Windsor Mennonite Fellowship
1709 George Ave N8Y 2Y8 Windsor, ON, Canada

Greetings WMF, Pastor Rielly here. . This is a bit of a long message, but I hope you can track with me. Info for tomorrow's gathering is at the bottom. . Once again, we're in the season of Lent. Lent is that time of year where Christians fast and follow Jesus into the wilderness for 40 days leading up to Holy Week. Traditionally, folks give up something for Lent as an echo of Jesus' fasting for 40 days in the wilderness....Continue reading

Greetings WMF, Here is the latest video message from Pastor Rielly: https://youtu.be/z1nItzF8ZRY If you have time, try to give it a watch before our gathering at 11:00 am.... Our Zoom link to Sunday's Service is below. Topic: WMF Sunday Virtual Gathering Time: Feb 14, 2021 11:00 AM America/Detroit Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86052462740 Meeting ID: 860 5246 2740 Passcode: 780226

Pastor Rielly explores the multitude of connections between the birds, the Bible, the work of the Holy Spirit, and co-creating with God in the chaos of the world. Music used by permission of the artist. Artist: Brianne Danter Track: "Peace"... Album: Follow 2759569 Records DK Message courtesy of Windsor Mennonite Fellowship You are welcome to join us online, Sunday mornings at 11am. For a link to the gathering, follow our Facebook Page or send a request to [email protected]

In honour of Black History Month, we encourage folks to check out this new PBS documentary The Black Church. The contribution of the Black Church to our living faith, theology, history, and modern activism is central to who we are as the people of God. https://www.pbs.org/weta/black-church/

Greetings spiritual family, Here is our video message nda Zoom invite for tomorrow at 11am This weekend, I'm grateful to share a collaborative message with my good friend Pastor Brad Watson. When you're able, give it a watch and bring your questions and reflections to our online gathering. ... https://fb.watch/3uBoNv9vJw/ Topic: WMF Sunday Virtual Gathering Time: Feb 7, 2021 11:00 AM America/Detroit Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84712061486 Meeting ID: 847 1206 1486 Passcode: 528636 See you tomorrow, Pastor Rielly

A collaborative message on the serious business of laughter with Pastor Brad Watson of Nexus Church, Kitchener and Pastor Rielly McLaren of Windsor Mennonite Fellowship. Join us at Windsor Mennonite on Sunday mornings at 11am through Zoom for discussion, contemplative prayer, and community support. ... Zoom links will be posted on our Facebook page and sent through our email list. If you'd like to get on our email list for announcements and updates, please email a request to [email protected]

If you'd like to join us online for our in-person gathering, you're welcome to follow the link below at 10:30am. Topic: WMF In-Person Sunday Gathering Time: Nov 22, 2020 10:30 AM America/Toronto... Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81859390238 Meeting ID: 818 5939 0238 Passcode: 787543

A friendly reminder to let us know if you'll be coming to church on Sunday for our in-person gathering (10:30am). This helps us know anticipated numbers, and helps you reserve a seat. Space is limited, so please let us know as soon as you can. Grace & Peace

Greetings WMF, Tomorrow is our Sunday Virtual Gathering. Here are the details...... Pastor Rielly will be doing a shortened & live interactive sermon on Matthew 25:14-30, titled "Economic Disobedience in the Face of Systemic Oppression". If you'd like to prepare for the message, please read these Scripture passages in advance... Exodus 22:25-27 Leviticus 25:36-38 Ezekiel 18:13 Proverbs 22:7 then read Matthew 25:14-30. Here is the Zoom invite to login for our prayers, readings, and discussion. Hope to see you tomorrow! Topic: WMF Virtual Gathering Nov 15th Time: Nov 15, 2020 11:00 AM America/Detroit Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86939441901 Meeting ID: 869 3944 1901 Passcode: 016038

We hope you can join us! Topic: WMF Sunday Gathering Online Time: Oct 18, 2020 11:00 AM America/Detroit... Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86810373032 Meeting ID: 868 1037 3032 Passcode: 050731

Hi Folks, A friendly reminder to let us know if you will be attending WMF this Sunday for our In-Person Gathering. It is Peace Sunday (also known as Remembrance Day Sunday).... Additionally, we are grateful to have Martha Greenhow share a message with us, following the lectionary, on Matthew 25:1-13 and 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18. If you'll be attending virtually over Zoom, here is the link: Topic: WMF Sunday In-Person Gathering Time: Nov 8, 2020 10:30 AM America/Detroit Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82484816029 Meeting ID: 824 8481 6029 Passcode: 897153

Post-Halloween, what could monsters teach us about ourselves? We will wrestle with the spiritual necessity of transformation from inhumanity to Jesus' humanity, and why Autumn helps us make sense of it all. Scripture passages: Ephesians 2:15, 2 Corinthians 3:17-18... Teacher: Rev. Rielly McLaren Courtesy of Windsor Mennonite Fellowship

Greetings Windsor Mennonite Fellowship! As a Pastor, there are times when I have been working on a message and feel a great blockage in my spirit. As you already know, I usually do not lack the words or thoughts to share - and often over-share; but this week is one of those exceptions! I feel/sense that blockage within me, like a profound and nameless holy discontent. I've learned to trust this sensation and sit with the discomfort, instead of fearing it or resisting it's req...uest for attention. I've learned that the Spirit sometimes speaks to us and guides us by unsettling the waters of comfort, privilege, and ease. As I prayed and reflected, very literally, my mind was drawn to a specific example of conflict, systemic racism, and violence against the Mi'kmaw people, an Indigenous fishing community in Nova Scotia, happening right now. The news of this injustice has deeply troubled my soul. If you are unfamiliar with the story, here is one of the many reports on the situation. https://www.cbc.ca//lobster-facility-nova-scotia-fire-1.57 This has prompted me to give my platform away for this weekend, and share it with Indigenous voices. Below are two videos of Indigenous teachers. There are so many voices we need to hear, but I settled on these two teachers: Richard Twiss and Kaitlin B Curtis. They share with us messages of hope (and challenge) that invite the Church into a different story, rather than a harmful and ongoing colonial legacy. These are people that fully embrace their Indigenous identities and also follow Jesus wholeheartedly. Both teachers live into a profound tension we all need to learn from and follow. Bring your questions and thoughts on the messages to our Zoom gathering tomorrow (I will send a link in the morning). https://youtu.be/ZRtATZkpAJI Richard Twiss, CCDA, September 26 2012 Richard Twiss is a member of the Sicangu Lakota Oyate from the Rosebud Sioux Reservation in South Dakota. https://youtu.be/4qBH9aNeSjo Sermon by Kaitlin Curtice (April 6-7, 2018). An enrolled citizen of the Potawatomi Citizen Band Nation See you tomorrow morning at 11 am. In Jesus, Pastor Rielly

Hi WMF, Below is the Zoom invite to join us for Sunday's online video gathering. I will be posting Sunday's message as soon as it is finished. Remember to change your clocks! The contentious Fall time-change is upon us once again (1 hour back). Our online service begins at 11:00 am. ... On this All Hallows' Eve, we are invited to reflect on our spiritual relatives and the faithful departed- 'All' those have walked the path of Jesus ahead of us. 'Hallowed' is an old word for 'Holy'. You may recall traditional renditions of the Lord's Prayer where Jesus instructs us to pray, "Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name." As we learned from Nate Hope last Sunday, holiness for us humans means a journey to be 'whole' like God is whole, in contrast to all that tries to keep us apart and in pieces. All Hallows' Eve remembers and learns from those who have gone before us on this wholeness journey. Who are your spiritual relatives, those holy lives who nurtured your faith? Who were the people that inspired you, taught you, and showed you how to walk with Jesus? Maybe they were a grandparent or mentor? Or maybe they were an author or historic figure? I encourage you to come to our virtual gathering tomorrow with stories of your spiritual relatives and saints - that we may learn from them together in our quest to become whole in God. See you tomorrow! - Pastor Rielly Topic: WMF Sunday Virtual Gathering Time: Nov 1, 2020 11:00 AM America/Toronto Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83622622670 Meeting ID: 836 2262 2670 Passcode: 131053

Happy Thanksgiving weekend! If you'd like to join us online for our in-person gathering tomorrow morning (10:30 am), you are welcome to follow the Zoom link below. Topic: WMF In-Person Sunday Gathering ... Time: Oct 11, 2020 10:30 AM America/Detroit Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86731551721 Meeting ID: 867 3155 1721 Passcode: 779288 Blessings, Pastor Rielly

A friendly reminder to sign up for this Sunday’s in-person service this weekend by emailing pastor Rielly at [email protected] Grace & Peace

For our online gathering this Sunday we will be discussing Pastor Rielly’s message When You Suck at Asking for Help. Bring your thoughts, your doubts, your questions, your reflections... all are welcome. One of our Elders, Mary Ann Bender, will be leading the online gathering. A Zoom link will be posted this weekend. If you haven’t watched the teaching yet, here is a link to the video...... https://youtu.be/hO_vSlVKSg8

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Hi WMF. If you'd like to join our in-person gathering online tomorrow, you are welcome to login here. We won't be able to chat with you, but you can certainly follow along through video! Please send any prayer requests to pastor Rielly through Facebook or Email ([email protected]). Looking forward to seeing many of you in-person tomorrow!... Grace & Peace Topic: WMF Sunday Morning In-Person Time: Sep 27, 2020 10:30 AM America/Detroit Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84181503599 Meeting ID: 841 8150 3599 Passcode: 896877

A friendly reminder we need anyone who wishes to attend this Sunday morning, for our in-person church service, to sign up by an email to pastor Rielly (mailto:[email protected]) or by leaving a message on the church answering machine (519 974 1346) by tomorrow evening (Friday).

A new message from Pastor Rielly When You Suck at Asking for Help: A Tutorial Scripture Readings: Psalm 118:5-7, Matthew 8:5... Poem "The Hermit Crab" by Mary Oliver Readings by Faith Glover Message by Rev. Rielly McLaren #sermons #onlinesermons #anabaptist #mennonite #jesusfollower #windsorontario #help #findhelp #helpers Join us online or (now) in-person at Windsor Mennonite Fellowship. Details and updates on our Facebook Page.

Hi friends, We are very much looking forward to seeing you tomorrow morning at 10:30am, IN-PERSON, for our first church gathering in 7 months! It's tough to believe we've been apart for so long! A friendly reminder to bring your mask to wear inside, and remember to sanitize/wash your hands upon entering and when leaving. If you'd like to know all our guidelines and precautions, please let us know, and we'd be happy to send them to you. ... For those who need to stay home, we hope you can join us online. If you would like to login, here is the Zoom link to live-stream our service to your device. You won't be able to chat with us, but you can certainly tune-in to watch and listen. Topic: WMF In-Person Sunday Morning Time: Sep 13, 2020 10:30 AM America/Toronto Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83013107789 Meeting ID: 830 1310 7789 Passcode: 453857 You are still welcome to give your offering online. Instructions are here: http://windsormenno.ca/donate-online/ Grace & Peace, Pastor Rielly

Hi Friends, Today is the final day of registration for our Sunday September 13th worship service. There is still space available. If you’d like to attend in person please call the church office at 519-964-1346. You can leave a message if no one answers. Or email Pastor Rielly at [email protected] We hope to see you there!

Hey Friends! This Sunday September 13th is our scheduled in person gathering. We need your help, and are still in need of volunteers to make it happen. 1) We are in need of regular volunteers to clean after services. If you a willing please contact Paul Rempel at [email protected]... 2) We are in need of regular volunteers to be greeters at the church entrance. If you are willing please contact Pastor Rielly at [email protected] 3) If you would like to attend the Sunday service, we'll need you to sign up. Please contact and notify Windsor Mennonite Fellowship at [email protected] or 519-974-1346. Let us know by Friday evening so we can properly prepare for all who will be in attendance.

This weekend, we have the special privilege of learning from Rev. Dr. Katie Cannon. Sadly, she died in 2018, but her legacy lives on through her many accomplishments and academic career. Dr. Cannon was the first Black woman to be ordained in the United Presbyterian Church. She also founded an entire field of study called Womanist Theology, which explores the intersections between Feminism, Racial Identities, and Black theology. In parallel with our series on Re-learning Jes...us: The Discipleship Path, this Sunday (Sept 6th), we will be discussing a teaching video from The Rev. Dr. Katie Geneva Cannon titled, "Crossing Over to the Other Side" The Scripture Passage is from Mark 4:35-41 https://youtu.be/cURCzKWJmRc If you would like to read more about Dr. Katie Cannon, here is a tribute, in her NYTimes obituary. https://www.nytimes.com//katie-cannon-68-dies-lifted-black Nate Hope will be posting/sending a Zoom link invite to our online worship gathering Sunday morning.

Re-Learning Jesus: A series about rediscovering discipleship and the Jesus path. Message: Building on Wisdom Teacher: Nate Hope (WMF teaching team) Scripture Passages: Romans 12:9-21, Jeremiah 15:15-21... Courtesy of Windsor Mennonite Fellowship Join on Sunday mornings (11am) to pray together, share our joys and burdens, and discuss the message (video chat link will be posted Sunday morning).