Speaking to the gathered congregations of the West Island and Beyond United Churches cluster, Pastoral Minister Jessica Gauthier invites us all to consider how often we are tempted to clutch our time, resources, and energy as if we could have control by holding on tightly. But we can’t take any of it with us... Holy abundance is poured out extravagantly, not hoarded. What if we lived the same way, she asks, spending our time, our talent, and our love wastefully, trusting God to make it enough?

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Distilled to essence: Parting words of joy and encouragement from Rev. Dr. Elisabeth Jones

In the week leading up to her last Sunday with the community of Cedar Park United, Rev. Elisabeth met with Ernie Bauer, teacher and member of Cedar Park United, for a beautiful 90-minute conversation about resistant joy, generosity, the Holy Spirit at work, and the role of progressive Christianity in this very complex time.

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Our Trinity Sunday worship was an invitation to wonder at the mystery of God as Love in relationship. Through music and scripture, we listened, sang, and shared in a service shaped by the worship life of those who live at Saint Andrew’s Residence, as they experience it each Sunday afternoon with our Pastoral Minister, Jessica Gauthier. Listen as she shares what “Sundays in the Solarium” are like and adds context to her role of walking alongside the Cedar Park United community through this season of transition.

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Welcome to the Cedar Park United Podcast! 

In her final sermon as Lead Minister of Cedar Park United, Rev. Dr. Elisabeth Jones invites us to “turn” a sacred text together to encourage us all in our journeys of faith and witness. Which text…? Well, that’s for you to find out as you listen. Her parting message to this community of faith, however, is clear: "God has equipped you. God’s got you. You’ve got this. It’s your turn. Carry on, Cedar Park United, carry on."

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Today we welcomed new members by affirmation of faith and by child-dedication–what greater affirmation of a faithful future held safe in the hands of God can we have? As Rev. Dr. Elisabeth Jones put it in her reflection on Lydia, one of the pivotal “matriarchs” of Christian life and witness, these new members are “rich purple cloth to add to the tapestry of this community’s Gospel story.”

Listen to the scripture reading from Acts 16:16-34 with the livestream. 

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In holy conversation with Scripture, the Quran, and two women of faith – Rev. Dr. Elisabeth Jones and Dr. Afra Jalabi – we explore what holy Love looks like when humans embody it for the sake of others; it looks remarkably like compassion and mercy, and it is stronger than hate.  

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The beloved 23rd Psalm helps us to explore God’s shepherding presence through life’s darkest valleys, and across the bridges to a faithful future. As a community about to begin a new chapter as Rev. Elisabeth’s retirement approaches, we’re faced with the question: How will we bridge the gap between this chapter and the next? All the cumulative stories of our faith, found in Scripture and in our experience, point to a dynamic movement between memory… and hope. When faced with an uncertain future, a good instinct is to look back–to see where we come from – AND to see in these journeys of the past, the presence of God, particularly as this Psalm characterizes God – as a good shepherd. 

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What happens when someone’s unique talents are touched by a Gospel of love, compassion and hope? Listen to today’s conversation between Rev. Dr. Elisabeth Jones, Pat Mayberry and Heather MacIntosh and be inspired by this “Gospel according to everyone.”

Hear the Gospel reading of the conversion of Saul from Acts 9:1-6, (7-20), in the livestream recording.

The song Conversation was composed by Pat Mayberry and performed by Pat Mayberry and Heather Macintosh.

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Today is the 2nd Sunday of Easter — Holy Humour Sunday! Rooted in ancient tradition, it’s a day to let Easter joy rise in laughter, music, and surprise. This isn’t silliness for its own sake. It’s a celebration of the outrageous good news: Christ is risen, and joy has the last word. And to this, Candidate Minister Jessica Gauthier brings in the laughter… 

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In this, her last Easter sermon as Lead Minister of Cedar Park United, Rev. Dr. Elisabeth Jones reflects on the 13 different sermons she’s preached on Easter, and how none of those sermons could preach to today. To this Easter, 2025. This year we need resurrection to be real, and specific, and concrete, and tangible, beyond doubt, and particular. This year, we need a resurrection more than ever!

Hear the Gospel reading from Luke 24: 1-12 in the livestream recording.

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