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EPSOM & UTICA by Faye Ashton
Just one week until Christmas. We wish everyone a very special Christmas Season and a Happy and healthy New Year. We know it will be...
Colleen Green
Dec 17, 20202 min read


BLACKSTOCK by Tammy Phillips
It was wonderful to see the community come out to the Blackstock Recreation Centre parking lot, this past Saturday, to help the Scugog...
Colleen Green
Dec 17, 20201 min read


ZEPHYR & SANDFORD by Pat Asling
Another week, that was! Where does the time go? You wake up Monday morning and it feels like there is so much time ahead to do all you...
Colleen Green
Dec 17, 20203 min read


SEAGRAVE by Barb Martyn
The ‘Christmas Star’! On December 21st, the date of the winter solstice, Jupiter and Saturn will appear to align in the night sky,...
Colleen Green
Dec 17, 20202 min read


EPSOM & UTICA by Faye Ashton
This week during Advent we celebrated peace. We are privileged to view our former ministers’ Alex Jebsons’ message from Brussels-Blythe...
Colleen Green
Dec 10, 20202 min read


BLACKSTOCK by Tammy Phillips
Mr. Santa and Mrs. Claus are coming to town! On Sunday, December 20th, Santa and Mrs. Claus will be chauffeured around the streets of...
Colleen Green
Dec 10, 20201 min read


PONTYPOOL by Barb Martyn
I hope everyone is getting into the Christmas spirit. Pontypool Volunteer Fire Department was not able to run their Christmas tree...
Colleen Green
Dec 10, 20201 min read


ZEPHYR & SANDFORD by Pat Asling
This Sunday is the second in Advent, the week of Peace. As usual, Carol O’Neil had a couple of apt quotes as the prelude to her message....
Colleen Green
Dec 10, 20204 min read


SEAGRAVE by Barb Martyn
What kind of Christmas season will this be? Definitely different, but no less meaningful! Change is good, it can bring new experiences,...
Colleen Green
Dec 10, 20202 min read


PONTYPOOL by Coralee MacDonald
Hope everyone got dug out from our first big snow fall. Big shout-out to the Pontypool Volunteer Fire Department for not disappointing...
Colleen Green
Dec 3, 20201 min read


ZEPHYR & SANDFORD by Pat Asling
Carol O’Neil always has very insightful and helpful messages to pass on to us and this Sunday service was no exception as the First...
Colleen Green
Dec 3, 20203 min read


EPSOM & UTICA by Faye Ashton
We are entering the Christmas Season with many of the usual activities and Celebrations being adjusted because of Covid-19. Advent began...
Colleen Green
Dec 3, 20202 min read


ZEPHYR & SANDFORD by Pat Asling
Another week has slipped by with a couple of quite nice days to complete tasks and get ready for winter, which came in on Sunday for...
Colleen Green
Nov 26, 20203 min read


BLACKSTOCK by Tammy Phillips
Durham Region has quickly moved into the Red Zone with Ontario’s recently unveiled COVID-19 colour-coded framework and restrictions....
Colleen Green
Nov 26, 20202 min read


SEAGRAVE by Barb Martyn
Patience! Everything around us has changed, and our lives are different. But we must be patient and understanding of the current...
Colleen Green
Nov 26, 20202 min read


BLACKSTOCK by Tammy Phillips
Despite some warm sunny days recently, winter is clearly on it’s way. Durham has quickly moved from Yellow to Orange with Ontario’s...
Colleen Green
Nov 19, 20202 min read


ZEPHYR & SANDFORD by Pat Asling
Well, its winter again, or at least autumn after our weeks of glorious warmth and sunshine! Sunday was an example of what we might be in...
Colleen Green
Nov 19, 20203 min read


SEAGRAVE by Barb Martyn
The network of a “community” eventually intertwines with each of our lives. It may come from a helping hand, a greeting, a phone call, a...
Colleen Green
Nov 19, 20203 min read


ZEPHYR & SANDFORD by Pat Asling
Hasn’t it been fantastic weather? So many days in a row with record-breaking temperatures, blue skies and sun after such a riot of autumn...
Colleen Green
Nov 12, 20203 min read
BLACKSTOCK by Tammy Phillips
By the time this week’s column is published, Remembrance Day will have certainly looked a little different with mostly virtual services...
Colleen Green
Nov 12, 20202 min read
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