Winfield United Church

By Rev. Joan Kessler John 2: 1-11 Everybody loves a good wedding. With the arrival of the pandemic, these grand celebrations of a...

By Rev. Joan Kessler Reading: Matthew 12:1-12 https://youtu.be/x7M5ZqFSynQ I love the words found in this piece of music, "May It Be"… it...

By Rev. Doug Martindale Jeremiah 31: 7-14 One hundred years before Jeremiah, the Assyrians conquered the Northern Kingdom and carried...

by Rev. Joan Kessler Readings: Gospel of Thomas No 24 Luke 2: 1-20 Tonight is a night of holy mystery. We wonder how it is that God...

By Rev. Joan Kessler Luke 1:39-55 There is an intimacy in this scene we have just heard tell of…we may know this experience firsthand. ...

by Rev. Joan Kessler Reading: Zephaniah 3: 14 - 18 What has you rejoicing these days? As you prepare for Christmas, where have you found...

By Rev. Joan Kessler Reading: Luke 3:1-6 We are considering Peace this second Sunday of Advent and just under three weeks until...

By Rev. Joan Kessler Luke 21:25-36 During my time away last week, quite by accident, I found a book that I have a hard time putting down....

By Fran Schultz Reading: Mathew 14: 22-23 and Philippians 4: 8-9 There is a hymn in our hymn book (Voices United) entitled “Come and Find...

By Rev. Joan Kessler Mark 13:1-8 What lasts? It’s a question we are presented with on a regular basis. If I am considering a monumental...

By Rev. Joan Kessler Mark 12:38-44 On this Sunday before Remembrance Day, as we consider the ultimate sacrifices that were made in the...

By Rev. Joan Kessler Ruth 1:1-18 Between 2016 and 2020, a span of roughly three and a half years, I moved house four times. It was a...

By Rev. Joan Kessler Mark 10:44-52 “Change your words. Change your world.” For me there is something incredibly compelling about that...

By Joan Kessler Mark 10:17-22 When I considered the gospel reading for this week, my memory went back to this story based on Leo...

By Joan Kessler Reading: Matthew 6:25-33 Gratitude, it happens, needs less room to grow than one might think – is able to find purchase...

By Joan Kessler Mark 9: 30-37 This passage from Mark has left me with more questions than answers this morning. I have been asking myself...

By Joan Kessler Isaiah 65:17-25 The passage you just heard read is a favorite of mine. If I was asked what passaged summarizes the good...

By Joan Kessler Jeremiah 4:23-28 Ps. 19:1-6 When you look to the sky…what do you see? I have enjoyed receiving your sky photos...

by Rev. Joan Kessler Genesis 1:26-28 Psalm 139:13-18 Yesterday, we saw the return of Art Walk to our community and for me, it was my...

by Rev. Joan Kessler Mark 7:24-37 Last Sunday, New Orleans observed the 16th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. To mark the occasion,...