On August 23, 2026, the Cedar Park United community worshipped for the first time with our new minister, Rev. Dr. Michael Caveney. He introduced the service with this:

"Today we are putting our big toe into the waters of this Season of Creation, a time, this year, when we will be exploring a simple but profound conviction: God’s dream is for all creation to flourish. God’s desire is that people flourish, communities flourish, relationships flourish, and the whole of creation flourish. That dream is at the heart of the Gospel and at the heart of who we are called to be as followers of Jesus.

Today, as we begin this new chapter together, may we open our hearts to the God who is already at work among us, inviting us to grow, to hope, and to flourish together."

In his reflection based on Exodus 1:8–22 , Flourishing in a Land of Fear, Michael encourages us all to "be a people who help one another flourish. May we become a church that nurtures life wherever we find it. And may our neighbours discover, through us, something of the abundant life that God desires for all creation."

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Today, you’ll hear a retrospective of gratitude from lay leader Elizabeth Chown Lafreniere on the last Sunday before the arrival of our new lead minister, and before we begin two months of sharing worship with our local cluster of United Churches. As she looks back over the past year of ministry at Cedar Park United, Elizabeth says, “Our reward for welcoming and being welcomed is God’s grace: the joy of knowing and sharing that we are loved by God.”

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This was Jessica Gauthier's last sermon at Cedar Park United before she headed out on her next adventure. The text, from Romans 6 asks whether in order to receive more of God's grace, we should sin more! In this sermon, listen as Jessica flips the script and hear those words not as a threat but as an invitation for us to live as our authentic selves.

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Jesus sends  us out to be conspirators of grace.  All we need is Love!  In today’s reflection, Rev. Cathy Hamilton reminds us that Jesus did not come to solve humanity's problems for us, but rather to encourage and empower us to solve them. Nothing, she says, is impossible with God. All you need is love.

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Today, we jump into a follow-up interview with Jessica Gauthier, a roundtable discussion as she prepares to embark on the next pathway of her pastoral ministry. Our first interview with Jessica was back in September 2025:

Around the table with Jessica were Joanne Kalan, Amy Barratt and Martha Randy.

The conversation turned to song at several moments. We gratefully acknowledge these musicians for their inspiration:

Centering Prayer (I want to be where my feet are) from Sanctuary Songs and sung by The Porter's Gate

Carry This, by Alexandra Blakely

Come on up to the House by Tom Waits

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Today we hear Abram’s threshold story: a call to leave, to trust, and to become a blessing. In this threshold time at Cedar Park United, faith means thinking carefully, praying honestly, learning from what has been, receiving what is new, and taking the next step together. In her next-to-last Sunday with this community of faith, Pastoral Minister Jessica Gauthier invites us to open ourselves to the love that leads us onward.

Watch the video conversation between Jessica Gauthier (Pastoral Minister until the end of June 2026), Amy Barratt (Church Administrator), Martha Randy (Communications and Outreach Coordinator) and Michael Caveney (Lead minister starting July 1, 2026).

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On this Trinity Sunday, we gather in the mystery of God who creates, accompanies, and renews. We open our senses to joy, recognition, and hope as we tell the story of Mary’s visit to Elizabeth. We celebrate Love that lifts the lowly, restores community, and turns the world toward mercy. In her reflection, Pastoral Minister Jessica Gauthier reminds us that Love knocks. Love waits. Love recognizes. Love sings.

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In her Ascension Sunday reflection, Pastoral Minister Jessica Gauthier notes that “Out of sight, out of mind.” is usually said as a criticism, naming something painfully human: that when someone or something disappears from view, we may begin to forget. Not because we stopped caring, but because attention is fragile. We are shaped by what is in front of us. And, she says, that is one of the questions Ascension places before the church.Hear the scriptures readings from the livestream recording.

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In her reflection on God’s gift of the Holy Spirit, today’s lay worship leader, Susan Winn, invites us to remember that the Holy Spirit dwells within each of us, is there to guide us, and is always present to remind us of Jesus’ teachings. When we are open to God’s will for us, and aware of God’s presence in our lives, we may come to see that God is in constant communication with us. What a gift indeed!

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Our guest speaker in worship today was Julia Asselstine, Executive Director of Literacy Unlimited, a non-profit serving English-speaking families, youth, adults and seniors from Verdun to the Ontario border. Literacy, Julia explained, is agency; it is power; it is allowing people to fully participate in society. If you can read and write, you can fly like a bird, and nobody can stop you. This is the truth about literacy.

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