Broadway United Church

09/08/2026

💛 Love Is the Revolution

Sometimes a truth arrives like light breaking open in the soul—an inner revelation that echoes the mystery of “In the beginning was the Word…” and reminds us that the first gift God offered humanity was humility made flesh. In Jesus, the Logos stepped into our world not with dominance but with presence, showing us that divine love becomes real only when it is embodied. And in that quiet realization, we begin to see that the Christ‑life continues its incarnation through us—through our tenderness, our courage, our willingness to humble ourselves before one another. This is the moment we remember that every act of embodied love is an affirmation of the Imago Dei, the divine image woven into every human being.

Jim Palmer, a former pastor turned spiritual writer and director, has spent years inviting Christians to move beyond the safety of abstraction into the risky, radiant work of embodied compassion. His words—“Telling people that God loves them is good theology. Showing people that you love them is what transforms the world.”—carry the same pulse that moved through Jesus’ ministry: the insistence that love must be lived to be true. Palmer’s work often critiques the limits of institutional religion, yet his call to embodied love resonates across traditions, denominations, and spiritual journeys.

Jesus never treated love as a concept. He touched the untouchable, ate with the excluded, restored dignity with his presence, and walked straight into the places where people had been told they were unworthy of belonging. His life was the mystery of the Word becoming flesh—divine tenderness translated into human action. In him, compassion became sacrament. In him, proximity became liberation. In him, love became a revolution.

When Jesus said, “A new command I give you: Love one another… By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another” – John 13:34–35 (NIV), he was naming the only evidence that matters. Not belief. Not rhetoric. Not theological precision. But visible love—love that can be felt, love that carries courage, love that refuses to remain an idea when a human being stands before us in need of tenderness or justice.

Perhaps the ancient Word is still becoming flesh, and our lives are the pages where the next chapter longs to be written.

🤟 Royce

09/07/2026

Loving God,
On this Labour Day, we give thanks for all who work to provide the things we need to live, and for the many ways that our labour contributes to the life of our communities and our world.

We give thanks for the witness of organized labour and unions, who remind us of the power of solidarity and our shared responsibility to safeguard fair wages, safe working conditions, and dignity for every worker.

Bless workers with strength, safety and dignity. Bless employers and leaders with wisdom, fairness, and care. May all who have power use it to create workplaces and communities where everyone can flourish.

May our shared labour, and our commitment to justice, help bring about your vision of peace, dignity, and abundant life for all.

And remind us, O God, that in you, our labour is not in vain.

Amen

09/06/2026

Today's centering thought

09/06/2026

Newsletter September 7-13, 2026

Throughout September and October, we’ll explore what it means to create communities of welcome, make room for one another, and live into God’s dream of a world where everyone has a place.

09/06/2026

Sunday service

09/04/2026

Belong • Connect • Become

An Invitation Into Belonging

What if church is more than a place we go?
What if it is an invitation to belong, to connect, and to become?

Throughout September and October, we’ll explore what it means to create communities of welcome, make room for one another, and live into God’s dream of a world where everyone has a place.

Together, we’ll wonder what it means to become God’s beloved community, to live the way of love, justice, compassion, and hope. And we’ll look for ways to live that out together beyond Sunday morning through opportunities to gather around tables, share food and stories, learn together, care for our neighbours, and simply spend time together.

Come worship. Come share a meal. Come learn. Come listen. Come connect.

Come and discover what we can become together.

Belong. Connect. Become.

09/04/2026

Forty years after The United Church of Canada’s 1986 Apology to Indigenous Peoples, more than 100 people gathered in Sudbury to remember, witness, and recommit to the work of reconciliation. The Rev. Kellie McComb reflected on attending the original Apology as a member of the 31st General Council ...

09/02/2026

Thursday morning weather permitting Rev. Jenni will be working from the community Picnic table outside on the lawn. Come on by and say hi!