Worship with Bethel-Maidstone United Church

Memory and nostalgia play a heightened role in our lives at Christmas time. In this second episode of our Advent series, we consider Scrooge’s visit from the Ghost of Christmas Past, as we look for signs of hope in what can be a difficult season.

In a series based on Matt Rawle’s book, The Redemption of Scrooge, we journey to Christmas with Ebenezer, Bob Cratchit and the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future. Along the way, we will rediscover for ourselves the meaning of Christ’s birth.

Should there always be winners and losers? Do some people just deserve more than others? In the third and final episode in this series, we explore God’s idea of fairness as it relates to equal pay for unequal work.

Part 2 in our No Fair! Sermon Series explores the challenge and grace of unlimited forgiveness.

Discover how God’s idea of forgiveness is fortunately very different from ours as we explore three passages from the Gospel of Matthew. This episode focuses in on conflict resolution in the church and the theme of Remembrance Day.

Our final episode in our “Food for the Soul” series is a bit of smorgasbord! Jello salad, baklava, honey and olive oil? It’s all in there as we explore sweets and fruit, now and in the stories of Jesus.

Fish and bread for a crowd. Fish fry on the beach. Fish and fishermen feature prominently in a number of stories about Jesus. We explore these stories and how they inspire our response to food insecurity in this message preached on World Food Sunday.

A Thanksgiving message about special foods, wine, celebration and the abundant life found in Christ!

Bread baking has become a pandemic pastime. Hear recipes and reflections on bread and its role in Christian rituals and teachings.

The first episode in a 5 part series on the significance and symbolism of food in the teachings of Jesus and our everyday lives. Find recipes and more on our Facebook page! References for this episode: Miriam Feinberg Vamosh, Food at the Time of the Bible: From Adam’s Apple to the Last Supper.

Gary W. Charles, Feasting on the Word, Year B, Volume 1. Westminster John Knox Press, 2008.

“Food for thought: How the pandemic changed how we buy, cook and eat” Toronto Star’s Karon Liu on the podcast This Matters