Blenheim Community of Christ

06/21/2026

Today is a day of celebration. We give gratitude for the arrival of Summer and the increased hours of light we have through this season.
We give thanks for the Water and the life-giving gifts that it provides and nourishes. May we aware of the presence of the Holy Spirit. May we be open and courageously respond to the nudges of the Holy Spirit that calls us to generously share love, kindness, joy, hope, love and peace.
May we share our light to help illuminate the path that brings healing and an awareness of ways that we can tangibly respond to the needs of others. May we offer words with actions of encouragement and love. Thank you to each one who has generously helped to gift a blessing to another person this week.
As we gather together, we come to be refreshed, recharged, and abundantly blessed to share Christ's mission with others.
All are welcomed. All are loved, seen, and appreciated.

🎉Today we also celebrate Father's Day and we celebrate National Indigenous Peoples Day.

We honour the cultures, achievements, and leadership of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Peoples. It is also a time to reflect on how we advance reconciliation in our workplaces, homes, and our communities.

We pray for peace. 🕊🕯🌎🙏

Some meditation thoughts....
🕊️O Lord, I was aware of your presence when…

🌱O Lord, I find gratitude this day for…

🕯️O Lord, I am aware of my feelings about…

🙏O Lord, I am especially called to pray for…

🌟And Lord, I seek your light for tomorrow.

Amen.

06/07/2026

🎶Touch me, Lord, with your Spirit Eternal
Stir my heart. Fill me.🎶

May the Creator bless you today. May your heart be tender, with the touch of grace, compassion and kindness.
Thinking of you as you touch the hem and cling to the Creator's promises which are illuminating and made visible through authentic acts of kindness that offer love, hope, joy, and peace.
Praying for you and for your journey.

A touch.
So ordinary and light
we barely notice it.

A hand on a shoulder.
An arm around someone who’s grieving.
A hand held across a hospital bed.
A child reaching for a parent’s fingers.

Small things.

Until they’re not.

A woman reaches out,
through the crowd,
through her fear,
through years of being overlooked.

Just the edge of a cloak.

A touch.

A father falls at Jesus’ feet,
desperate for his daughter,
desperate for one more chance,
one more breath,
one more touch of hope.

And Jesus responds.

Not with distance.
Not with indifference.

but with presence.
and touch.

Because that’s how love often arrives.

Not in grand speeches.
Not in dramatic gestures.

But in casseroles left at a door.
In messages sent at the right moment.
In sitting beside someone
when words are hard to find.
In choosing not to walk past.

We underestimate touch.
Not only the touch of hands,
but the touch of a life.

The way kindness lingers.
The way encouragement stays with us for years.
The way one act of compassion
can become a turning point
in someone else’s story.

Jesus touched lives wherever He went.

Not just bodies,
but hearts,
souls,
communities.

And He still does.

Through people willing to notice.
People willing to stop.
People willing to reach out.

We may never know
how far our touch travels.

How a word spoken gently,
a kindness offered freely,
a moment of compassion given without thought,
becomes part of someone else’s healing.

But love leaves fingerprints.
And every time we choose
to touch the world with grace,
something of Christ
is made visible.

© E Hamilton 2026

06/06/2026

We celebrate the Earth and honour the Water and all of the essential elements that are life-giving. May we each do our part to care for Creation. We honour the sacredness of all Creation as we raise our praise to the Creator for the splendor and beauty of the Earth. 🌎💙🙌Hope you have a spectacular day!
May your day be filled with beautiful, peaceful encounters. May all have hope, joy, love, and peace.
Celebrating and giving thanks! 🌎
Prayers and love.

05/31/2026

I heard my friend say, "Would you like a lunch?"
"For me? You are giving me a lunch! I could cry! Seriously, you have no idea how hard I have been praying, and you wouldn't know that I really needed this today. Thank you."

The last Thursday of each month our Congregation provides an Outreach Ministry to our Community. This is a blessing.
We appreciate the generosity of donations of time, money and skills that makes this possible. Thank you.
Thank you to each one who has supported this special Outreach response. ❤️ 🥪🙌

We want to express our thanks to our Community Outreach Ministry Coordinator B Hazel Mc Donald who facilitates this and other Outreach opportunities.
Thank you to Hazel and Wende for making the lunches.
Thank you to Rita for responding to the nudge of the Holy Spirit to call and assist with the delivery and distribution. What a blessing!

The recipients expressed their appreciation and gratitude for this gift. We know that we are each experiencing the life-giving gifts that come from a cup of water, a loaf of bread and a heart that fosters love, gratitude, and peace.

The words of a hymn remind us that these are sons, daughters, brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, neighbours and strangers, young, old, all people made in God's image, hungry, each one of us! We renew our compassion and open our hearts and hands to help offer a tangible gift of a loved filled lunch!

We remember you Thom as we continue to live as you encouraged our community to
Do good! Be good! Share love! ❤️ 🥪🙌

05/31/2026

Good Morning! Happy sunny Sunday! 🌞
Today we celebrate the final Sunday of May! The theme today is "Amplify Our Witness"
You are welcomed with a special invitation to Christ. All are welcomed and invited! Come! Now is the time to Worship and come together as a community to celebrate and share generously with one another.
God has promised that God’s Spirit always will be with us. We call this the Holy Spirit.
Pentecost is the blessing that breathes the holy into every dimension of living the way of Jesus. We are Blessed and sent to be his presence in our world.
We know that God's with us as we journey. We give gratitude for this divine love for all Creation. 🕊
May we listen, watch, and courageously respond to the Holy Spirit in each of our lives to be blessings of love, hope, joy and peace.

Prayers and Blessings.🙌❤️‍🩹🌎🕊🕯🙏
Singing and celebrating with you!

🎵🎶I'm gonna to live so God can use me, anytime, and any where. I'm gonna live so God can use me, any time and any where. 🎶🎵
"I'm gonna work... I'm gonna pray... I'm gonna sing...." (Community of Christ Sings 581)

05/24/2026

Filled with the Holy Spirit and overflowing with joy, hope, love and peace.
We gather today to celebrate this special Pentecost Sunday.
We express gratitude for the blessings received and trust in the gifts of the Spirit that continue to resonate within and bring assurance as we journey courageously responding and sharing the Gospel message of love, peace, joy, and hope. May the Spirit fall afresh on each of us as we open our hearts to receive and testify.
Come Holy Spirit, Come. 🎵📚✝️🙏🌎🕊🕯❤️‍🩹🙌🎶

05/24/2026

Today is Pentecost Sunday.
Giving gratitude for the Holy Spirit that resides and walks with us. May each encounter bring a deep sense of peace.
Thank you Chizaso Chunga for your special invitation to pause, breathe, and remember that we are never alone. 🙌🕊🕯✝️❤️‍🩹🙏

05/17/2026

This Sunday our theme is: "Living Blessing" it is the long weekend.
May all be blessed and safe.
Many are away and some are dealing with complex needs and circumstances that are expressed in a variety of situations and concerns.
We had planned to gather today but have had to postpone our service today.
I would invite you to pause and join me in an intentional day of rest.
May we take a moment to breathe in the breath of God's love and exhale the comcern. Repeat this several times and as you do this receive God’s peace, love, joy and have hope.
God of wisdom and love fill us.
May the gifts we share, be in response to the generous gifts that the Creator has given to each one of us.
We pause and pray together as we are each living blessings.
Prayers for each on we encounter on this journey.
May each be safe, healthy and know that they are loved.
Rest and be blessed.🙌 ✝️🌎🕊❤️‍🩹🕯🫂🙏
Alleluia!🙌

Rest Is Sacred
The soul breathes differently...

Rest is not a reward for finishing everything. It is part of how we remain human.

Some people are physically exhausted. Others are spiritually drained, always connected, always producing, always carrying something, yet rarely resting deeply enough to hear their own heart again.

St. Francis understood that silence and solitude were not escapes from life, but places where God restores the human person. He would leave the crowds, the work, even the ministry, to pray in quiet places because he knew that what is not renewed eventually begins to decay.

A person who never rests slowly loses clarity.
Prayer becomes mechanical.
Love becomes impatient.
The heart becomes heavy without even knowing why.

Real rest is sacred.
Not endless distraction. Not numbing out. Not running away.
Real rest reconnects the soul to peace.

It reminds us that our worth does not come from constant activity, achievement, or being needed by everyone.

Rest is wisdom.
Sometimes God speaks most clearly in the moments when we finally stop striving long enough to listen.

🔹️ Create moments of silence each day.. Even 10 minutes without noise, notifications, or distractions can begin to calm the soul. Sit quietly, pray slowly, take a walk, or simply breathe in God’s presence. Silence is not empty, it creates space for clarity and peace to return.

🔹️ Stop treating rest like something you must “earn.” Many people only allow themselves to rest after exhaustion has already taken over. Healthy rest is not laziness. Sleep well, slow down when needed, and allow yourself moments of recovery before burnout becomes normal.

🔹️ Step away from constant stimulation. The heart becomes tired when it is always consuming noise, information, and pressure. Spend time away from screens, unnecessary busyness, and endless scrolling. The soul often reconnects with God, peace, and itself in quiet simplicity.

Rest well.
Your soul needs space to breathe again.

05/04/2026

May you have peace and blessed assurance as you discern your journey this week.
On Sunday we continued to hear about ways to live and trust God as we were reminded of the importance of "Living the Way! (John 14: 1-14)
As we look around us, we see the blooming of flowers and plants as nature awakens within us a deep sense of gratitude for this season of rebirth and growth.
We express our gratitude to the Creator for the splendor and sense of warm, eternal love that this provides after a long time of wintering. Together we plant seeds, as we nurture and care for others, ourselves, and all Creation.
As we look closely at the delicate petals of a flower, we pause to remember, and celebrate, and express our thanks, for each little gift that we are privileged to experience and receive.
We are aware that many are in need of prayer and assistance for the uncertainty and situations that they are navigating.
We offer prayers and entrust these specific needs to God who guides and provides. May we stay rooted in the Creator's Word and Love.
We continue to pray the Mission Prayer and stand on the promises that produce seeds of Joy, Hope, Love, and Peace. 🙏🕊🌎💞🕯🙌

To live in God’s house is to receive God’s hospitality and be in relationship with God.
“I am the way, and the truth, and the life” is about living in intimate relationship with the Divine through Jesus Christ rather than getting to a destination.
Disciples are prepared for a life of faithful, powerful ministry that embodies the mission of Christ.

May all be blessed.✝️🙏🌎💞👣

05/03/2026

Celebrating our incredible volunteers and all who have offered ministry and provided support for our Congregations Missional response to help nurture others by sharing generously to help alleviate needs within our community and beyond.
Thank you B Hazel Mc Donald for coordinating our Community Outreach. This month we express our thanks to Allan and Hazel and Wende who prepared and distributed the lunches. Thank you Cheryl for your offer of assistance. Thank you to all the individuals who provided donations to help facilitate this process. Together we lift up our prayers for all who are in need, as well we offer prayers for all those who are responding to the nudge of the Holy Spirit to provide assistance that brings hope, joy, love and peace.
Come there is a place at the table. All are welcome. Thank you to the Creator who provides and invites us to courageously be blessings. 🙌❤️‍🩹👣🌎🍞🥪🥣🙏