Easter

Bishop Linda on Sri Lanka Easter attacks: We will not return hate for violence

By Bishop Linda Nicholls Even as we shouted, ‘Christ is Risen! The Lord is Risen, indeed! Alleluia!!’ across the world in Sri Lanka...

Stations of the Cross in downtown Kitchener

By Rev. Marty Levesque At vestries this past year Bishop Linda Nicholls challenged congregations throughout the Diocese of Huron to...

Let us go to the empty tomb where the birds sing

By Laurel Pattenden I can hardly wait for spring. Nature bursting with new buds and countless shades of green growth. Each day it...

Bishop Todd's 2021 Easter Message

We praise You for changing our lives, our hearts

By Rev. Steve Greene He is risen!!!  Words that exude the hope we profess each day. From the wilderness and darkness of Lent to...

Good Friday: At three o’clock in the afternoon

By Rev. Susan Bagshaw I didn’t quite know how it would end up but my Lenten journey 2019 started out with a 2′ by 3′ canvas before me...

Gathered around Christ’s table and within God’s reign

By Bishop Todd Townshend One year ago, when the phrase “novel coronavirus” was fairly new to us, it had already begun its reign of...

Changed, impacted, transformed...

By Rev. Canon Val Kenyon As we read this issue of the Huron Church News, we have recently, or are just about to celebrate the most...

Colour coded doors

By Laurel Pattenden As everyone’s region changes Covid-19 colour code as quickly as the corner traffic light, I am always wondering...

Newness, possibility, hope – despite all of the evidence

By Bishop Todd Townshend On Good Friday, a public intellectual and scientist in the UK tweeted a short comment making fun of those who...

A season for drawing closer to God

So much both around and within us, can keep us from experiencing God’s presence. “Make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the...

Sacrifice, service, and salvation

A VIEW FROM THE BACK PEW By Rev. Canon Christopher B. J. Pratt The calendar on my desk identifies the fact that four short days from...

Lent to Easter celebration

We are almost to the end of our 40 days of Lent.  A time where we were invited “in the name of the Lord, to observe a holy Lent by...

Together on the road with Christ

By Bishop Todd Townshend This year, the beginning of April sees the end of the season of Lent and the beginning of our holiest time of...

Stick in the mud: Getting rid of hesitancy and fear

By Laurel Pattenden Spring and Easter go hand in hand each and every year. This spring and Easter we can also add in the easing and...

Maundy Thursday reminder: Lent displays at St. Paul's, Essex

(Jesus said) I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By...

Season of Eastertide: Continuing in hope

As an Easter people, we keep the hope of this season central in our hearts, especially important as our world slowly emerges from the...

Holy Week: Easter Vigil

Holy Week: Good Friday

Holy Week: Maundy Thursday