Cedar Park United

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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We are not alone.  We do not always see where the path is going, or how it will unfold. Yet the One who walks with us has already taken this path. Pastoral Minister Jessica Gauthier invites us to remember: The Good Shepherd leads us into life. 

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The first Sunday after Easter is “Holy Humour Sunday”. Today, lay worship leader Elizabeth Chown Lafreniere invites us to walk with Thomas, and all those who doubt, or hesitate, or feel a little bit out of step. But first, we’ll sing and dance.   Hear the scriptures readings from the livestream recording.

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Christ is risen! He is risen indeed! Alleluia! On Easter morning, what was buried begins to rise. New life unfolds, even before we can see it clearly. We gather at the table where death and life meet: where love is broken and shared, and nothing is lost to God. On this Easter Sunday, with Pastoral Minister Jessica Gauthier we rise together in life made anew.

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“Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!” Branches rise. Voices shout. The city stirs. The Way becomes a public journey. Yet, even in the crowd, the Way is chosen in love. On this sixth Sunday of Lent, Palm Sunday, Pastoral Minister Jessica Gauthier asks, What does it mean to walk with the One who abides?

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