Posts from September 2026
September 23, 2026 – Weekly News
Download the PDF here Sept. 23, 2026 We are firmly into the swing of things at Graceview. Activities have begun and on some days the church is humming with activity. Tuesdays are particularly busy with Bible Study, Elaine’s Craft Club, Session meetings, and coming this October, Sing! Etobicoke. The only Tuesday activity that was missing was the Walking group which is on an indefinite hiatus. Hopefully, this will return in the warmer weather. Today at Bible study we again were…
September 15, 2026 – Weekly News
Download the PDF Fall is a wonderful season, full of vibrant colours and cooler temperatures, but I wonder, as I sit here writing this why I am filled with sadness and, yes, some anxiety. With each tomato plant that I rip out of the earth, my garden gets that barren, depleted look about it. I spent 3 days cutting down all of my Black-Eyed Susans. That part of the garden looks empty and unloved. The lawn is littered with shrivelled…
September 9, 2026 – Weekly News
Download the PDF My relationship with the Bible has not always been a knowledgeable one. Growing up I went to Sunday school and learned about all the special stories that are taught to children, but these were isolated and lacked the history that preceded and followed them. I wasn’t very keen on going to “grown up” church when I aged out of Sunday school. I just did not understand what the minister was talking about. Yet, when I moved to…
September 2, 2026 – Weekly News
Download the PDF Well, isn’t this a timely scripture to read and ponder. “Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God. Consequently, whoever rebels against the authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves.For rulers hold no terror for those who do right, but for those who do…
September / October 2026 – Graceview
Download the PDF Minister’s Message Do We Still Know Our Bibles? It may seem like an odd question to ask in church. After all, the Bible is at the heart of our worship. We hear Scripture read, listen to sermons, sing hymns drawn from its words, and pray using language shaped by it. Many of us have been reading the Bible for years, even decades. And yet, … Read More Some shout-outs… We have been in summer mode since early June, with…
Drayton Entertainment does it again…
While many of you were relaxing at cottages this summer or doing a bit of travelling, Bob and I also did some travelling – to St. Jacob’s, Cambridge, or Drayton Ontario, to attend theatrical shows. Some of you know that we are big fans of Drayton summer repertory theatre and go to several shows every year. If you like live theatre, there is no better deal in or near the GTA. Tickets for the best seats in the house are…
What Does it Mean to be Christian?
A few weeks ago as we were having dinner with friends, the conversation turned to questions of Christianity, and what it means to be a Christian. Funny how dinner conversations sometimes take on a life of their own. We did not get together for dinner planning to discuss the Bible, of all things, – it just happened. This conversation arose from a discussion of one of the most difficult passages in the Bible, the story of Abraham and Isaac. We…
The Church as Concert Hall
We have been very blessed over the summer to have our erstwhile Music Director and friend, Kento Stratford, playing for us, while we consider the direction we wish to take with our music program in the future. We continue to be blown away by his outstanding skill on the piano and organ, his ability to take a simple hymn tune and improvise, playing different variations in different keys, seemingly out of his head, often as the prelude or postlude to…
Minister’s Message – September 1st 2026
It may seem like an odd question to ask in church. After all, the Bible is at the heart of our worship. We hear Scripture read, listen to sermons, sing hymns drawn from its words, and pray using language shaped by it. Many of us have been reading the Bible for years, even decades. And yet, perhaps the question is worth asking. I recently came across a thoughtful article in Christianity Today about the decline of biblical literacy in the…