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Midweek News – Jan 27

“Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your hair!” You may recognize those words from the Brother Grimm’s tale of the young woman Rapunzel who is trapped in a tower. The only way anyone can access the tower is for Rapunzel to ‘let down’ her long golden hair as a ‘rope’ for the person to climb. Some of…

Church at Home – Jan 24

As TMUC continues the safe practice of not gathering for in-person worship or meetings, we also continue to be a community that cares for one another and for God’s creation. We are gathering as a virtual community on Sunday, January 24 at 10:00 a.m. for Communion.  The resource and the link were sent out yesterday, but…

Communion Sunday – Jan 24

TMUC’s first communion service of 2021 As per our practice during the pandemic, we will be holding a communion service on ZOOM. Some of our community will not be able to join us on ZOOM so we have produced this resource for you to follow at home. If you are following at home, or if…

Midweek News – Jan 20

I spy with my little eye – something that is … What have you been looking at these days? Are you a weather watcher?  Or maybe the news? Have you been watching the January temperatures with confusion? Have you been looking at the COVID numbers and hoping for a change to the lockdown? Have you been…

Church at Home – Jan 17

The United Nations has designated days throughout the year as days of remembrance and commemoration. Some examples are: ‘World Day of Social Justice’ (Feb. 20) ‘International Women’s Day’ (March 8) ‘International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination’ (March 21) ‘World Ocean Day’ (June 8)) Maybe, once the world has emerged from the restrictions of…

Midweek News – Jan 13

What year is it? It’s that time of year when it can be a challenge to write the date. It is still early enough into a new year, that when we write the date we may automatically list the year as 2020! We write a cheque, then wonder, “did we write the date as January…

Church at Home – January 10

The church is not a building. The church is the people! We have often said these words, but since March 15 of 2020, we have been living these words! While we look forward to sometime being able to gather again in our building on Yale Avenue West, we have, in the meantime, been thinking of one another,…

Midweek News – Jan 6

Before we could send out this week’s midweek message, the attack began on the Congress building in Washington. We are watching as thousands of Donald Trump supporters resort to violence to disrupt the legal democratic process of their country’s election laws. This attack is about more than just an election result. It is about the…

Church at Home – January 3

Happy New Year! For all the complexities of life in a pandemic, it is still a gift for us to reach out to one another.  Thank you for all you are doing in sharing love with one another and in the community.  Your share of Christ’s ministry and service is deeply appreciated. And, speaking of ministry and…

Midweek News – Dec 31

Happy New Year’s Eve! What a year we have had in 2020!  As we come to New Year’s Eve, we cannot help but wonder, what will 2021 bring? Steve McKendry-Smith has recorded ‘Better Days’, in sharing it, he wrote: Back in 2006, John Rzeznik of the Goo Goo Dolls wrote the Christmas song that we need…