St. Mary's Road United Church

05/15/2026

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Jesus advocating for his friends (John 17). One of the ways we can assuage our own anxieties and fears is in advocating and comforting others. When we empower others we experience the joy of advocacy: "on their behalf..." (John 17. 9).

05/08/2026

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At the end of Jesus' farewell speech to the disciples, he promises that the Advocate (Helper, Comforter) Holy Spirit would be with them with everything they will face in this life.

05/01/2026

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We all need assurance. There is a joy that comes with feeling surefooted. Jesus wanted his friends and followers to feel confident in what he said was true and trustworthy. As it is recorded for us in scripture, Jesus offers this assurance over and over.

04/24/2026

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This Sunday is Good Shepherd Sunday, the Fourth Sunday of Easter, and the focus scripture is John 10:1-11. The pastoral images that it evokes to me is a green field and idyllic contentment. Jesus likes to use metaphors and images to draw us in. Referring to himself as the Good Shepherd connects us t...

04/17/2026

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Whether we use words or not, we are in dialogue, in communication, in communion with the world of which we are a part. "While they were talking and discussing, Jesus himself came near and went with them (Luke 24.25)."

04/11/2026

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Every Sunday, we gather for worship. We come with all the cares and burdens of the world and our own private concerns. Yet, we gather in a place called sanctuary-- a place of refuge; a place of renewal; a place of reconnecting with the joy of God. A significant part of my responsibility as a worship...

04/02/2026

The Link - April 2, 2026 - https://mailchi.mp/stmarysroad/smruc-link-2024-03-13880665. Good Friday services at 11am, with fellowship (and hot cross buns!) at 10:30. Easter worship Sunday at 11am.

What's the biggest rock you've moved? How big would the stone be that covered the entrance of the burial tomb of Jesus? What's the biggest barrier that you have faced in this life? Did it stay there? Did you get around or over it? Are you leaning on it now?

03/27/2026

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This week's worship is the end of Lent.We start with a Palm Parade where we wave palm fronds around the sanctuary. As Jesus entered Jerusalem, the yearning people cried, "Hosanna (Save Us)!" And he did. And he does. Yet, Jesus' triumph is not what they expected or wanted... nor is it, if many of us....

03/20/2026

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Welcome to our National Affirming PIE Day service. With a Sunday close to March 14 (3.14 pi Day), we recommit to Public, Intentional & Explicit acts of being a welcoming community to all. So often the trans, non-binary, q***r, Two Spirit, le***an, bisexual, gay, asexual, intersex people, and many mo...

03/20/2026

Come and enjoy the music of the Tang Quartet - Clair Tang, Bruce Waldie, Paulo Díaz-Flores, and Charles Kroeker. Free will offering. Proceeds to suppor the St. Mary's Road United Chruch Foodbank. March 29th at 2:30PM at SMRUC.