Crossroads United Church in Kingston is hoping to acquire some additional copies of the hymnbook More Voices (spiral bound, music edition). Apparently the United Church Bookstore has no copies available and will not be printing more. So if your congregation has copies in excess of your needs, we would be glad to be in touch to see what we might work out. If you may have some copies available, please email Norman Rice, Chair of the Worship Committee at Crossroads, at NRICE@COGECO.CA Songs of...
Author: Karen Wilson
List of 19 Approved ECORC LLWLs Available for Pulpit Supply. We still find a number of congregations opt for local personnel to fill this gap, not knowing there are qualified experienced approved LLWLs available. Current list available on our website. The brand new 2026 ECORC LLWL Handbook - A Guide for LLWLs and Communities of Faith in the East Central Ontario Regional Council. Besides key LLWL policies, procedures, and guidelines -- it includes excellent content for communities of faith....
How do we build stronger communities when our experiences of poverty and privilege can be so different? What if the key to addressing poverty begins with changing how we relate to one another? Bridging Poverty & Privilege is a six-module online course developed by Bedford House, a community-based nonprofit that grew out of a partnership with Greenwood United Church. Offered nationally through ChurchX platform as a self-study course and shaped by the lived experience and leadership of...
The Rev. Wayne Hilliker is making available sermons of his that are enriched by the writings of Frederick Buechner, Barbara Brown Taylor, Fred Craddock, Marcus Borg, etc. If interested, please contact Wayne at whilliker@cogeco.ca. He will then be able to email them to you using a program that takes up little space on your computer. For several years in the early 2000s, I attended the annual five-day Festival of Homiletics in various American cities, including Atlanta and Minneapolis. Each...
Ceri Rees, a United Church minister in Shining Waters RC, has put together a website with music appropriate for use in worship services both in-person and online. All the lyrics have been written by Ceri (apart from A New Creed and Psalm 23), with accompaniment and visuals generated by AI. Songs and videos can be downloaded free of charge and with full permission for both communal and personal use. These faith-based songs are offered in a variety of musical styles, covering a range of themes,...