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25th July 2010 Rev'd Stephen Kern -
9th Sunday after Pentecost
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18th July 2010 Rev'd Stephen Kern -
8th Sunday after Pentecost
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11th July 2010 Rev'd Canon Dawn
Davis -
7th Sunday after Pentecost
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27th June 2010 Rev'd Canon Dawn
Davis -
5th Sunday after Pentecost
The Rev'd Canon Dawn Davis begins with a playground story to
illustrate Jesus's attempts to make peace between the Samaritans
(adherents to Samaritanism, an Abrahamic religion closely related
to Judaism) and the Jews. Then she addresses the opportunity of
the children being baptized today to choose in their daily path
between wanting to "bite and devour each other" or "love their
neighbour as themselves", and ends with the question, "what would
it take to stop the cycle of conflict?"
(An unrelated distraction was removed near the beginning of the
sermon)
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20th June 2010 Rev'd Canon Dawn
Davis -
4th Sunday after Pentecost
The Rev'd Canon Dawn Davis explained the outcome of General
Synod in Halifax. She began by quoting from Primate Fred Hiltz,
"...our church has been truly renewed in the Spirit of God, reborn
in love, we have a new beginning." She continues,"We knew we had
been part of something that was monumental for who we are as a
church. Something had happened there that marked a brand new
beginning." After further explanation about how the "homosexual
issue" was resolved at General Synod, Rev'd Canon Dawn Davis
declared, "I most definitely want to affirm that here at Trinity
all people: Jew, non-Jew, male, female, young, old, black, white,
Aboriginal, non-Aboriginal, all cultures, gay, lesbian, straight,
are welcome here." This statement was met by spontaneous applause
from the congregation. Canon Davis closed the sermon with a
touching story from General Synod.
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For related content on honouring differences, please see
Faith in a Multicutural World
by Rev'd Canon Dawn Davis and Rev'd Terry Weller, 17th January
2010.
See also
General Synod 2010 ~
http://www.anglican.ca/gs2010/
Sexuality Discernment Pastoral
Statement ~
http://www.anglican.ca/gs2010/atsynod/sdr-june-9-2010/
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13th June 2010 Pat Desbarats & Reneč Gallant -
3rd Sunday after Pentecost
This was to have been our outdoor service on the Rectory Lawn,
but it was rained out and held in the church. The tradition at
this service is for a parishioner to speak of their faith journey.
This year, Patrick and Renée Desbarats discussed their individual
and joint faith journeys. In February, they were challenged by
Patrick's job offer at the American School in Doha, Qatar, on the
Arabian Peninsula, across the Persian Gulf from Iran. They will be
moving before the end of the summer. We wish them well, and look
forward to seeing them when they return in the summers.
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6th June 2010 Rev'd Canon Paul Robinson -
2nd Sunday after Pentecost
The Rev'd Canon Paul Robinson discussed the process of change
that is the core of the General Synod which was taking place
concurrently in Halifax, and to which our Rector, the Rev'd Canon
Dawn Davis, was a delegate.
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30th May 2010 Rev'd Canon Dawn Davis -
Trinity Sunday
The Rev'd Canon Dawn Davis Celebrated our Patronal Festival
today by outlining a broad plan for celebrating next year's
Trinity Sunday which marks ten years in our new building and 165
years of worshipping at the same location.
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23rd May 2010 Rev'd Stephen Kern -
Feast of Pentecost - Intergenerational Service
The Rev'd Stephen Kern gathered the children of the parish
around him (omitted from the recording) and then went on to
explain Pentecost, the birthday of the church. Towards the end of
the sermon, he took us through a short meditation on Pentecost,
demonstrating how God can lessen our worries and cares.
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16th May 2010 Rev'd Stephen Kern -
Sunday after Ascension
The Rev'd Stephen Kern helped us understand the Feast of the
Ascension. He explains how Luke's gospel and the Acts of the
Apostles describe the joyous nature of this event. Stephen also
quickly charts the changes in our cosmology and how that increases
the complexity of our understanding of the Ascension. One of the
important points is that the Ascension restores the triune
God-head that was fractured by the incarnation. With Jesus sitting
on the right hand of God, we have an advocate within the God-head.
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9th May 2010 Rev'd Canon Dawn Davis -
6th Sunday of Easter -
New Beginnings Sermon Series
Can we change?
The Rev'd Canon Dawn Davis concluded the New Beginnings sermon
series by talking about the difficulties of changing and how,
through God we can make things whole by being open to God's power
and grace and
begin to accept ourselves, limitations and all. She also pointed
out the difference between change on the surface and that deep
transformational change that comes when the effort is made to be
whole.
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2nd May 2010 Rev'd Stephen Kern -
5th Sunday of Easter -
New Beginnings Sermon Series
Can we make things new with others?
The Rev'd Stephen Kern continued the New
Beginnings sermon series and explored how, through God and prayer,
we can help heal relationships. He also offers a mantra to help us
in our daily lives.
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25th April 2010 Rev'd Canon Dawn
Davis -
4th Sunday of Easter -
New Beginnings Sermon Series
Can we make things new with our parents?
The Rev'd Canon Dawn Davis continued the New Beginnings sermon
series and explored the different roles of the parent-child
relationship. Canon Davis provides benchmarks and guidance for
helping us understand these complex relationship(s) and also helps
us understand that there are no easy answers and that each
relationship is different. She also suggests that extreme actions
may not be the way, either. In closing, she reminds of us of our
other parent, God the Father, who is always there for us and
cherishes us.
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18th April 2010 Rev'd Stephen Kern -
3rd Sunday of Easter -
New Beginnings Sermon Series
Can we make things new with creation?
The Rev'd Stephen Kern presented the second of the New
Beginnings sermon series challenging us to think about
environmental issues from both Biblical and a
responsibility-to-future-generations perspectives.
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11th April 2010 Rev'd Canon Paul
Robinson -
2nd Sunday of Easter -
New Beginnings Sermon Series
Can we make things new with God?
The Rev'd Canon Paul Robinson inaugurated the New Beginnings
sermon
series preaching on today's Gospel, John 20: 19-31 and the first
reading, Psalm 118: 14-29. He uses Thomas and the Psalm selection,
to ask us,
Can we make things new with God?
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9th April 2010 Wade Williamson - Resurrection Jam /Youth
Worship Service
Seminarian Wade Williamson has been with us since mid-October,
and, in the New Year, we got serious about a mostly grade-10
Worship Band. This service, a Resurrection Jam was the first
service with the music provided by the Worship Band, "Angels and
Then Some", and also a farewell to Wade. The audio clip begins
with Wade's reflection on being here and what the youth meant to
him and his good wishes for the future, followed by the closing
song, and ending with our appreciation for Wade.
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4th April 2010 Rev'd Canon Dawn
Davis -
Easter Day
The Rev'd Canon Dawn Davis gathered the children for an Easter
story that is the first nine minutes of this recording, followed
by a brief reflection on Easter for the adults.
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3rd April 2010 Rt Rev'd George
Elliott -
Holy Saturday
The Right Rev'd George Elliott celebrated the Easter Vigil on
Easter Eve. His sermon was describing Easter and the way it
"depends on your perspective".
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2nd April 2010 Rev'd Canon Dawn
Davis -
Good Friday
The Rev'd Canon Dawn Davis provided a brief reflection on the
four stories previously dramatized for Good Friday and discussed
exchanging hurt for love.
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1st April 2010 Rev'd Stephen Kern -
Maundy Thursday
The Rev'd Stephen Kern explores going from intimacy and
community to darkness as we realize that we are not yet all that
God has called us to be.
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28th
March 2010 Rev'd Stephen Kern -
Palm Sunday
The Rev'd Stephen Kern presented a brief reflection this Palm
Sunday highlighting the contrasts of today's moving service, how
these contrasts reflect the contrasts of our lives, and how,
through this, Jesus connects us to God. He then asks where are you
in the salvation story and where you there when they crucified my
Lord. Mary Ridgley, the youth choir, and the congregation ask the
question again, a cappella, in the familiar hymn, Where You There?
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21st
March 2010 Rev'd Stephen Kern -
Fifth Sunday in Lent
The fifth and final sermon in the 2010 Lenten series was
delivered by The Rev'd Stephen Kern. He briefly summarized what we
had heard over the previous four weeks and then asked, "What
should we do?". One key point that he addressed was that we should
not feel guilt for something we had no control over. This
reiterated the theme of his
10th January 2010 sermon
where he identified "irrational guilt" as a major stumbling block
to and the antithesis of becoming involved in meaningful service
to the community.
Links to websites relevant to this sermon:
Most Rev'd Michael Peers's apology
Stephen Harper's apology
(with an introduction by Howard Hughes)
Dr Jose Zarate's introduction to the Harper speech
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14th March 2010 The Venerable
Judith Walton -
Fourth Sunday in Lent
The fourth sermon in the 2010 Lenten series was delivered by
Judith Walton, the Diocesan Coordinator for the Ambassadors of
Reconciliation [Diocese of Toronto] which is a group of people
that will go out and listen to the stories of our indigenous
citizens, to learn about their values, their culture, and their
spirituality and
also to hear of the pain as they recount their painful history in
residential schools. For it is in telling these stories that
understanding leads to wisdom and wisdom leads to healing.
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March 2010 Esther Wesley -
Third Sunday in Lent
The third sermon in the 2010 Lenten series was delivered by
Esther Wesley, the Coordinator of the Anglican Healing Fund which
provides financial support to groups working to overcome the
legacy of the residential school system and other assimilation
practices. This moving discussion further expanded on Archibishop
Finlay's discussion about people telling their stories to explore
the truths of the residential school programs and assist in the
healing.
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28th
February 2010 Most Rev'd Terence Finlay -
Second Sunday in Lent
The Most Rev'd Terence Finlay, former Archibishop of Toronto
and interim Priest-in-Charge at Trinity from 2005-2007 delivered
the second of our Lenten sermon series on Aboriginal Ministries,
focusing on Reconciliation. He provided a poignant history of the
Residential Schools in Canada and insight into the need for the
Truth and
Reconciliation process--a process in which Finlay has been
personally involved, representing the Primate of the Anglican
Church of Canada as a special envoy.
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February 2010 Jose Zarate -
First Sunday in Lent
Jose Zarate, the Program Coordinator: Indigenous Peoples
Development for the Primate's World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF)
spoke today about his background as an Inca originally from Peru
and how that has helped him to assist other Aboriginals. He
provided insight on how the PWRDF is assisting Aboriginals within
Canada to address the challenges found in their communities. Jose
was the first guest preacher of the 2010 Lenten Sermon Series
focusing on Aboriginal Ministries.
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February 2010 Rev'd Stephen Kern -
Ash Wednesday
The Rev'd Stephen Kern enlightens us about religiosity vs.
social justice and sets the stage for the following Lenten sermons
addressing the social justice aspects of our history and
relationship with Aboriginal People.
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14th
February 2010 Rev'd Canon Dawn Davis -
Last Sunday after Epiphany
The Rev'd Canon Dawn Davis presented the sixth and final sermon
in the series "Ups and Downs of the Spiritual Journey" today,
focusing on "The Family". In this sermon she helps us understand
that our families are reflections of God's love but we are not
perfect mirrors of that love.
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February 2010 Rev'd Canon Dawn Davis -
5th after Epiphany
The Rev'd Canon Dawn Davis presented the fifth in the series
"Ups and Downs of the Spiritual Journey" today, focusing on
"Prayer". In this sermon she suggests we need to do more than just
ask God for something. At the end of the sermon, she suggests a
rewarding way to construct a prayer.
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2nd February 2010
Most Rev'd Terence Finlay -
Candlemas
The Most Reverend Terence Finlay spoke to the Clergy & Lay
Workers Pre-Lenten Day gathering at Trinity Anglican Church in
Aurora on 2010-02-02, Candelmas. The topic of the presentation was
"Old Words
for a New World". He added to the title, "...and even with a
post-modern understanding". The talk was delivered in three parts,
and there are three files to download to obtain the entire talk.
We apologize for a few missing words at the start of Address #2.
Total time is 72:39
Thanks to the Most Reverend Terence Finlay and the Most
Reverend Colin Johnson for their permission to make this teaching
available on the Trinity Church, Aurora, website.
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January 2010 Rev'd Stephen Kern -
4th after Epiphany
This is the fourth in the sermon series "Ups and Downs of the
Spiritual Journey". The Rev'd Stephen Kern discusses the Bible and
steers us on a path between the ditches of fundamentalist
interpretation and not even opening it.
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24th
January 2010 Rev'd Canon Dawn Davis -
3rd after Epiphany
The Rev'd Canon Dawn Davis presented the third in the series
"Ups and Downs of the Spiritual Journey" today, focusing on
"Connecting With Others". In this sermon she points out the
benefits and importance of
relationships with other people. She brings the Holy Trinity into
the discussion as an example of these relationships.
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17th
January 2010 Rev'd Canon Dawn Davis & Rev'd Terry Weller -
2nd after Epiphany
The Rev'd Canon Dawn Davis and The Rev'd Terry Weller (an
interfaith minister) jointly presented the homily today.
Continuing the "Ups and Downs of the Spiritual Journey" series,
today's sermon addresses our faith in a multicultural world,
including strategies for interacting with those of other faiths.
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10th
January 2010 Rev'd Stephen Kern -
The Baptism of the Lord
The Rev'd Stephen Kern gave the first of a six-sermon series
about the ups and downs of the spiritual journey. Today, he
discussed avoiding the twin ditches of apathy and irrational guilt
in our spiritual journey as we move forward responding to God's
calling to work justice.
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January 2010 Rev'd Canon Dawn Davis -
Epiphany
The Rev'd Canon Dawn Davis spoke to the children about the
gifts that they received for Christmas and then the gifts they
have received from God for the first 4:50 of today's sermon. She
then provided a brief introduction to the next six-week sermon
series, "The Ups and Downs of the Spiritual Journey" talking about
the risks of over- or
under-acknowledging God's gifts to us.
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