St. Andrew's-Wesley United Church

Podcast Description

Rev. Gary Paterson is committed to a theology that is progressive, inclusive, and relevant; where worship is experienced as welcoming, nurturing and challenging. Church is a place where everyone should feel invited, where people can discover what it might mean for them, as individuals and as community, to be followers of the Christ, with all their questions, passions and commitments. Faith needs to help people make sense of their daily lives...their work, their relationships and family life, their ethical response to what is happening in the world around us, their sense of purpose. Some of Gary's passions include the dialogue between Science and Religion; the ongoing search for fresh imagery and metaphor - new language - to talk about God; the Biblical demand for justice and loving neighbour (every neighbour!). He dreams about a church where kids and seniors, families and singles, heterosexuals and gays and lesbians, dot.com explorers and retirees, seekers and long-time worshippers , new and 2nd and 3rd generation Canadians, people of all colours and ethnicities -- where everyone can come together to worship, to learn and grow and to find new energy to love God and serve their neighbours.