Sunday, February 8, 2026
This week we continue reading from the Sermon on the Mount, one of Jesus's finest. In this section, he tells us that we are the salt of the earth and that we are light. As salt, we add flavour to the world. It is reminiscent to the bumper-sticker quote attributed to Oscar Wilde: “Be yourself.. Everyone else is already taken.” But for Jesus, being salt is more than simply being unique: it's about contributing one's uniqueness to the world for a purpose.
We often describe Jesus as the light of the world, but here he says we are the light. We are to live according to our values and according to God's will for all the world to see (but humbly too).
Presiding: Rev. Greg Powell
Music Minister: Jennifer Turner
Tech Team: Nathan McDormand, Jamie Waters, Barry Putz
Christ Candle: Rev. Greg Powell
Scripture Reading: Matthew 5:13-16
Read by: Colleen Nichol
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Our worship each Sunday is intended to be a collective experience, a communal practice. We might step into whatever is our sanctuary, each one of us as individuals, and yet as we assemble, from wherever we are, we become a people, drawn together through song and prayer, through word and ritual, and through the Spirit who breathes through it all, through us all. One and the same Spirit uniting us breathing us into life!
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