Sermon Videos

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

Videos from 2022

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 3 – New Wineskins

Sunday, April 26 – Meanwhile, the World Goes On 

Sunday, April 19 – A 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)