Sermons & Worship Audio

Welcoming and Belonging Three Worship Leader – Brad LeppSpeaker – Alison LiSong Leader – Sandra HorstPianist: Mark AndrewsTech Team – Cedric Martin; Lewis StubbsUshers: Kathryn Gray and Lara Munro Scripture Reading: Acts 11:1-18 ; Revelation 21:1-6 Gathering music VT 809 – Sing a New World into BeingVT 390 – In Christ there is No East or West WelcomeAnnouncementsCall to WorshipVT 853 –Leader: If you are delighted to be here,And if you are tired or troubled,People: You are welcomeLeader: If your…

Welcoming and Belonging Part Two Call to worship – MelanieSunday, May 8, 2022Worship Leader: Melanie PennerSpeaker: Michele RizoliMusic: Audrey and Geoff Wichert Welcoming and Belonging Week TwoGathering HymnsVT #36 Let Us Build a HouseVT #801 I’m Gonna Eat at the Welcome TableWelcome and Land acknowledgment MelanieAnnouncementsKingdom Reflection – MCEC Annual Gathering Call to worship – Melanie(VT 853)Leader: If you are delighted to be here, and if you are tired or troubledPeople: You are welcomeLeader: If your faith is strong and…

Welcoming and Belonging Week One Worship Leader: Ginny LeppSpeaker: Trent VothMusic: Peter Voth, Ed HeeseTechnical Team: Ted Steenburgh/ Ben ThiessenIn Person Ushers: Tobi and Harold Thiessen Gathering Songs:VT #57 Holy Spirit, Come with PowerVT #78 Oh, for a Thousand TonguesWelcome and Land Acknowledgement – GinnyAnnouncementsCall to Worship (including Hebrews 4:14-16)VT #68 There is no One in this World like JesusChildren’s Time GinnyGiving with GratitudeCongregational PrayerScripture readings – Luke 23:39-43 and Mark 9:14-27VT #588 We Walk by FaithSermon Trent Voth –…

Easter Sunday: From Certainty to OpennessWorship Leader: Michele RizoliSpeaker: Peter HaresnapeSong Leader: Bob LoewenPianist: Mark AndrewsUshers: Mauricio Palacio, Pieter NiemeyerTech Team (In-Person / Online): Alison Li/ Dennis Giesbrecht Listen to the service here. Listen to the sermon here. Peter Haresnape, Toronto United Mennonite Church2022 04 17 Easter “From Certainty to Openness”Easter Sunday, Toronto United Mennonite ChurchJohn 20:1-18, 1 Corinthians 15:19-261. Nothing is certain in this life, except for death and taxes, and Jesus Christ would have usreconsider both of these.Now, we don’t…

PreludeGathering Song: O Healing River (VT 706)Welcome and Land AcknowledgementCall to Worship and Opening PrayerHymn of the Month: Ososo (Come now, O Prince of Peace) (VT 391)Children’s Time – Brad LeppKingdom Report: Creator’s Call in a Climate Emergency – Vern RiedigerGiving with GratitudeKingdom Report: Project Neutral – Melana JanzenHymn: There’s Enough for All (VT 757)Farewell to Gary and Lydia HarderCongregational PrayerScripture Reading: Colossians 1: 15-23Sermon: Reading the Bible with Ecological Eyes – Randy Haluza-DeLayIncluding: Hosea 4:1-3, Job 12: 7-10, Joel…

Service Sunday, April 10, 2022 (11am start) Palm Sunday From Power Over to Power With Worship Leader: Doreen MartensSpeaker: Gary HarderSong Leader: JD PennerPianist: Sandra HorstUsher: Tobi and Harold ThiessesTech Team (In-Person / Online): Ted Steenburgh, Donny Cheung Listen to the service here. Listen to the sermon here. Read the sermon here. Palm Sunday April 10, 2022 From power over to power with Of war horses and donkeys Luke 19: 29-40 Psalm 31: 9-16 Philippians 2: 3-11 “From power over…

Service Sunday, March 27, 2022 (11am start) Theme: Lent 4 From Exceptionalism to Inclusion Worship Leader: Bob Loewen, Roxanne WrightSpeaker: Pablo KimSong Leader: Tim NeufeldtPianist: Sandra HorstUsher:Tech Team (In-Person / Online): Alison, Ben Listen to the service here. Listen to the sermon here. Read the sermon here. From exceptionalism to radical inclusion:  Psalm 24 & Ephesians 2:14-22  Pablo Kim-Sun Lent is a season that invites us to give up on things that we consider important to us so that we…

Lent 3 From Earning to Receiving Sermon by J.D. Penner Audio link to sermon here. Read it here. Link to service here. Or you can read J.D’s sermon this way: From Earning to Receiving: Value vs. Values Scriptures: Isaiah 55:1-9; Luke 13:1-9; Good morning, TUMC.  My name is J.D. Penner, and I go by the pronouns he/him.  I am coming to you from the cloud today, because I’ve been travelling this past week in the Southeast U.S. I am impressed,…

2022-03-06 Sermon TUMC – Lent 1 From Security to Generosity Deuteronomy 26:1-11, Psalm 91,Isaiah 55:8 Michele Rae Rizoli Remembering who we are Do you have it too? That feeling that we’re all on some sort of macabre shopping channel special, where the world is saying – “But wait, there’s more!”? With a pandemic still playing out, climate change lurching forward, and a new large impact war — in addition to the already existing conflicts in our world — I don’t…

Toronto United Mennonite Church Sermon: Love your neighbour as yourself Theme: You Shall Love your Neighbour as YourselfWorship Leader: Sarah SmithSpeaker: Alison LiMusicians: Bob Loewen; Carmen WiebeTechnical Team: Cedric and DonnyIn-Person Usher: Doreen Martens and Jeff TaylorScriptures: Luke 10:25-37Congregational Prayer: Email prayer requests to a pastor in advance. February 27, 2022, Alison Li Scripture: Luke 10: 25-37 An expert in the law comes to Jesus and asks “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” Jesus responds as a good teacher does, with a question.  “What…