Elliott's Blog

To all my Christian brothers and sisters I wish you a blessed and happy Christmastide! Last night was a glorious night of celebration in our parish. Feel free to check out my Christmas Eve sermon by clicking: HERE May the birth of our Lord Jesus up hold you and strengthen you for the days ahead.

Sorry to be a bit late with posting this sermon... I am sure that you have been waiting with bated breath... ha ha... But for those who are interested please click HERE for my sermon on the Third Sunday in Advent. Please leave me your valuable feedback.

This week's sermon is ready for you to read and comment on. 10 December 2006 Please feel free to come back here and leave your valuable feedback.

For those of you who are interested here is my sermon for the First Sunday in Advent. Just click here. Please come back here and leave any feedback. Blessings.

Tonight sees our annual Ecumenical Service of Remembering those whom we have loved but see no longer for the area North of Cape Smokey. I have the privilege of preaching at this service and I offer it to you all HERE As always please feel free to leave your comments on this sermon as the feedback is very valuable to me.

This week saw worship services for both Sunday and Remembrance Day. Sermons for those days can be found here: Remembrance Day Pentecost 23 As always, I encourage your comments. Blessings.

This week's sermon continues my current thoughts on leadership and on the Diocesan Youth Conference. It can be found by clicking HERE As always I am open to your comments and critiques so please come back here and leave them. Blessings!

The ministry that I performed this year at DYC was that of Chaplain. I was present to the staff and participants for pastoral care, counselling, and just hanging out. As chaplain I had the opportunity to prepare our Bible Studies for both Saturday and Sunday . I was also afforded the honour of offering the homily at our opening service of worship. After the opening service one of the participants came to ask me what I thought a leader was. She wanted me to expand upon what I had spoken about in my sermon that night. I believe her actual question was, "What do you think a leader is?" My homily, which was based upon my sermon for the 22nd of October , spoke about not looking at leadership through the eyes of greed, or what's in it for me. Rather I believe we, Christians, should all be leaders by example. Drawing others toward Jesus by living the lives that make this world a better place. Anyone can be a leader if they choose to be, simply by living the life that ...

I have just returned from my fourth Diocesan Youth Conference. I am always moved by the level of excitement and energy that the young people of our church have when they come together for work, worship, study and fun. The closing Eucharist is always exceedingly emotional for me. I am often moved to tears to see over 100 young people praying together and affirming their faith in God, Jesus and Holy Spirit. This year the theme of the weekend was Leadership using the phrase in Matthew's Gospel, "Let your light so shine before others that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven." The participants were challenged to see leadership in a whole new way and that we are all leaders, if we choose to be so. The keynote speaker, Ms. Judy Steers , told us that leaders are those people who help others to unleash their potential. And that the opposite of a leader is NOT a follower! The opposite of a leader is an "inert, apathetic, often complaining, byst...

My ramblings and rantings for this Sunday can be found HERE Please feel free to leave your feedback by coming back here and posting a comment or two.