Sermon Videos

Check out some of our recent Sunday reflections on you-tube:

Videos from 2024

Sunday, November 17:  “God Beside Us – Welcoming All” with Elijah Mwandila 

Sunday, November 10:  “God Beside Us – Remembering the Word” with Julie Baker 

Sunday, November 03:   “God Beside Us – Supporting Each Other” with Julie Baker

Sunday, October 27:  “God Above Us – Celebrating” with Julie Baker & Norman Collier 

Sunday, October 20:  “God Above Us – Crying Out” with Elijah Mwandila

Sunday, October 13:  “God Above Us – Saying Thanks” with Julie Baker

Sunday, October 06:  “God Above Us – Marveling” with Elijah Mwandila 

Sunday, September 29:  “God with Us – An Embodied Faith” with Julie Baker 

Sunday, September 22:  “God with Us – Making Room” with Norman Collier 

Sunday, September 15:  “God with Us – Making Time” with Elijah Mwandila 

Sunday, September 08: “God with Us – Praying” with Julie Baker 

Sunday, August 25:  “May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears”.  (Nelson Mandela) with Julie Baker 

Sunday, August 18: “Living in Christ and with Christ” with Elijah Mwandila

Sunday, August 11:  “Compassion and Gentleness” with Elijah Mwandila 

Sunday, June 23:  “The Quiet Centre” with Sandra Rex

Sunday, June 16:  “God’s Amazing Choice” with Elijah Mwandila 

Sunday, June 09:  “A Very Big Problem” with Julie Baker 

Sunday, June 02:  “God’s Call” with Elijah Mwandila

Sunday, May 26:  “How God Answers Prayers” with Julie Baker 

Sunday, May 19:  Festival of Pentecost with Elijah Mwandila 

Sunday, May 12:  Julie Baker joins us to talk about Ascension and Mother’s Day

Sunday, May 05:  Baptism Celebration with Elijah Mwandila & Julie Baker 

Sunday, April 28:  “Have Any Grapes?” with Julie Baker 

Sunday, April 21:  Psalm 23 with Norman Collier

Sunday, April 14:  “I Don’t Believe it” with Julie Baker 

Sunday, April 07:  Sermon with Elijah Mwandila

Sunday, March 31:  An Easter Anthem 

Sunday, March 31:  Trinity Kids Tell the Story of Easter

Sunday, March 31:  A Sermon for Easter Sunday 

Sunday, March 31:  An Easter Theme Time

Friday, March 29:  Joint Anglican-United Good Friday Service 

Sunday, March 24:  Palm Sunday with Wilma Shirriff

Sunday, March 17:  Lent 5 – “Hope in the Chaos” with Elijah Mwandila 

Sunday, March 10:  Lent 4 – “Hope in the Chaos” with Julie Baker 

Sunday, March 03:  Lent 3 – “Hope in the Chaos” with Norman Collier 

Sunday, February 25:  Lent 2 – “Hope in the Chaos” with Julie Baker 

Sunday, February 18:  Lent 1 – “Hope in the Chaos” with Elijah Mwandila 

Sunday, February 11: “The Transfiguration” with Guest Worship Leader Sandra Rex 

Sunday, February 04:  “God’s Reign is for All” with Rev. Elijah Mwandila 

Sunday, January 28:  “Power, Authority & Freedom with Wilma Shirriff

Sunday, January 21:  “The Long Wait is Over” with Rev. Elijah Mwandila 

Sunday, January 14:  

Sunday, January 07: Guest Worship Leader Rev. Norman Collier 

Videos from 2023

Sunday, December 31:  Epiphany with Guest Worship Leader Rev. Norman Collier 

Sunday, December 17:  Advent 4 with Guest Worship Leader Karen Tjaden 

Sunday, December 10:  Advent 3 with Guest Worship Leader Karen Tjaden 

Sunday, December 03:  Advent 2 with Guest Worship Leader Lynne Sanderson 

Sunday, November 26: Advent 1 with Guest Worship Leader Sandra Rex 

Sunday, November 19:  Guest Worship Leader Rev. Norman Collier 

Sunday, November 12:  Guest Worship Leader Sandra Rex

Sunday, November 05:  Guest Worship Leader Karen Tjaden 

Sunday, November 05:  In Memoriam – All Saints Day 

Sunday, October 29:  Guest Worship Leader Karen Tjaden

Sunday, October 22:  Guest Worship Leader The Rev. Norman Collier 

Sunday, October 15:  Guest Worship Leader Wilma Shirriff

Sunday, October 08:  Guest Worship Leader Rev. Dr. John Stafford

Sunday, October 01:  Guest Worship Leader The Rev. Norman Collier

Sunday, September 24:  Guest Worship Leader Wilma Shirriff 

Sunday, September 17:   Guest Worship Leader The Rev. Norman Collier

Sunday, September 03:  Guest Worship Leader Rev. Chuck Ross 

Sunday, August 27:  Guest Worship Leader Wilma Shirriff

Sunday, August 20:  Guest Worship Leader Wilma Shirriff

Sunday, August 13:  Guest Worship Leader Rev. Dr. John Stafford

Sunday, June 25:  “Hope” with Guest Worship Leader Ila Swain 

Sunday, June 18:  New Beginnings with Guest Worship Leader Lynne Sanderson 

Sunday, June 11:  Guest Worship Leader, Sandra Rex joins us to talk about Abram and Sarai’s LOL Story

Sunday, June 04:  Trinity Sunday with the Rev. Norman Collier 

Sunday, May 28:  Festival of Pentecost with Ila Swain 

Sunday, May 21:  Ascension Day with The Rev Norman Collier

Sunday, May 14:  “You are Loved” – Worship Leader Sandra Rex

Sunday, May 07:  “Living Stones” – Worship Leader The Rev Norman Collier

Sunday, April 23:  Worship Leader Lynne Sanderson 

Sunday, April 16:  “When In Doubt…” – Norman Collier

Sunday, April 09:  Easter Sunday – Brenda Brand 

Sunday, April 02:  Palm Sunday – Norman Collier

Sunday, March 26:  Lent 5 – Lynne Sanderson 

Sunday, March 19:  Lent 4 – Norman Collier

Sunday, March 12:

Sunday, March 05:  “Blessed to Bless Others”

Sunday, February 26: “Passing the Test – Overcoming Temptation”

Sunday, February 19: Transfiguration Sunday

Sunday, February 12:  Choosing with the Heart

Sunday, February 05:  Shine Your Light for All to See

Sunday, January 29:  Blessed Are?

Sunday, January 22:  Jesus:  The Light in a Dark World

Sunday, January 15:  So Thankful for You

Sunday, January 08:  Baptism of Jesus – Looking Beyond

Sunday, January 01:  Endings & New Beginnings 

Videos from 2022

Service of Remembrance & Hope This year our offering to make space for grief and loss during the Advent and Christmas season is a video service that people can access at the time that is best for them.

Christmas Eve, December 24:   Joint Christmas Eve Service with McKenzie United & Trinity United

Sunday, December 18:  Saying “Yes” to God’s Love – Advent 4

Sunday, December 11:  Mary’s Song for Advent 3 – 2022  

Sunday, December 04:   Scripture and Sermon for Advent 2 – 2022

Sunday, November 27: Selections from Worship for Advent 1 – 2022

Sunday, November 20:  Sermon for the End of the Year – Reign of Christ 

Sunday, November 13:  “It’s a Balancing Act” A Stewardship Sermon 

Sunday, November 06:  In Memoriam 2022

Sunday, November 06: All Saints Scripture and Sermon 

Sunday, October 30:  “Up a Tree and Down for Tea” Scripture and Sermon 

Sunday, October 30:  Treasures – A Theme Time for October 30

Sunday, October 23:  “Are You a 1 Talent Server?” Pondering the Parable of the Talents

Sunday, October 23:   Theme Time 

Sunday, October 16:  Patience & Second Chances 

Sunday, October 9: It’s Thanksgiving – but how can we sing?

Sunday, October 2:  The Seeds of Faith for Worldwide Communion

Sunday, September 25:  “How is Your Awareness?”

Sunday, September 18:  Belated Ingenuity

Sunday, September 11:  Sermon 

Sunday, June 26:  When God is Silent 

Sunday, June 19:  Confirmation

Sunday, June 19:  A Forgiveness Flowchart – In Person

Sunday, June 19:  A Conversation about Church Juice!

Sunday, June 12:  Going to Court over things that don’t hold water

Sunday, June 5:  Festival of Pentecost 

Sunday, May 29:  Why are You Looking Up Into the Sky – A Sermon for Ascension 

Sunday, May 29:  In our End is Our Beginning – Theme Time 

Sunday, May 22:  Wholeness and Wellness – Amelia’s dance – YouTube

Sunday, May 22:  It is Well With My Soul – YouTube

Sunday, May 15: All Things New – Theme Time and Sermon on Revelation 21:1-6

Sunday, April 24:  “Behind Locked Doors” Sermon 

Sunday, April 24:  “What are You Afraid Of?” Theme Time 

Sunday, April 17:  “This Thread I Weave” Thinking and Singing About Easter 

Sunday, April 17:  “Now the Green Blade Rises” 

Sunday, April 17:  “But We Had Hoped”

Sunday, April 10:  “It Takes All Kinds of Kinds” What is Your Part? – Palm Sunday

Sunday, April 3:  “It Takes All Kinds of Kinds”  Love Others as They Need to be Loved – Lent 5

Sunday, April 3: Theme Time – “It Takes All Kinds of Kinds” – Lent 5 What’s in my First Aid Kit?  

Sunday, March 27: “It Takes All Kinds of Kinds” What We Offer – Lent 4

Sunday, March 20:  “It Takes All Kinds of Kinds” Blame and Responsibility – Lent 3

Sunday, March 13:  “It Takes All Kinds of Kinds – What Do We Want” Lent 2

Sunday, March 6:  “It Takes All Kinds of Kinds”  The Worst of Us is the Best of Us – Lent 1

Sunday, February 27:  A sermon for the Transfiguration – YouTube

Sunday, February 20: The Golden Rule – Scripture and Sermon – YouTube

Sunday, February 13:  Like Trees Planted By Water – Psalm 1 and Jeremiah 17:5-10 – YouTube

Sunday, February 6:  Here I am, Lord?  A sermon on Isaiah 6

Sunday, January 30:  Love Expressed in Many Ways 

Sunday, January 16: Empty or Full – What’s Mine to Do?  Jesus and the Wedding at Cana

Sunday, January 9:  The Bible is a Library (with John the Baptist)

Sunday, January 2:  Epiphany Guiding Principles for an Uncertain Journey

Videos from 2021

Service of Remembrance & Hope This 30 minute, ecumenical service is offered jointly by members of McKenzie United Church, First Presbyterian Church, St. Mary’s la Prairie Anglican Church and Trinity United Church, for those who are feeling grief during the Christmas season.

Friday, December 24:  Sharing the Light 

“A different Christmas story”

“It’s a Wonder” – a project of the Trinity virtual choir and congregation

O Come O Come Emmanuel – a virtual choir offering

Luke 2 – telling the story of Jesus’ birth

Sunday, December 19:  Advent Undercover – “When Love is Lost”

Sunday, December 12:  Advent Undercover – “When Joy is Lost”

Sunday, December 5:  Advent Undercover – “When Peace is Lost” 

Sunday, November 28:  Advent Undercover – “When hope is lost” – YouTube

Sunday, November 21:  Who is in charge of your life?  A sermon for “Christ the King” Sunday

Sunday, November 14:  “Why Trinity Matters to Me” 2 minutes from Diane Stevenson 

Sunday, November 14:  “Why Trinity Matters to Me” 2 minutes from Max Chappellaz  

Sunday, November 14:  “Making the Connection”  Part 3 Sermon

Sunday, November 7:  “The Widow’s Gift”  Scripture & Sermon 

Sunday, November 7:  “Generosity”  Theme Time 

Sunday, October 31:  Sermon for All Hallow’s Eve

Sunday, October 31:  All Saints In Memoriam 2021

Sunday, October 24:  Zoom Dialogue – Making the Connection 

Sunday, October 24:  Making the Connection Part 2 – Connecting to the Vine

Sunday, October 17:  The Value of Serving Others 

Sunday, October 10:  Dedicating the Church Window

Sunday, October 10:  Faith in a Confusing and Complicated World – A sermon for Thanksgiving

Sunday, October 03:  Making the Connection (Sermon)

Sunday, October 03:  Making the Connection (Theme Time)

Sunday, October 03: Why Trinity Matters to Me – Andrew Stasiuk (Stewardship Video)

Sunday, September 26:  For Such a Time as This:  Theme Time & Sermon on the Story of Esther 

Sunday, September 19:  The Cupcakes are Waiting:  Sermon Reflection on the Feeding of The 5000 

Sunday, September 12:  Finding Your Faithful Plan 

Sunday, September 05: Letter of James Part 5 – Making Lemonade

Sunday, August 29: The Wisdom of James Part 4 – “How Often Do You Yield?”

Sunday, August 22: Summer Sessions 3 – Exploring the Wisdom of James – Watch your tongue! 

Sunday, August 15: Weirdness, Facts and Opinions! – The Letter of James Part 2

Sunday, August 08:  Summer Sessions – Exploring the Wisdom of James

Sunday, June 27:  “I Will Give You Rest”…but You Can’t Always Get What You Want”

Sunday, June 20: Goliath Sized Problems Part 2 (sermon)

Sunday, June 20:  Goliath Sized Problems Part 1 (scripture story)

Sunday, June 13:  “We are Great and Small”

Sunday, June 06:  “Can Birds of Different Feathers Flock Together?”

Sunday, May 30:  Holy, Holy, Holy – or “Awesome” (Sermon)

Sunday, May 30:  “Talking About the Trinity at Trinity!” (Theme Time)

Sunday, May 23:  “Pentecost Theme Time and Sermon”

Sunday, May 16:  Thermometers and Thermostats and Buffering, oh my!

Sunday, May 9:  “Abiding Through Disappointment” – Scripture & Sermon 

Sunday, May 2: “God in Surprising Places” (we’re looking too far away)

Sunday, April 25: “No Good Deed Goes Unpunished” or “Why would I want to be a Christian?”  A sermon reflection on Acts 4

Sunday, April 18:  Scripture and Sermon

Sunday, April 18:  Earth Day Theme Time 

Sunday, April 11:  “Coming Out of Hiding” – Sermon after Easter – YouTube

Sunday, April 4:  “Flowers Will Bloom in the Desert”

Sunday, April 4:  Grow With Us – Easter Lessons from the Gardens

Sunday, April 4:  In the Garden Scripture, Reflection and Song

Sunday, April 4:  Alleluia Christ is Risen – Growing at Trinity

Sunday, April 4:  “The Miracle of Morning” by Amanda Gorman 

Sunday, March 28:  Grow With Us – Palm Sunday (Theme Time & Sermon)

Sunday, March 21: Lent – Grow With Us 5. Bearing Fruit (Theme Time & Sermon)

Sunday, March 14: Lent – Grow With Us 4. In the Weeds 

Sunday, March 14:  Grow with Us – Baptism!

Sunday, March 7:  Grow with Us – Baptism!

Sunday, March 7:  Lent – Grow with Us – 3. Making it Grow!

Sunday, February 28 – Lent – Grow with Us – 2. Planting Seeds of Faith

Sunday, February 21 – Lent – Grow With Us  – 1. Cultivating Holy Ground 

Sunday, February 14 – “Exploring Wisdom & the Book of Proverbs” (Sermon)

Sunday, February 14 – “Transfiguration Sunday” (Theme Time)

Sunday, February 7 – “Lifted and Renewed” (Sermon)

Sunday, February 7 – “The Time Julie Burned Her Soup” (Theme Time)

Sunday, January 31 –  “What About MY Needs?

Sunday, January 24 – “You Want Me to Go Where?”

Sunday, January 17 – “Life is Conversation with God”

Sunday, January 10 – Sermon “What Now?

Sunday, January 10 – Theme Time 

Sunday, January 3 – “Epiphany at Home”

Videos from 2020

Sunday, December 27 – “Daring to Rejoice”

Thursday, December 24 – “Christmas Essentials – A Short Christmas Eve Reflection”

Trinity’s Best-Worst-Best Christmas Pageant Ever – Pandemic 2020

Christmas Solitude Separate but in Communion 

Silent Night – with Congregational Participation 

Christmas Solitude – Audrey MacFarlane 

Sunday, December 20 – Advent 4 – Where God Makes a Home 

Sunday, December 13 – Advent 3 – Prepare Him Room

Sunday, December 6 – “Advent 2 – Longing for Home”  

Sunday, November 29 – “I’ll be Home for Christmas” a sermon for Advent 1 2020 – YouTube

Sunday, November 22 – “The Reign of Christ”

Sunday, November 15 – “Forget Your Perfect Offering”

Sunday, November 8 – “Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burning”

Sunday, November 1 – “Sermon for All Saints

Sunday, October 25 – “Love is All”

Sunday, October 18:  “Where Do You Put Your Trust?” 

Sunday, October 11: “Thanksgiving – Grateful for NOW”

Sunday, October 4: “Reflections on the Ten Commandments and Other Rules and Guidelines”

Sunday, September 27:  “Church:  People Called Together”

Sunday, September 20 – “Looking for the Complaints Department”

Sunday, September 13 – “Impossible”

Sunday, September 6 – Psalm 27 “Thin places and the cost of fear”

Sunday, August 30 – Psalm 90 – I Can’t Figure Out What Day it Is 

Sunday, August 23 – A Reflection on Psalm 103

Sunday, August 16 – Psalm 42 – Looking for Water in a Thirsty World

Sunday, June 28 – “Soil Conditions”

Sunday, June 21 – “Consider the Rock from which you were cut”

Sunday, June 14 – Beth’s Farewell Sermon

Sunday, May 31 – “Happy Birthday Church!”

Sunday, May 24 – “The Persistent Widow and the Unjust Judge”

Sunday, May 17 – “The Kingdom of God is like…” – a sermon from Julie’s kitchen

Sunday, May 10 – An Uncertainty Parable

Sunday, May 3New Wineskins

Sunday, April 26 – Meanwhile, the World Goes On 

Sunday, April 19A Contagion of Hope

Sunday, April 12 – Easter Sermon 

Friday, April 10 – “O Come and Mourn” Good Friday Sermon

Sunday, April 5 – “Rehearsing for Resurrection: Practicing Trust” reflecting on Luke 19: 20-40

Sunday, March 29 – “Rehearsing for Resurrection: Practicing Encouragement” reflecting on the story of Barrabas

Sunday, March 22 –Rehearsing for Resurrection: Taking Action focusing on Matthew 5 where Jesus invites us to be salt and light 

Sunday, March 15 – “Rehearsing for Resurrection: Practicing Imagination” focusing on Ezekiel 37:1-14 (dry bones) in light of the current pandemic

Sunday, March 8 – “Rehearsing for Resurrection: Practicing Lament” focusing on Psalm 10

Sunday, March 1 – “Rehearsing for Resurrection: Practicing Awareness” focusing on Matthew 6: 26-34

Sunday, February 23 – When do we pray? focusing on 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 and Philippians 4:4-8

Sunday, February 9 – “Why do we pray?” focusing on Matthew 6: 6-13

Sunday, February 2 “Forgive our sins as we forgive …” focusing on John 8: 2-11

Sunday, January 26 – “Speaking of sin …” focusing on John 9.

Sunday, January 19 – “They Showed Us Unusual Kindness” focusing on the shipwreck of Paul in Acts 27 and 28

Sunday, January 12 – “Back to Reality” focusing on the Baptism of Jesus (Matthew 3)

Videos from 2019

Sunday, December 22 – “Christmas Around the World: The Middle East” focusing on Matthew 2

Sunday, December 15 – “Christmas Around the World: Mexico” focusing on Luke 2: 1-7 (Please note that due to technical difficulties, the ending of this sermon had to be re-recorded after worship)

Sunday, December 8 – “Christmas Around the World: Australia” focusing on Isaiah 11

Sunday, December 1 – “Christmas Around the World: Germany” focusing on the teaching of John the Baptist (Matthew 3)

Sunday, November 24 – “Tough Choices” focusing on the story of Rahab (Joshua 2)

Sunday, November 17 – “I don’t want to be a leader” focusing on the story of Moses

Sunday, November 10 – “What makes a Hero?” focusing on the story of Deborah (Judges 4 and 5)

Sunday, November 3 – “Leaving a Legacy” focusing on Joseph’s legacy (Genesis 50: 15-26)

Sunday, October 20 – “A New Way of Life” focusing on Jacob wrestling with God (Genesis 32: 22-31)

Sunday, October 6 – “God Inspires” focusing on Abraham and Sarah

Sunday, September 29 – “What’s with all the sheep?” a reflection on Matthew 18:12-14

Sunday, September 22 – “Noah: The Obedient Eccentric” a reflection on Genesis 6-9

Sunday, June 9 – “Sharing the Spirit” a Pentecost reflection on Acts 2

Sunday, May 26 – “Dreaming with God” a reflection on Revelation 21: 1-9

Sunday, May 19 – “The Courage to Change” a reflection on Acts 9

Sunday, May 12 (Pride Sunday)  – “Fearfully and Wonderfully Made” a reflection on Psalm 139

Sunday, May 5 – “Grief and Grace” a reflection on John 21: 1-19

Sunday, April 30 – “Low Sunday” a reflection on Luke 24:13-35

Sunday, April 14 (Palm Sunday) – “Where the Wild Things Are: King of the Wild Things” a reflection on John 12: 12-19

Sunday, April 7 – “Where the Wild Things Are: The Wild Rumpus” a reflection on Matthew 3:13-4:11 

Sunday, March 31 – “Where the Wild Things Are: Where is Home?” a reflection on Luke 3:21,22 and Luke 4:1-15

Sunday, March 24 – “Where the Wild Things Are: Lonely or Alone?” a reflection on Matthew 4: 1-11

Sunday, March 17 – “Where the Wild Things Are: Looking Things in the Eye” a reflection on Luke 4:1-13

Sunday, March 10 – “Where the Wild Things Are: Acknowledging the Wilderness” a reflection on Luke 4:9-13

Sunday, March 3 – “Who’s going to do the dishes?” a reflection on Luke 10: 38-42

Sunday, February 24 – “Who is My Neighbour?” a reflection on Luke 10:25-37

Sunday, February 10 – “How’s Your Foundation?” a reflection on Matthew 7: 24-29

Sunday, February 3 – “Making a Hole in the Roof” a reflection on Luke 5: 17-26

Sunday, January 27 – “Tell Me the Stories of Jesus” a reflection on Matthew 13: 1-13

Sunday, January 20- “The Measure of Greatness” a reflection on Mark 9: 33-37

Sunday, January 13 – “You are God’s Beloved” a reflection on Luke 3: 15-23 (baptism of Jesus)

Sunday, January 6 – “We Dare Not Forget King Herod” a reflection on Matthew 2 (the arrival of the Magi and the massacre of the innocents)

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