Christmas Eve Online

This year things are… different. And yet, God remains the same yesterday, today and forever. We rejoice in that and celebrate his unchanging love which has come to us in Jesus Christ! Update on Tuesday, December 21st: Under the most recent set of pandemic guidelines, it would have been permissible to hold outdoor religious services. However, in light of the Omicron variant, a desire to be cautious, and an increasing desire on the part of many to stay at home if possible, we are cancelling the two outdoor services and moving to an online only format for Christmas Eve. Here is what to expect: The service will be uploaded to YouTube here by 6pm on December 24th. It will include carols, Scripture, prayers, a video montage of the recent Drive-Thru Bethlehem put on by our Sunday School and youth, a timely message called “Do not be afraid,” and singing carols in the dark. We will also light the Christ Candle and complete our nativity scene. Here is a short video that gives you a glimpse, and which you can also share online! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-7CJ3x7Qi0 Every year on Christmas Eve we receive a financial offering and give 100% of it away to a worthy cause. This year you are invited to make a financial donation to either our Camp Fund or to Youth Haven. This can be done through etransfer or through our church app. You could also send in a cheque if you prefer. We hope to continually bless others, and this is a great way to do that in a way that will bless and help many young people in the year ahead. As we all navigate difficult and uncertain territory, let’s persevere in Christ, honouring his birth in worship and service wherever we can and however we can!  

Sunday Worship – December 26, 2021

Westminster 170 Steel Street, Barrie, Ontario, Canada

More information coming soon. Limited in person services by reservation only. Call (705)728-0541 Join us live on YouTube at 10:01 a.m.

Sunday Worship – January 2, 2022

Westminster 170 Steel Street, Barrie, Ontario, Canada

More information coming soon. Limited in- person seating by reservation only. Please call (705)728-0541 Join us LIVE on YouTube at 10:01 a.m.

Worship Sunday January 9, 2022

Westminster 170 Steel Street, Barrie, Ontario, Canada

On Sunday, January 9 we worship the living Lord at 10:01am. "The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it" (John 1:5). That's our memory verse for this month and we seek to receive and experience that truth. The service will be available on YouTube only at 10:01am. Pastor Ruttan will begin a new teaching series on John's Gospel, we will sing and pray, and Laura Ruttan will share our next faith-at-home focus. Find us on our YouTube page here Sunday at 10:01 a.m. 

Worship Sunday January 16, 2022

Pre Recorded on YouYube

Jesus came "full of grace and truth" (John 1:14). Not grace and no truth, and not truth and no grace -- but both. If we want to be "like Jesus" are we growing in both grace and truth, or do we tend to favour one over the other? This is some of what we explore as worship the living God on Sunday, January 16th (via YouTube) at 10:01am EST. We will praise God with song, go to him in prayer, learn a new faith-at-home Bible focus, and receive the encouragement and hope we all need at a time like this! You can find our services Sunday mornings at 10:01 a.m. on our YouTube Page here.

Worship Sunday January 23, 2022

Pre Recorded on YouYube

John the Baptist said that Jesus would baptize with the Holy Spirit. As we continue through John's Gospel, Pastor Ruttan will help us reflect on how the Holy Spirit might be working through us in this confusing and challenging time. We will get into God's word, we will sing hymns and praise songs, and we will pray, learn a new faith-at-home focus, and be REFRESHED in God! Please find our morning worship at 10:01 a.m. on our YouTube page here.

Worship Sunday January 30th 2022

Westminster 170 Steel Street, Barrie, Ontario, Canada

With love-filled eyes, a resolute heart, and open arms, Jesus says, "Follow me." If you feel under-prepared or too spiritually immature to follow Jesus, John 1:35-51 is for you. Pastor Ruttan will take us through the text this Sunday, and Jenn Harris will lead us in song. We will pray, be encouraged, learn a new faith-at-home family focus, and be centred in the one who renews, refreshes and helps us! Join us on our YouTube page here at 10:01 a.m.    

Worship Sunday February 6, 2022

Westminster 170 Steel Street, Barrie, Ontario, Canada

As we resume to limited in-person worship for some congregants, we lift voices to God in song, prayer, and open our Bibles to John 2 as Jesus turns water into wine! This is one of Jesus’ most famous miracles, but it is meant to point us to a greater reality about God (which is good news for us). Pastor Ruttan will take us through John 2:1-12 and we’ll learn a new Bible memorization focus. The service will also be live on YouTube beginning at 10:01am EST.

Keith Arnott Memorial Service

Westminster 170 Steel Street, Barrie, Ontario, Canada

Our friend and brother Keith Arnott has finished his battle on earth and is now with our great God! He passed away at his home on Saturday morning, surrounded by family. Keith had been fighting Leukemia and other health complications. He was 83. Keith and his wife Ruth have been a part of the Westminster family since the early 70's after they moved from Arthur. He was a warm-hearted man, deeply faithful, kind and wise, and contributed to the life of the church and wider community in a variety of ways. Here is a link to his full obituary. Because of pandemic restrictions, the church service will not be as it might normally be. To limit numbers it is a private, family event by invitation from the family. However there is a public visitation at Adams Funeral Home from 5-8pm on Thursday evening (Feb 10), and from 1-2pm on Friday afternoon (Feb 11) right before the service. The service itself will be live-streamed on our YouTube channel at 2pm. Please keep Ruth, and their four children and their families in your prayers for comfort and peace in this difficult time of loss. We praise God for the victory he gives us in Christ Jesus! (1 Corinthians 15:57) "There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away" (Revelation 21:4). -Matthew

Worship Sunday February 13, 2022

Westminster 170 Steel Street, Barrie, Ontario, Canada

On Sunday, February 13th, we praise God at 10:01am via YouTube and with a limited in-person group (pre-registration required). In this Sunday's text, we find Jesus upset. You don't see that very often. But it happens when people are irreverent and misusing his Father's house, the Jerusalem Temple. The word used to describe him is "zeal." What do we learn from this today about how God wants us to approach him, whether on Sunday or any other day? The text is John 2:13-25. We will also induct our three elders for their terms: Cathy Clark, Colin Leonard and Carolyn Trott. We will sing songs and hymns, pray together, and also learn about our emerging plan for in-person Sunday School with Laura Ruttan. Limited In-person seating (reservations required) and online LIVE stream Sundays at 10:01 a.m. Join us live on YouTube at 10:01 a.m.