General

Second Sunday of Lent – March 13, 2022

March 20, 2022

For our second Sunday during the season of Lent, our theme is Shared Stories. The service will include parts of the service Black Experiences in Canadian Churches (originally planned for February but postponed due to tech challenges). We will also remember that it is PIE Sunday, light a candle marking two years since the start of the pandemic, and share a prayer “The Burden of War.”

Our music includes If Ye Love Me by Thomas Tallis, with pandemic words written in March 2020, a solo Come to Me by Dan Forrest, and the hymn In Christ, There is No East or West.

If you are worshiping online, join us on Zoom following the service for a time of conversation.

Looking Ahead
On Sunday, March 20, the third Sunday during the season of Lent, we will reflect on the beauty of nature and the simple goodness of life. Our music will include bagpipes, and other choices in memory of Bryan Pyper.

Wilderness Time with Rev. Dr. John Young – March 6, 2022

March 10, 2022

First Sunday of Lent
Wilderness Time

Guest Preacher – the Rev. Dr. John Young,
Interim Principal of Emmanuel College

At 10:30am join us in-person, on Zoom, or on YouTube for our weekly Sunday morning worship.

Today we welcome guest preacher Rev. Dr. John Young, who was ordained in 1978 and served in several congregational ministries before joining the faculty of Queen’s Theological College at Queen’s University in 1991, where he taught in the areas of History of Christianity and Pastoral Studies until 2016. He was then the Executive Minister, Theological Leadership, in the United Church’s General Council Office, until becoming the Interim Principal of Emmanuel College in the fall of 2021.

As we move into the season of Lent, we will explore the theme “Wilderness Time” through word and music. The sermon will focus on Luke 4:1-13, and our hymns continue the theme of Jesus in the desert. Our anthem will be “Be Still, My Heart” by Matthew Emery.

We also invite you to take a few minutes to learn the Introit we will be singing during Lent, Senzeni Na, along with Matt and our leads:

If you would like to mark the beginning of the season of Lent before Sunday, you might be interested in our 12 minute Ash Wednesday worship:

Looking Ahead
On Sunday, March 13 we mark the second Sunday during the season of Lent. The service will draw on a service created sharing Black Experiences in Canadian Churches, while also acknowledging PIE Sunday, and two years since the beginning of the Pandemic.

The Spirituality of Gardening – March 12th at 10:30am

March 20, 2022
variety of green plants

Spirit Alive on March 12 at 10:30am will be on the theme: The Spirituality of Gardening. Led by Margaret Franklin on Zoom.

In preparation I would ask that if you have a chance to do so, read the piece in the latest BROADVIEW, “If Jesus Was a Gardener” by Anne Theriault.

And especially find a flower and a time to look very closely at the details of the flower, maybe take a few photographs or make a drawing or a painting, maybe close up, and even use a magnifying glass to see the detail.

And bring your gardening stories.

All are welcome.

Contact office@leasideunited.org for the Zoom link.

Ash Wednesday & The 1st Day of Lent

March 2, 2022

Ash Wednesday Worship

Music for Lent:

Today is the first day of Lent. You are invited to watch Matt and our leads teach a song which will be used throughout Lent. If you know someone who enjoys music, pass the video link along!