Faith United Church

Tune in now for Easter Vigil 2021 Hosted by Sydenham St United, St. James Anglican and St. Pauls Anglican. #faithinkingston #kingstoneast #EasterVigil

The Ecumenical Worship Partnership is a group of Kingston churches working together during Lent and Easter 2021. Participating churches are St. Andrew's, Presbyterian, Chalmers United, Faith United, St. James, Anglican, St. Mark's, Lutheran, St. Paul's, Anglican (Sydenham), Princess Street United and Sydenham Street, United. Please enjoy this Good Friday service. #GoodFriday #faithinkingston #Teamwork

March 31 is Transgender Day of Visibility. Click below to find out more from the United Church of Canada.

Happy St. Patrick’s Day everyone! #faithunitedchurch #stpatricksday2021 #kingstoneast

It is International Women's Day! "Sophia Christ, Like, Eve, Miriam, Deborah, and Esther, send us out to witness to your on-going revelation.... Like Sarah, Elizabeth, Martha, and Lydia, send us out to extend your love and hospitality to all. Like Rachel, Ruth, Mary, and Mary Magdalene, send us out to be god-bearers. Like Hagar, Tamar, the Samaritan Woman, and Lois, send us out to be builders of your great kin-dom. Amen." - Prayer adapted for International Women's Day from the liturgy for She Flies On, a conference celebrating Women in Ministry #internationalwomensday2021 #faithunitedchurch #prayer

Some of you may be interested in joining this online reading club. See below. #ReadingClub #KingstonEast #FaithUnitedChurch

A little something fun. A bit long but a really good one . Because we’ve all been home for the longest time.

In Flanders Fields BY JOHN MCCRAE In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row,... That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie, In Flanders fields. Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high. If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields. #faithinkingston #FaithUnited #RemembranceDay

A prayer for Remembrance Sunday. We will be having our Remembrance Service on zoom at 9:30 this morning.

A Prayer for World Food Sunday As the leaves begin to turn brilliant reds, oranges, and yellows, we begin to pull from the ground the fruit of our labour. The p...otatoes, squash, brussels sprouts, cabbage, apples, pears and more begin to fill our baskets. We give thanks. The corn and beans are ready to be stored; they have dried on their stocks. We know that these foods will sustain us through the winter. We give thanks for labourers who have come to harvest, workers from near and far, many who travel to this land to find work. Sustainer, open our eyes to their sacrifice and help us to honour their gift. We pray for a safe harvest for all labourers and farmers. As the honeybee prepares for winter, we enjoy honey’s nectar sweetness. As the broiler chicken is fully grown, we give thanks for their life that will sustain us. As the hunter patiently awaits the deer, we honour its gift as nourishment. Creator, we are called back to remember our interconnectedness during this harvest season. Forgive us the times that we have been disconnected from our relations in our desire to take more than we should. Call us back into the fabric of creation so that we might live in the abundance of life. For all this, and more, we give thanks. Amen. Michael Shewburg is Executive Director of Five Oaks and lives on an organic farm with his farming partner Ryan and son Marshall. Read the full prayer at: https://www.united-church.ca/prayers/world-food-day-prayer World Food Sunday is Oct. 18, 2020. [Photo by lumix2004 from Pixabay] #UCCan #WorldFoodDay #worldfoodsunday #SDG2Zerohunger

A prayer as I put on my mask. #kingston #faithinkingston #FaithUnited

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! #faithinkingston #kingstoneast #thanksgiving2020

This thanksgiving, let's give thanks. One of the things I've learned is that many of us have difficulties with being thankful for our own gifts and abilities. T...here's often this sense that if we recognize that which is good in ourselves, we're being prideful or boastful. But in each of us are God-given gifts. We're invited to be caretakers of those gifts, to play with them, to get to know them, to expand them, to use them in ways that live into the mission and ministry we've been given as disciples of Jesus. So, I'd like to ask you, sometime this week, to have a cup of something you enjoy with yourself. Sit down across the table, as if you were sitting down with a friend you know really well - someone you trust to know you, too. Let the person across the table from you know the gifts that you see in them. It won't necessarily be easy. But what I'm asking you to do is to treat them the same way you'd treat someone you love, who was wondering what gifts you see in them. You might want to write them down, and take a look at them later. Whether you write them down or not, when you're done the conversation with yourself, after you've had the chance to recognize the gifts.... take a moment and say, "thank you." To you, and to God. (Image by Liliana Lam - In the Public Domain)