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Pastor's Message: March 2011
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Reflections of Rev. Chris Miller, Pastor of OYM. Oriole-York Mills United Church, Toronto. Sunday, March 27, 2011. Being Christian: Jesus Calls, We Follow “Too Close for Comfort – or Not? John 4:1-42 - read this passage online here. Exodus 17:1-7 - read this passage online here. Do we like them or do we love them? Do we trust them? And do the circumstances of our lives welcome them to come close to us? Will they be helpful to us? What will happen if we let them come closer into our personal space? For a ...
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Pastor's Message: January 2011
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Reflections of Rev. Chris Miller, Pastor of OYM. Oriole-York Mills United Church, Toronto. Sunday, January 23, 2011. The Lord’s Prayer: “Thy Will Be Done”. Matthew 6:7-15 - read this passage online here. Psalm 119:1-8 - read this passage online here. It is about younger Christians leaving the faith. He tells about one interview with a young man who left to join the Wicca religion. Dyck wrote:. November, 2010), p. 43; excerpted from Generation Ex-Christian, Moody, 2010]. Holy name be honoured; may your.
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Pastor's Message: April 2011
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Reflections of Rev. Chris Miller, Pastor of OYM. Oriole-York Mills United Church, Toronto. Monday, April 25, 2011. Being Christian: Jesus Calls, We Follow. 8220;Jesus Has Been Raised, So We Follow”. Matthew 28:1-20 - read this passage online here. 8220; Gracious Lord Jesus, open our hearts and minds by the power of your Holy Spirit so that we can hear what you want to say to us today. What if the four Gospel writers had made it very clear that, when Jesus died on Good Friday, he had stayed dead! They cam...
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Pastor's Message: October 2010
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Reflections of Rev. Chris Miller, Pastor of OYM. Oriole-York Mills United Church, Toronto. Sunday, October 31, 2010. Be-Attitude Living: A Series on the Beatitudes (4) Act with Mercy. Matthew 5:1-12 (7) - read this text online here. Matthew 18:21-36 - read this text online here. 8220;Blessed are those who show mercy to others, God will show mercy to them.”. In his sermon “Blessed Are the Merciful” [ www.preachingtoday.com. The emperor objected, “But your son doesn't deserve mercy.”. At first glance, the ...
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Pastor's Message: Being Christian: Jesus Calls, We Follow “Too Close for Comfort – or Not?”
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Reflections of Rev. Chris Miller, Pastor of OYM. Oriole-York Mills United Church, Toronto. Sunday, March 27, 2011. Being Christian: Jesus Calls, We Follow “Too Close for Comfort – or Not? John 4:1-42 - read this passage online here. Exodus 17:1-7 - read this passage online here. Do we like them or do we love them? Do we trust them? And do the circumstances of our lives welcome them to come close to us? Will they be helpful to us? What will happen if we let them come closer into our personal space? For a ...
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Pastor's Message: A Celebration of Mutual Ministry: My Prayer for You!
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Reflections of Rev. Chris Miller, Pastor of OYM. Oriole-York Mills United Church, Toronto. Sunday, June 12, 2011. A Celebration of Mutual Ministry: My Prayer for You! Philippians 1:3-11 - read this passage online here. Opening Prayer: Gracious God, this morning I ask you to hold my words and all of our thoughts in your heart with loving compassion and care, knowing who we are and where we are on our life’s journey. I pray in the name of Jesus Christ, the Lord and Saviour of all. Amen. May your love be ov...
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Pastor's Message: February 2011
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Reflections of Rev. Chris Miller, Pastor of OYM. Oriole-York Mills United Church, Toronto. Sunday, February 27, 2011. The Lord’s Prayer: “Forgive Us Our Failures as We, too, Forgive Those Who Failed Us”. Matthew 6:12, 14-15 - read this passage online here. Matthew 18:21-35 - read this passage online here. Although her extending forgiveness to her husband may become more difficult if he is forgetful year after year. Was that seven times or seventy-times-seven? It depends on your age I guess. Of the Christ...
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Pastor's Message: June 2010
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Reflections of Rev. Chris Miller, Pastor of OYM. Oriole-York Mills United Church, Toronto. Sunday, June 27, 2010. Living in the Circle of Blessing! Psalm 34:1-3 (4-11) - read this passage. Visualize this with me this morning. We are not sitting in pews but gathered in a circle. If we look to our left and right, we see everyone who is here. All of us together are participants in this circle worshipping God. The church today lives within God’s circle of blessing when its members – that includes...8221; her...
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Pastor's Message: Life Is a Long-Distance Run: “Run Your Race With Endurance”
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Reflections of Rev. Chris Miller, Pastor of OYM. Oriole-York Mills United Church, Toronto. Sunday, May 1, 2011. Life Is a Long-Distance Run: “Run Your Race With Endurance”. Life Is a Long-Distance Run: “Run Your Race With Endurance”. Hebrews 11:1-6, 12:1-3 - read this passage online here. What does it mean to run the race of our lives with endurance, with determination, with perseverance? Here is one way:. Two frogs fell into a can of cream,. Or so I’ve heard it told. The cream was deep and cold. Be done...
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