Christmas 1987 Christmas is coming! Such a happy time of year,God cam to Bethlehem, birthed on the hay.When folks return home to visit those, they hold dear,With love gifts for dear ones, with thanks for the dayHis mother laid him in cattle stallWhile God called shepherds one and all.And angels caroling overhead.Summoned them me to […]
Christmas 2021. It is now the month of December,And 2021 is the yearIn jus a couple of weeksChristmas will be here.Last year, we thought by nowCover 19 would be long gone,But instead, the 4th wave is here,And it’s spreading, growing strong.It’s time we stopped complainingAnd instead, accept the fact.We are the ones controlling the spreadBy […]
This is a Christmas poem written by Susan some 30-odd years ago, read for you by none other than the author herself! It will first premiere here and on YouTube December 24th and 8:30PM (right after our second Christmas Eve Candlelight Service) but of course, you can revisit it at any time! Enjoy.
“GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN” In our country Canada everyone now livingShould feel shame and disgrace, beg to be forgivenSharing responsibility for the horrible news of lateIn another residential school, children’s lives were at stakeHow could crime happen without authority knowing moreWhat happened to these children, missing by the score?For years we have heard of closing […]
It helps, now and then, to step back and take a long view.The Kingdom is not only beyond our efforts,it is even beyond our vision.We accomplish in our lifetime only a tiny fractionof the magnificent enterprise that is God’s work.Nothing we do is complete,which is a way of saying that the Kingdom always lies beyond […]
Who sang to me with joy and mirthAs she prepared for the day of birth,Sewing and knitting when day was o’erThose little garments that I wore? My Mother! Who breathed a sigh of tired blissWhen she heard my cry and placed a kissOn my flailing, wrinkled naked formThat very day when I was born? My […]
I’ve heard it said “There’ll be no Thanksgiving this year”But Covid can’t just make thanksgiving disappear.Perhaps big family get togethers won’t happen, that is true,It all depends on what Thanksgiving means to you. Now, while this pandemic is raging through our land,Our Governing bodies have taken an astronomic stand.They have drawn up rules and guidelines […]
OUR WORLD By Susan Bain-Glenholme Our world, oh Lord is living in turmoil and distress, Wondering what has happened to get us in this mess. When will this pandemic of death ever cease? When we turn to you, the giver of Peace. Our sacrifice and sorrows, sweat, toil and tears, Will one day be just […]
THANKSGIVING 2019 It’s time to count our blessings and thank our Lord and King For how we are loved and cared for, so let our praises ring. We are so very thankful Lord, for this country where we live For the bounty of the harvest, all the blessings that you give. For the beauty of […]
Merry Christmas, happy holiday We are blessed, for don’t you see We have a week of holidays To celebrate the nativity. **************** For God came to earth to save us, Forgive our sins, and set us free. So we praise His name & thank Him Singing ‘round our Christmas tree. **************** We will not forget […]