This Midweek Musing comes Mid Holy Week! Last Sunday we remembered Jesus riding on a donkey into Jerusalem. Tomorrow we will gather to remember Jesus and his companions sharing bread in an upper room. On Friday we will be confronted by crucifixion and Jesus’ death. On Saturday we will grieve the death of Jesus, the…
Palm Sunday begins the Christian Holy week, during which we remember Jesus entering Jerusalem, upending tables in the temple courtyard, sharing a meal with his friends in an upper room, praying in a garden, being arrested, questioned and tortured…and crucified. Holy Week brings into both focus and question the life of Jesus. Jesus healed. Jesus…
A personal message from Jeff and Carol Thank you TMUC! Thank you for your expressions of sympathy and support following the death of Jeff’s mom, Joan Cook. The celebration of Joan’s life was held on Tuesday at McCleisters Funeral Home in Brantford. The obituary is on their website and the recording of the service is still…
The United Church of Canada has always advocated for an end to poverty in Canada. Now the church joins other organizations and voices calling for a Guaranteed Livable Income program. Below is the link to a video of The Right Reverend Carmen Lansdowne’s (Moderator of The United Church of Canada) speaking about the need for…
Today is TMUC’s Annual Meeting! The meeting will be held in Yale Hall, following the morning worship service. The Annual Report is available on our website. Here is the link: https://tmuc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/2022-ANNUAL-REPORT-FINAL-for-website.pdf You are invited to bring finger food to share as a pot luck. As part of the Annual Meeting we will have a silent…
Welcome to Lent! Today is the start of the season of Lent. Lent will continue to Maundy Thursday on April 6th. Lent is a season of 40 days – 40 days that remind us of the 40 days Jesus spent in the wilderness discerning the Spirit leading him and blessing him; 40 days of being tempted…
Creativity is TMUC’s focus this weekend!!! TMUC’s will host creativity, imagination and playfulness this weekend – beginning this morning! At 10:30 a.m. today (Friday, February 17), artists from TFAM –The Textile and Fabric Artists of Manitoba – will introduce the concept and fabric artworks of their ‘JOY’ exhibit. The Joy fabric art ‘Trunk Show’ will be at TMUC…
There is a lot of news to share this week! This Sunday we worship in-person at 10:00 a.m. If you cannot be present, you are invited to join in the livestream. Here’s the ZOOM link for TMUC: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7538449219 and, if you want to just listen, you can join by phone: 204-272-7920 Meeting ID: 753 844 9219 As…
In 2021, the Canadian Government designated January 29 as the National Day of Remembrance of the Quebec City Mosque Attack and Action Against Islamophobia. The designation was made to remember and honour the victims who will killed and injured by gunshot in the Islamic Cultural Centre of Quebec City on this date in 2017. Six people…
This may come as an epiphany to some … today is Epiphany! Many Christians celebrate January 6th as Epiphany. Christians in Ukraine celebrate January 6th as Christmas Eve, January 7 as Christmas Day, and celebrate January 19th as Epiphany. As Ukrainian Christians celebrate the birth of Jesus, the ‘Prince of Peace’, we continue to pray for peace. We pray…
