Sermons from the East End

East End United Regional Ministry, United Church of Canada
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Your weekly feed of sermons/reflections from Rev. Bri-anne Swan and East End United Regional Ministry, an affirming (2SLGBTQIA+ positive) and progressive Christian community in Toronto, part of the United Church of Canada.

  1. When God is Silent

    11/11/2025

    When God is Silent

    From Luke’s gospel to a cellar wall in wartime. This Remembrance Day reflection asks how we hold faith and memory together when the world keeps breaking our hearts. 📖 Scripture: Luke 20:27-38 Jesus discusses the resurrection 🎶 Music: I Believe by Mark Miller ★ SUPPORT THIS PODCAST & THE MINISTRY OF EAST END UNITED★ ⛪️ East End United Regional Ministry is an Affirming (🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ positive) community of faith, part of the United Church of Canada in Toronto. 📲 Let's Get Social FacebookInstagramWebsite ★ Support this podcast ★ ★ Support this podcast ★

    19 min
  2. Dreams that Break the Drought

    10/27/2025

    Dreams that Break the Drought

    In this poetic reflection, Rev. Bri-anne dreams of rain that falls on everyone, and a Spirit that floods every forgotten corner. From soup kitchens to shelter lines, from food banks to border crossings, a vision of mercy poured out...until even the dry things say yes. 📖 Scripture: Joel 2:23-32 I will repay you for the years that the swarming locust has eaten... 🎶 Music: Healing Rain by Peter Verity, performed by Bri-anne Swan. ★ SUPPORT THIS PODCAST & THE MINISTRY OF EAST END UNITED★ ⛪️ East End United Regional Ministry is an Affirming (🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ positive) community of faith, part of the United Church of Canada in Toronto. 📲 Let's Get Social FacebookInstagramWebsite ★ Support this podcast ★ ★ Support this podcast ★

    21 min
  3. Score one for the water. Score one for love.

    09/30/2025

    Score one for the water. Score one for love.

    Rev. Bri-anne weaves together a love story, a community’s fight to protect the water, and Psalm 42’s cry of longing. A reflection on rivers, resistance, and the ways water keeps calling us home. 📖 Scripture: Genesis 1:26-31 God creates humans in their image. Then there was evening, and there was morning. The sixth day. 🎶 Music: River by Joni Mitchell, performed by the East End United Choir. ★ SUPPORT THIS PODCAST & THE MINISTRY OF EAST END UNITED★ ⛪️ East End United Regional Ministry is an Affirming (🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ positive) community of faith, part of the United Church of Canada in Toronto. 📲 Let's Get Social FacebookInstagramWebsite ★ Support this podcast ★ ★ Support this podcast ★

    24 min
  4. Before the Parking Lot

    09/16/2025

    Before the Parking Lot

    Rev. Bri-anne invites us back to the first liturgy of Genesis 1—when creation sang “let there be” before we paved paradise and called it progress. A reflection on covenant, kinship, and the Earth still singing. 📖 Scripture: Genesis 1:1-19 and there was evening, and morning, the first day... ★ SUPPORT THIS PODCAST & THE MINISTRY OF EAST END UNITED★ ⛪️ East End United Regional Ministry is an Affirming (🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ positive) community of faith, part of the United Church of Canada in Toronto. 📲 Let's Get Social FacebookInstagramWebsite ★ Support this podcast ★ ★ Support this podcast ★

    17 min
  5. Cloud Illusions

    09/09/2025

    Cloud Illusions

    On this Cosmic Sunday, we turn our gaze to clouds, golden hour light, and Holy Mystery. Through Joni Mitchell’s lyrics, John’s gospel, and A Song of Faith, we explore Creation as relationship—both intimate and cosmic. Even when the sky feels heavy, or when we confess “I really don’t know life at all,” still the light shines. 📖 Scripture: John 1:1-18 In the beginning was the word... (From the First Nations Version) 📖 Reading: Opening stanzas from A Song of Faith (2006) 🎶 Music: Both Sides Now by Joni Mitchell, performed by the East End United Choir. ★ SUPPORT THIS PODCAST & THE MINISTRY OF EAST END UNITED★ ⛪️ East End United Regional Ministry is an Affirming (🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ positive) community of faith, part of the United Church of Canada in Toronto. 📲 Let's Get Social FacebookInstagramWebsite ★ Support this podcast ★

    25 min
  6. Martha, Martha

    08/01/2025

    Martha, Martha

    Before Jesus even speaks, there is a woman quietly falling apart in the kitchen... In this episode, Rev. Bri-anne reflects on the story of Mary and Martha—not as a rivalry between contemplation and action, but as a sacred dance of discernment.  Come and sit, if only for a moment. There’s a place for you here...whether your hands are calloused from service, or your heart is tired from trying to keep up. 📖 Scripture: Luke 10:38-42 Choosing the Better Part 🎶 Music: Everybody Sometimes by Emorie ★ SUPPORT THIS PODCAST & THE MINISTRY OF EAST END UNITED★ ⛪️ East End United Regional Ministry is an Affirming (🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ positive) community of faith, part of the United Church of Canada in Toronto. 📲 Let's Get Social FacebookInstagramWebsite ★ Support this podcast ★

    20 min
  7. All We Are is Dust in the Wind

    07/07/2025

    All We Are is Dust in the Wind

    What does it mean to share good news in a world overwhelmed by bad news? In this episode, Rev. Bri-anne explores Luke 10 and the radical vulnerability of discipleship. Drawing on themes of evangelism and spiritual community this sermon speaks directly to the congregation at East End, but offers wisdom for anyone seeking meaning, connection, and hope in uncertain times. Whether you're part of a faith community or spiritually curious, hear how God breathes life into dust—and sends it out with purpose. 📖 Scripture: Luke 10:1-11 The Seventy Are Sent Out 🎶 Music: Dust in the Wind by KansasSung by Bri-anne. Guitar by Raymond at Acoustic Lounge (thank you). ★ SUPPORT THIS PODCAST & THE MINISTRY OF EAST END UNITED★ ⛪️ East End United Regional Ministry is an Affirming (🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ positive) community of faith, part of the United Church of Canada in Toronto. 📲 Let's Get Social FacebookInstagramWebsite Sermons from the East End is a sermon podcast brought to you by the people of East End United Regional Ministry, part of our online ministry serving those both within and beyond the East End of Toronto, Canada.  ★ Support this podcast ★

    25 min
  8. The Word Was Made Flesh and the Flesh was Queer

    06/30/2025

    The Word Was Made Flesh and the Flesh was Queer

    This Pride episode of Sermons from the East End is a lyrical reflection on the queerness of God, the holiness of queer bodies, and the love that refuses to be caged by doctrine or fear. Drawing from John 1 and Jeremiah 1, it is a blessing for those long silenced, a rally cry for sacred defiance, and a reminder: you were never a mistake. You were always part of the story. 📖 Scripture: Jeremiah 1:4-10 God calls Jeremiah (read by Simon Meyers)📖 Scripture: John 1:1-18 In the beginning was The Word (from the First Nations Version) 🎶 Music: All Belong Here by The Many💿 PURCHASE THEIR MUSIC ★ SUPPORT THIS PODCAST & THE MINISTRY OF EAST END UNITED★https://www.canadahelps.org/en/dn/72635?v2=true East End United Regional Ministry is an Affirming (🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ positive) community of faith, part of the United Church of Canada in Toronto. Let's Get Social FacebookInstagramWebsite Sermons from the East End is a sermon podcast brought to you by the people of East End United Regional Ministry, part of our online ministry serving those both within and beyond the East End of Toronto, Canada.  ★ Support this podcast ★

    20 min
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Your weekly feed of sermons/reflections from Rev. Bri-anne Swan and East End United Regional Ministry, an affirming (2SLGBTQIA+ positive) and progressive Christian community in Toronto, part of the United Church of Canada.

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    East End United Regional Ministry, United Church of Canada
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2025
  • Episodes
    25
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    Clean
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    © East End United Regional Ministry, United Church of Canada
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    Sermons from the East End