Worship on the Lord’s Day We gather to worship God Music prelude Greeting: L: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you P: and also with you Lighting of the Christ candle Welcome and announcements Silent preparation for worship Opening words: L: From you, Lord, and through You, and to You, are all […]

Worship on the Lord’s Day We gather to worship God Music prelude Greeting: L: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you P: and also with you Lighting of the Christ candle Welcome and announcements Silent preparation for worship Opening words: L: I lift up my eyes to the hills – from where […]

Worship on the Lord’s Day 2nd Sunday of Christmas Music prelude Greeting:    Heather Tansem Lighting of the Christ candle Welcome and announcements Silent preparation for worship Opening words: L: Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth P: God’s steadfast love endures forever L:  Lift up your hearts! P: We […]

Worship on the Lord’s Day Music prelude Greeting: L: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you P: and also with you Opening words: L: From you, Lord, and through You, and to You, are all things P: To Christ be the glory forever L: Lift up your hearts! P: We lift them […]

Worship on Christmas Eve Music prelude Greeting Good evening, it’s wonderful to have you join in with our online worship service. My wish for you is that you’ll be fed spiritually during this Christmas season, especially while it’s lodged right in the middle of a very tiring and draining pandemic. May God nourish your hearts. […]

CHRISTMAS 2020 – Christmas Around the World!     Dec 20/2020 Worship on the Lord’s Day We gather to worship God Music Prelude – Darlene Greeting:  The Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you – (and also with you) Good morning, Welcome to Dayspring Presbyterian Church. I am Darlene Eerkes, your welcoming Elder today. […]

Worship on the Lord’s Day We gather to worship God Music prelude Greeting: L: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you P: and also with you Lighting of the Christ candle Welcome and announcements Silent preparation for worship Opening words: L: I lift up my eyes to the hills – from where […]

Worship on the Lord’s Day We gather to worship God Music prelude Greeting: L: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you P: and also with you Lighting of the Christ candle Welcome and announcements Silent preparation for worship Opening words: L: Our help is in the name of the Lord who made […]

Worship on the Lord’s Day We gather to worship God Music prelude Greeting Lighting of the Christ candle Welcome and announcements Silent preparation for worship Opening words: L: From you, Lord, and through You, and to You, are all things P: To Christ be the glory forever L: Lift up your hearts! P: We lift […]

Worship on the Lord’s Day We gather to worship God Music prelude Greeting Lighting of the Christ candle Welcome and announcements Silent preparation for worship Opening words: L: I lift up my eyes to the hills – from where will my help come? P: My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth. L:  […]

Worship on the Lord’s Day We gather to worship God Music prelude Greeting Lighting of the Christ candle Welcome and announcements Silent preparation for worship Opening words: L: Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth P: God’s steadfast love endures forever L:  Lift up your hearts! P: We lift […]

Worship on the Lord’s Day We gather to worship God Music prelude Greeting Lighting of the Christ candle Welcome and announcements Silent preparation for worship Opening words: L: From you, Lord, and through You, and to You, are all things P: To Christ be the glory forever L: Lift up your hearts! P: We lift […]

Worship on the Lord’s Day All Saints Day 10:00 am November 1, 2020 We gather to worship God Music prelude Greeting                                                                           Lighting of the Christ candle Welcome and announcements Silent preparation for worship Opening words: L: I lift up my eyes to the hills – from where will my help come? P: My […]

Worship on the Lord’s Day We gather to worship God Music prelude Greeting Lighting of the Christ candle Welcome and announcements Silent preparation for worship Opening words: L: Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth P: God’s steadfast love endures forever L:  Lift up your hearts! P: We lift […]

Worship on the Lord’s Day We gather to worship God Music prelude Greeting Lighting of the Christ candle Welcome and announcements Silent preparation for worship Opening words: L: From you, Lord, and through You, and to You, are all things P: To Christ be the glory forever L: Lift up your hearts! P: We lift […]

Dayspring ZOOM Connect Worship, Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost, October 11, 2020, 10 am MDT Gathering Music:  For the beauty of the earth For the beauty of the earth For the beauty of the skies For the love which from our birth Over and around us lies Lord of all to thee we raise This our […]

Dayspring ZOOM Connect Worship, Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost, October 4, 2020, 10 am MDT Gathering Music:  All things bright and beautiful All things bright and beautiful, All creatures great and small, All things wise and wonderful, The lord god made them all. Each little flower that opens, Each little bird that sings, He made their […]

Dayspring ZOOM Connect Worship, Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost, Date: September 27, 2020, 10 am MDT Gathering Music:  Jesus in the morning Jesus, Jesus, Jesus in the morning, Jesus in the noontime; Jesus, Jesus, Jesus when the sun goes down! Love him, love him… Serve him, serve him… Thank him, thank him… Praise him, praise him… […]

Dayspring Zoom Connect Worship, Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost, September 20, 2020, at 10 am MDT Gathering Music:  Love divine Love divine, all loves excelling, joy of heaven, to earth come down; fix in us thy humble dwelling, all thy faithful mercies crown. Jesus, thou art all compassion, pure, unbounded love thou art; visit us with […]

Dayspring ZOOM Connect Worship, Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost, September 13, 2020, 10 am MDT Gathering Music:  Seek ye first Seek ye first the Kingdom of God And His righteousness And all these things shall be added unto you Allelu, Alleluia Ask and it shall be given unto you Seek and ye shall find Knock and […]

Dayspring Zoom Connect Worship, Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost, September 6, 2020, 10 am MDT Gathering Music:  Spirit of gentleness Spirit, spirit of gentleness, blow through the wilderness, calling and free, Spirit, spirit of restlessness, stir me from placidness, wind, wind on the sea. You moved on the waters, you called to the deep, then you […]

Dayspring ZOOM Connect Worship, Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost, August 30, 2020, 10 am MDT Gathering Music:  Those who wait on the Lord Those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall rise up on wings as eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint: help us, Lord; […]

Dayspring ZOOM Connect Worship, Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost, August 23, 2020, 10 am MDT Minister: The Rev. Dr. Heinrich Grosskopf               Welcoming Elder: Darlene Eerkes Worship Arts Coordinator (Guitarist): Gord McCrostie             Pianist: Binu Kapadia Soloist: Binu Kapadia Gathering Music:  Jesus life of all the world Jesus, life of all the world, source and sum of […]

Dayspring ZOOM Connect Worship, Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost, August 16, 2020, 10 am MDT Minister: The Rev. Dr. Heinrich Grosskopf  Welcoming Elder: Gina Kottke Worship Arts Coordinator (Guitarist): Gord McCrostie             Pianist: Binu Kapadia Instrumental Soloist: Kathleen de Caen Gathering Music:  Be thou my vision Be Thou my Vision, O Lord of my heart Naught be […]

Dayspring ZOOM Connect Worship, Tenth Sunday after Pentecost, August 9, 2020  10 am MDT Minister: The Rev. Dr. Heinrich Grosskopf                 Welcoming Elder: Jane de Caen Worship Arts Coordinator (Guitarist): Gord McCrostie             Pianist: Binu Kapadia Vocal solo: Glynnis McCrostie Gathering Music:  She comes sailing on the wind   She comes sailing on the wind, her wings […]

Leading Worship: Elder Bill Davis and the Rev Dr. John Carr Pre-recorded Music provided by Gord McCrostie and Binaifer (Binu) Kapadia Gathering Music:  As the deer  As the deer pants for the water So my soul longs after you You alone are my heart’s desire And I long to worship you  You alone are my […]

Dayspring ZOOM Connect Worship, 8th Sunday after Pentecost, July 26, 2020 10 am MDT Minister: The Rev. Dr. Heinrich Grosskopf  Welcoming Elder: Heather Tansem Worship Arts Coordinator (Guitarist): Gord McCrostie  Pianist: Binu Kapadia Gathering Music:           God we praise you God, we praise you for the morning; hope springs forth with each new day, new beginning, prayer […]

Dayspring ZOOM Connect Worship, 7th Sunday after Pentecost, July 19, 2020, 10 am MDT  Minister: The Rev. Dr. Heinrich Grosskopf                    Welcoming Elder: Gina Kottke Worship Arts Coordinator (Guitarist): Gord McCrostie             Pianist: Binu Kapadia Soloist: Linda Farrah-Basford Gathering Music:   Jesus, life of all the world Jesus, life of all the world, source and sum of […]

Dayspring ZOOM Connect Worship: July 12, 2020 at 10 am MDT Sixth Sunday after Pentecost Leading Worship: Darlene Eerkes Gathering  Music: The love of God comes close The love of God comes close where stands an open door, to let the stranger in, to mingle rich and poor. The love of God is here to […]

Dayspring ZOOM Connect Worship, Fifth Sunday after Pentecost  July 5, 2020 Leading Worship: The Rev Dr John Carr      Welcoming Elder and Reader: Nick Nation Gathering Music Prelude: All things bright and beautiful All things bright and beautiful, All creatures great and small, All things wise and wonderful, The Lord God made them all. Each […]

Dayspring ZOOM Connect Worship, Fourth Sunday after Pentecost, June 28, 2020 10 am MDT Welcoming Elder: Iris Routledge                        Leading Worship: Lorraine Wheatley Gathering Music Prelude: As the deer pants for the water As the deer pants for the water So my soul longs after you You alone are my heart’s desire And I long […]

Third Sunday after Pentecost, June 21, 2020 Scripture: Matthew 10:24-39 Dayspring Zoom Connect Worship, 3rd Sunday after Pentecost, June 21, 2020 Gathering Music meditation: God, we praise you for the morning God, we praise you for the morning; hope springs forth with each new day, new beginning, prayer and promise, joy in work and in […]

Second Sunday after Pentecost, June 14, 2020 Scripture: Matthew 9:35 – 10:15 Dayspring Zoom Connect Worship, 2nd Sunday after Pentecost, June 14, 2020 Gathering Music prelude: Jesus loves me (arranged by G. McCrostie & B. Kapadia) Greeting: “The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you…”                                       (Welcoming elder: Sam Malayang)                    […]

Trinity Sunday  Scriptures: Genesis 1:1 – Genesis 2:4a Psalm 8 Matthew 28:16-20 Dayspring Zoom Connect Worship, Trinity Sunday and Communion, June 7, 2020  Gathering Music prelude: Morning Has Broken (Instrumental)           songwriters: Eleanor Farjeon / Yusuf Islam, performed by: Gles Fuerte Greeting: “The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you…”                 Ransford Kusi-Menkah  (Welcoming […]

Pentecost Sunday – May 31, 2020 Scripture: John 20:19-23 and John 16:20-22 Dayspring Zoom Connect Worship, Pentecost Sunday, May 31, 2020 Gathering Music prelude:   Spirit of the living God                   O Spirit of the living God, thou Light and Fire Divine Descend upon Thy Church once more and make it truly Thine Fill it with […]

Seventh Sunday of Easter – May 24, 2020 Scripture: John 17:1-11 Dayspring Zoom Connect Worship, May 24, 2020 Gathering Music prelude: You raise me up      Greeting: “The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you…”   Jim Jeatt (Welcoming elder)                               Welcome and announcements Call to worship: L: Let us be joyful before God! Let […]

Sixth Sunday of Easter – May 17, 2020 Scripture: John 14:15-21 Dayspring zoom worship, May 17, 2020 Gathering Music prelude:   How deep the Father’s love Greeting: “The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you…”        Iris Routledge                                      Welcome and announcements Call to worship  L: Let us see you this day, O God, […]

Fifth Sunday of Easter – May 10, 2020 Scripture: John 14:1-14 Dayspring zoom worship Gathering Music prelude: How great thou art                          performed by: Taryn Harbridge Greeting: “The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you…” — Welcoming elder: Heather Tansem                                      Welcome and announcements Call to worship:  Heather Tansem L: Do not […]

Fourth Sunday of Easter – May 3, 2020 Scriptures: Acts 2:42-47 John 10:1-10 Dayspring zoom worship Gathering Music prelude: He leadeth me   Greeting: (Jane de Caen) “The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you…” Welcome and announcements Call to worship: (Jane de Caen) L: Let us worship God in the name of Jesus […]

Third Sunday of Easter Dayspring zoom worship April 26, 2020 Gathering Music prelude: Be Thou my vision                                                        Greeting: “The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you…”  […]

Second Sunday of Easter – April 19, 2020 Gathering Music prelude: Come Thou Fount Greeting: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you… (Gina Kottke)          Welcome and announcements Call to worship: L: The joy of the resurrection      of our Saviour Jesus Christ is with us. P: We rejoice in the […]

The text for Dayspring’s Easter Sunday Worship Service, led by the Rev Dr Heinrich Grosskopf, can be found here. Access to the video recording can be obtained by emailing webkeeper@Dayspringchurch.ca.

Click here to access the text of  our Good Friday worship, led by Dr. Darlene Eerkes, one of our Elders. God hears!   God holds us!   God is breathing life into us and into the universe! NOTE: Failure to acknowledge the source of copyrighted mater is purely accidental and any such omission will be […]

Palm/Passion Sunday, April 5, 2020 Greeting: The Lord be with you. People: And also with you. Announcements Prayer God who stills the waters and quiets the storm, God who lets not a hair of our heads fall without your knowledge, God who brings sight to the blind and words to quieted tongues, God who created […]

5th Sunday of Lent, March 29, 2020 Greeting: (Welcoming elder) L:  The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you P:  And also with you Opening words: Welcoming elder: From you, Lord, and through You, and to You, are all things Minister: To Christ be the glory forever Welcoming elder: Lift up your hearts! […]

4th Sunday of Lent, March 22, 2020 Scripture: Matthew 18:21-35 I don’t know about you, but it strikes me that there is a strong similarity between our current situation and what we hear in the passage that we just read. Like the COVID-19 disease, we are caught off guard. How is it possible that Jesus […]

On Sunday, March 15, 2020, the Youth and Young Adults led worship. Our Youth Coordinator, Saúl Carvajal organized the service, with assistance from our Worship Arts Coordinator, Gord McCrostie. Here is the text of the prayers, scripture reading, and message.

Lent 2 – March 8, 2020 Scriptures: Genesis 11:30 – 12:4a John 3:1-17 It often happens that it appears as if a dead-end has been reached. What is a dead-end? One could describe it as a cul-de-sac, but that’s very literal. Isn’t it a place in life where it appears as if things won’t work […]

Lent 1 – March 1, 2020 Scriptures: Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7 Romans 5:12-19 Matthew 4:1-11 We often talk of a quick trip to go and buy bread and milk. There are so many shapes and sizes and sorts of bread in the world. The smell of freshly baked bread can also be very inviting. Earning dough, […]

Transfiguration Sunday – February 23, 2020 Scriptures: Exodus 24:12-18 2 Peter 1:16-21 Matthew 17:1-9 When brilliant moments dazzle us we are left speechless. Then, after a few moments, something might start happening in our minds. We want to explain the brilliance away. It’s just not possible that something as great as this could have happened. […]

Sixth Sunday of Epiphany – February 16, 2020 Scriptures: Deuteronomy 30:15-20 Psalm 119:1-8 Matthew 5:21-37 Around the beginning of this year, I was rather startled but not too surprised about animosities flaring up in the Middle-East. It sounded so much like “more of the same.” Same region, same stories going on and on. Same stage, […]

Fifth Sunday of Epiphany – February 9, 2020 Scriptures: Isaiah 58:1-12 Psalm 112:1-10 Matthew 5:13-20 There are some deeply rooted questions we as humans have been asking since the beginning of times. These questions say something about our yearnings even today. Where are we? Who are we? Why are we here? What are we meant […]

Fourth Sunday of Epiphany – February 2, 2020 Scripture: Isaiah 55 How poor are the poorest people on earth, and where do they live? Just a quick Google search indicated that in some countries the Gross Domestic Product per capita per year is a meagre $700, which translates into about $2 a day or $60 a […]

Third Sunday of Epiphany: January 26, 2020 Scriptures: Isaiah 9:1-4 Psalm 27:1, 4-11 Matthew 4:12-23 You may have seen what it looks like when it is so dark that when you hold your hand in front of you, it’s impossible to even see your hand. And then there’s a glimmer of light, far, far away, […]

Second Sunday of Epiphany – January 19, 2020 Scriptures: Isaiah 49:1-7 1 Corinthians 1:1-9 John 1:29-42 A well-known minister once spoke about the most favourite hymn of all hymns. He said there’s a word in it that actually needs to be changed. It goes: “Jesus loves me, this I know, for the Bible tells me […]

Baptism of the Lord Sunday – January 12, 2020 Scriptures: Psalm 29 Acts 10:34-43 Matthew 3:13-17 What is the meaning of Jesus’ baptism for us? In a world where there is so much disinformation and misinformation, where the truth is distorted, we seek refuge. Where can we seek refuge?  I would daresay that Jesus’ baptism […]

Second Sunday of Christmas, January 5, 2010 Scripture: Psalm 147: 12-20 and John 1:1-18 As I have made my way through life during the last few weeks, I have been pondering what all the “hoopla” has to do with the fact that the Word of God became flesh – that the Creator of the universe […]

First Sunday of Christmas Scripture: Isaiah 63: 7-9; Matthew 2: 13-23; Hebrews 2: 10-18 Have you ever thought about something called the lectionary?  It is a three-year cycle of biblical readings and brings together the old testament, the psalms, the gospels and epistles (letters to the early churches.  It is what we know as the […]

Christmas Eve – December 24, 2019 Scripture readings: Luke 2:1–20 Isaiah 9:2–7 He was a miserable stingy grump. It’s not that his life was miserable. Not at all. His life was going along just fine. He was rich. He was well–fed. He was warmly dressed. He had a comfortable place to live. But he was […]

Third Sunday of Advent – December 15, 2019 Scripture: Isaiah 55:8-9 Luke 1:46b–55 Romans 11:33-35 As a child, I was always very fascinated by the notion that Santa was able to deliver so many toys to all the children in the world. Perhaps you can relate to this feeling.  In the video clip, you’ll see […]

Second Sunday of Advent – December 8, 2019 Scriptures: Isaiah 11:1–10 Psalm 19 Hebrews 1:1-3 It is so easy to take it for granted that we can hear everything people around us are saying. To have ears that function adequately, is, however, as we so often discover, not a given. Growing up in Pretoria, South […]

Advent 1 Scripture First Testament: Jeremiah 33: 14-16 Psalm 25:1-10 Epistle: Galatians 4: 3b-7 Gospel: Mark 13:24-27 Heinrich and I are being a bit of a “tag team” during this Advent Season. He had already begun planning worship for the Advent Season when he discovered that he would need to be absent today. So, responsibility […]

Christ the King Sunday – November 24, 2019 Scriptures: Jeremiah 23:1-6 Luke 1:68-79 Colossians 1:11-20 Luke 23:33-43 The very popular TV series, Downton Abbey, was recently turned into a full-length movie. The whole plot is about the Abbey preparing for and putting on a 24-hour visit from the King and Queen of England. For those […]

Twenty-third Sunday after Pentecost – November 17, 2019 Scriptures: Isaiah 12:1-6 2 Thessalonians 3:6-13 Luke 21:5-19 We all would probably agree that children’s books contain some of the most unrefined descriptions among all genres. There are those favourite ones. Then there are two in particular, that pertain to our life in the church as we’ve […]

Twenty-second Sunday after Pentecost – November 10, 2019 Scriptures: Psalm 145:1–5, 17–21 2 Thessalonians 2:1–5, 13–17 Luke 20:27-38 On this Remembrance Day, our scripture reading from Luke’s gospel prompts the question as to the nature of the legacy that we could leave. There are many people who pursue immortality in many ways. 1.) Some spend […]

Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost – November 3, 2019 Scriptures: Psalm 149 Daniel 7:1-3, 15-18 Luke 6:20-31 As we put Halloween in the past, the day when people dress up as ghosts or ghouls, dragons or movie characters, it’s good for us to remember that the English word “Halloween” comes from the word “All-hallows evening”. It’s […]

Scripture: Psalm 13 and Acts 6: 8-15; 7:1-2 and 48-60 The devil doesn’t come into our lives with a tail, pointy horns and a pitchfork. I believe he comes into our lives as other people’s voices – in the form of gossip that’s shared with someone through a text or at school, or in a […]

Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost – October 20, 2019 Scriptures: Psalm 146 James 1:19-27 Micah 6:6-8 There are many things we can do to try and be in favour with God. None of the ones mentioned, such as giving all kinds of offerings or sacrifices are necessary. 1.) When we reach out, we don’t need to […]

Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost – October 13, 2019 Scriptures: Jeremiah 29:1, 4-7 Psalm 66:1-12 Luke 17:11-19 In the cartoon, Ziggy, there is a conversation going on between Ziggy and his dog Fuzz. They are lost in ski country. Ziggy is very sure that the guidebook in his hands would help them out. There are three […]

Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost – October 6, 2019 Scriptures: Habakkuk 1:1-4; 2:1-4 2 Timothy 1:1-14 Luke 17:5-10 To be frank, I sometimes wish that Jesus had not said these words! “If you had faith the size of a mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and […]

Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost – September 29, 2019 Scriptures: Psalm 91:1–6, 14–16 Luke 16:19–31 Jeremiah 32:1–3a, 6–15 The Babylonian army had surrounded the city of Jerusalem. The city’s people were in fear. The people were in deep despair. So many stories of despair and panic surround us today. Climate change is one more source of […]

Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost – September 22, 2019 Scriptures: Psalm 113 1 Timothy 2:1-7 Luke 16:1-13 Once there was a chief executive officer whose vice president of finance was reported to have badly managed company affairs. So the CEO said to this VP, “Your performance is inadequate; some would say you’ve been culpably negilgent. Turn […]

Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost – September 15, 2019 Scriptures: Psalm 146 Mark 7:24-30 Jonah 4:1-11 There is no person on the face of this earth to whom God’s love does not extend. God’s love crosses racial, economic, geographical and social barriers. Every person who draws breath is a candidate for God’s love. If we are […]

Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost – September 8, 2019 Scriptures: Psalm 11 Matthew 6:25-34 Jonah 3:1-10 Have you ever encountered a real “Scrooge”? I’m speaking about a negative, annoyed, frustrated, demanding, selfish person who cannot stand to see other people happy and enjoying life. You remember that the original Scrooge was a figment of the imagination […]

Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost – September 1, 2019 Scriptures: Psalm 124 Matthew 21:18-22 Jonah 1:11-17; 2:10 – 3:3 This morning we continue our series of sermons on the book of Jonah, titled “The sign of Jonah”. Today we look at scene 4. Scene 1 was about Jonah being called by the Lord to speak to […]

Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost – August 25, 2019 Scriptures:  Psalm 130 Matthew 16:1-4 Jonah 1:11-2:10 We are at scene 3 of the 6-part story about the reluctant prophet Jonah. There have been times when think I could identify myself with this prophet. It’s certainly not equally easy to speak to all people with the same […]

Tenth Sunday after Pentecost – August 18, 2019 Scriptures: Psalm 82 Matthew 12:38-42 Jonah 1:1-17 The curtain opened on the incredible story of God and God’s prophet last Sunday. Scene 1 was entitled: “God calls Jonah,” and it read as follows: “Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah son of Amittai, saying, ‘Go […]

Ninth Sunday after Pentecost – August 11, 2019 Scriptures: Psalm 33:12-22 (CEV) Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16 (NRSV) Jonah 1:1-3 (NRSV) Have you ever experienced that you know what’s the right thing to do in a certain set of circumstances? You know full-well to do something helpful to a person or a group of people, but you decide […]

Scripture Readings: Ecclesiastes 1:2, 12–14; 2:18–23 Psalm 49:1–12 Luke 12:13–21 I will get to the readings for this morning in a few minutes – but first I want to share a few paragraphs from an article titled Culture and Conscience: Biblical Absolutes and Cultural Variation – published in the International Journal of Frontier Missiology (31:1 […]

Scripture Texts: Genesis 18:20-32; Psalm 138; Colossians 2:6-15 The following message, written by St John Chrysostom (345 – 407 AD), was presented in Sunday morning worship by Nick Nation. “Know ye not my brethren, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?  Therefore we are buried with […]

Sixth Sunday after Pentecost – July 21, 2019 Scriptures: Psalm 15 (CEV) Isaiah 52:7-10 (NRSV) Matthew 28:16-20 (NRSV) In Jesus’ time there were various ways in which He made it known that He was the Son of God. He met with a small group of disciples, people who were to imitate Jesus’ life so that […]

Fifth Sunday after Pentecost – July 14, 2019 Scriptures: Psalm 25:1–10 (CEV) 1 Corinthians 4:16-17 (NRSV) Luke 6:12-19 (NRSV) For God to move forward with any congregation at any time, there are various ways to look at it. When I use the diagram of IN, UP and OUT, this is merely another way of looking […]

Fourth Sunday after Pentecost – July 7, 2019 Scriptures: Micah 6:6-8 Psalm 66:1-9 1 John 1:5-7 “We had a neighbourhood ice cream social this past Sunday”, says Nita on a website called artofneighboring.com. “We live on a street that is not a cul-de-sac, but has no outlet. There are about 45 homes. We made flyers […]

Third Sunday after Pentecost – June 30, 2019 Scriptures: Psalm 16 (CEV) Galatians 5:1, 13-25 (NRSV) Luke 9:51-62 (NRSV) “Goals are what take us forward in life; they are the oxygen to our dreams. They are the first steps to every journey we take and are also our last. It’s very important that you realize the […]

Second Sunday after Pentecost – June 23, 2019 Scriptures: Psalm 22:19–28 Luke 8:26–39 Galatians 3:26-4:7 W. Paul Jones tells the story of a woman who suffered from polio during her childhood. Some of us have never seen a young person crippled by polio — confined to a wheelchair, or crutches — or even worse, an […]

Trinity Sunday – June 16, 2019 Scripture readings: Romans 5:1-5 John 16:12-15 Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31 In a scientific age it’s not strange to ask what causes people at church to speak about the Spirit of God or the Holy Spirit? Is there really such a thing? Another question that could be asked, is whether there […]

Pentecost Sunday – June 9, 2019 Scriptures: Romans 8:14-17 Acts 2:1-21 Ephesians 4:11-16 What an amazing and marvelous time of the year this is! It is Pentecost. Pentecost is about in, up and out. This is what Dayspring has always been about; for 50 years already. Dayspring continues to be about these three short words: […]

Ascension Sunday – June 2, 2019 Scriptures: John 17:20-26 Psalm 97 Acts 16:16-34 On a February day in 1925, Floyd Collins climbed into Sand Cave in search of fortune. Suddenly, his lantern failed. Crawling through the darkness, Collin’s foot hit a seven-ton boulder. It fell on his leg, trapping him in the coffin-like narrowness of […]

Sixth Sunday of Easter – May 26, 2019 Scriptures: John 14:23–29 Psalm 67 Acts 16:9–15 The well-known American preacher and professor of preaching, Fred Craddock told a story about a time when he was a young preacher fresh out of seminary, he pastored a small church in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. At that time, Oak Ridge […]

Fifth Sunday of Easter – May 19, 2019 Scriptures: Revelation 21:1–6 (CEV) Psalm 148 (MSG) John 13:31–35 (MSG) Acts 11:1–18 (CEV) What a wild dream Peter had! A huge sheet was coming down on him while he was in a deep sleep. How many of you have had wild dreams? Peter’s bizarre dream involved some instruction […]

Fourth Sunday of Easter, May 12, 2019 Scriptures: John 10:22-30 Psalm 23 Acts 9:36-43 For lots of years, and especially the last number of months, there was a scary feeling that started creeping up on me, more and more. It felt like I was pursuing “fluff” in a certain sense. Yes, when we look at […]

Third Sunday of Easter – May 5, 2019 Scriptures: Revelation 5:11–14 (NRSV)        Psalm 30 (CEV) Acts 9:1–6 (NRSV) We just heard about a villain struck down by a flash of light. Jesus’ disembodied voice was calling him out as Saul, better known to us as Paul, on the road to Damascus. Don’t […]

Second Sunday of Easter Scripture Texts Isaiah 65:17-25 (CEV) Revelation 1:4-9 (CEV) John 20:1-18 “Doubting Thomas” – this is the label often given to the disciple who was not present to see Jesus when he first appeared ALIVE to the other disciples in a locked room.  And when Thomas heard his friends say, “Jesus is […]

Good Friday, April 19, 2019 Scriptures: Jeremiah 31:31-34 and Hebrews 10:15-25 There’s a type of disconnect that some people who go on a trip to Israel, to see the Holy Land, discover. They want it to be the real experience of walking where Jesus and his disciples trod.  Several say they want it to feel worshipful. […]

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