National Indigenous Day of Prayer | Father’s Day – Sunday June 20, 2021

This Sunday is the second of our services with music and sermon shared with Northlea United Church. This Sunday, both congregations will be hearing Emily preach, along with music from both Leaside and Northlea.

Happy Father’s Day to all fathers, and those who offer fathering to others.

Today our service includes words written for use by non-Indigenous churches in the United Church to mark Indigenous Day of Prayer. The United Church has also shared a longer video “Apology to Action: Reflections on the 35th Anniversary.” Although not part of our service, we encourage you to watch it sometime over the coming week.

This week also marks the first of a four week series listening to and reflecting on stories about David. Today’s story is David and Goliath, and I share three takes on the story and how it might speak to us.

On Zoom, our service will also include a Learning Moment as well as Pastoral Prayers and the Lord’s Prayer. If you view the service on YouTube, you can join Zoom at 11:30am for conversation.

Next Sunday
We mark Pride Sunday with a service lighting a rainbow of candles. The service includes a video created by our Affirming Team, and the story of David and Jonathon.