Lenten practices can set this season apart from our normal routine. For some, this has been a time to address bad habits or start a new good habit. However, focusing in on our habits, especially those we are not proud of, can blur our understanding about why God Loves us and why Jesus came. God loves us absolutely and unconditionally, Jesus arrived to remind us of and to fulfill God\u2019s promised love. The good news is; that we are considered part of the righteous and beloved of God \u2013 because God has already chosen us. Before Abraham and Sarah even knew how God wanted them to behave or what God wanted them to do, they were beloved of God! Before Jesus lived, died, or was raised from the dead, all people, all creation, were beloved of God! No matter how we are at living out the calls to faithful living in a New Creed, we are beloved!<\/p>\n
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Creation Connection:<\/strong><\/p>\n How will we repent and change our ways as stewards of creation when caring for refugees who need safe harbour from the climate crisis runs up against the temptation to worship the false idol of \u201cownership of land?<\/p>\n ( used with permission The Gathering L\/E 2026)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Sunday Scripture Reading:\u00a0 March 8, 2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Lent 3<\/strong><\/p>\n Exodus 17: 1-7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Water from the rock<\/p>\n Romans 5: 1-11\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Hope in God does not disappoint us.<\/p>\n John 5:5-42\u00a0\u00a0 Jesus and\u00a0 the Samaritan woman<\/p>\n Lay Leader:\u00a0\u00a0 Lorna\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Lay Reader:\u00a0 Heather<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Announcements:<\/strong><\/p>\n The United Church is an open and welcoming church, we welcome all those on a spiritual journey to join us as we build our faith. This Sunday we will be joining in Communion.<\/strong><\/p>\n Prayer Shawl group will meet Sat. Mar. 21 at 2-3:30 pm. In the Family room. Materials can be supplied if needed. All knitters and crocheters are most welcome.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n There will be no service<\/strong> for the World Day of Prayer, this year.<\/p>\n Mar. 2-3 \u2013 Purim ( Jewish)<\/p>\n Mar. 3 \u2013 World Wildlife Day<\/p>\n Mar 6 \u2013 World Day of Prayer (wicc.org)<\/p>\n Mar. 8 \u2013 International Women\u2019s Day<\/p>\n Mar. 14 – ( PIE ) National Affirming Day<\/p>\n Mar. 18 \u2013 Global Recycling Day<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Lenten practices can set this season apart from our normal routine. For some, this has been a time to address bad habits or start a new good habit. However, focusing in on our habits, especially those we are not proud of, can blur our understanding about why God Loves us and why Jesus came. God …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":71384,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-21 06:14:40","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/56"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81340"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81340\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81342,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81340\/revisions\/81342"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}