United Church worship service for May ...

06/02/2026

Rev. Richard will not be in the office today (Tuesday, June 2nd) due to a previously scheduled meeting.

06/01/2026

🌿 Sacred Rhythms: One Small Step
Spiritual growth doesn't usually happen all at once.

Most of the time, it happens through small choices, simple acts of kindness, and ordinary moments when we choose love over indifference, patience over frustration, and grace over judgment.

In this week's Sacred Rhythms, we're exploring a simple spiritual practice inspired by 1 Thessalonians 4:1-12: taking one small step of love each day.

What if growing in faith isn't about doing something extraordinary, but simply taking the next faithful step?

✨ Read the reflection and try the practice here:
https://nashwaaksisunited.ca/sacred-rhythms-one-small-step/