St. Albert Alliance Church

Have you ever had the experience of being weary from facing all the challenges of life? Has it left you feeling overwhelmed, looking at the mountain ahead of you, trying to determine if you have the strength to climb it? If you’ve been there or find yourself there right now, join us on Sunday as we see David put words to those experiences and show us how we can engage with God during those seasons...

God is a communicating, conversational God. He loves to share His heart, direction and will with us. Most of the time He does this through actively speaking in a number of different ways. There are times however, where God goes quiet and we’re not sure why. Come and hear Pastors Jeremy and Lisa share on this sometimes disorienting part of the hearing God journey. (Or if you can’t make it, watch th...

For many people who are seeking to follow Jesus, one of the biggest questions they have is ‘what is God’s will for my life?’ This week Pastors Jeremy and Lisa will seek to provide a framework through which to process life’s big decisions and to further discern God’s direction.

Ruth Haley Barton writes: “Discernment is much more than mere decision making; it is, first of all, a habit, a way of seeking that can permeate our whole life.”  There are three habitual prayers reflecting a heart posture that help prepare us to hear from the LORD.  Join us this week as Pastors Jeremy & Lisa seek to equip us to further tune in to the voice of Jesus in our everyday lives.  (Or if y...

When it comes to hearing God’s voice and discerning his direction for our lives, our tendency is often to first look outward.  In other words, we are looking for some external information that we need to help make our lives work better.  However, as Ruth Haley Barton writes, “Discernment requires, first of all, that we are able to discern matters of our own heart.”  Come and hear Pastors Jeremy an...

When I come to listen in prayer, how do I know if what I am ‘hearing’ is really God’s voice or just my own thoughts? Can we really grow in confidence that we are recognizing the Shepherd’s whispers? What does this inaudible voice of God sound like? Join us this Sunday or if you can’t make it, watch the livestream (www.staalliance.org/livestream ) as Pastor Jeremy responds to these common questions

Our world is full of noise - everywhere we turn is another voice, another opinion, another “fact.”  In the midst of this noise can we actually tune in to the God who speaks? Join us Sunday as we look at what can break through the noise to reveal the heart of God that created us for relationship with him.

Perhaps you’ve heard someone you don’t know particularly well express something like, “God spoke to me about this…” or “God told me I’m supposed to do that…” and you have found yourself immediately trying to position this person’s credibility and level of sanity. Does God still speak today? Isn’t the Bible all we need? We hope you’ll join us as Pastor Jeremy begins our new sermon series called ‘Tu...

At Easter we celebrate Jesus’ resurrection and its beautiful invitation to us. Come and hear Pastors Jeremy and Lisa speak on the profound truth that Jesus’ love is a resurrection that invites us to shed our grave clothes of fear and shame, so that we may live in the abundant life He offers us.

Jesus describes his followers as branches on a vine. It’s a picture of apprenticeship with a promise: as we stay connected, we bear fruit. His Kingdom is made up of countless believers from every background and corner of the globe experiencing the reality of this picture, often in ways and places that might surprise us. Jesus' challenge for us is to embrace the vision and find our place in the Big...

Over the course of the last nine weeks we have been taking an intentional look at God’s beautiful design for marriage and sexuality. God, in His infinite wisdom, has designed things for us so that we would experience a flourishing life here in all of our relationships. But it doesn’t end there. Hidden within God’s beautiful design for marriage and sexuality is a divine mystery that points to somet...

Sexual intimacy within the context of a loving, selfless marriage is one of God’s greatest gifts and is beautifully designed to be a mutual source of deep, ongoing fulfillment.  So why isn’t this a more common experience?  And what can we do about it?  Listen to Pastor Jeremy and Lisa reflect on what the Bible has to say about this and what the practical implications might be.

There is perhaps no other human reality in our time that requires more humility, grace, courage and a listening posture than that of same-sex relationships. Many people wrestle with what the Bible teaches on this topic and how to navigate the implications in a way that reflects the grace and truth of Jesus. Join us with a humble, teachable spirit as we have the second of 3 conversations on this pa...

We know as a church  that it's so important to reflect the heart of Jesus and some of the cultural reality in respect to sexuality. This podcast is from a Sunday evening discussion presented by Graeme Lauber of Journey Canada  around the church and same-sex attraction.

We know as a church  that it's so important to reflect the heart of Jesus and some of the cultural reality in respect to sexuality. This podcast is from a Q&A presented by Journey Canada  around the church and same-sex attraction.

There is perhaps no other human reality in our time that requires more humility, grace, courage and a listening posture than that of same-sex relationships. Many people wrestle with what the Bible teaches on this topic and how to navigate the implications in a way that reflects the grace and truth of Jesus. Join us with a humble, teachable spirit as we have the first of 3 conversations on this par...

Sex is often one of those taboo topics, the ones that make us a little uncomfortable to talk about in public. Yet there are many questions about sex that we would like to know the answers to.  If we are honest, most of our understanding about sex has been shaped by the culture around us, the shows we watch or the music we listen to.  In a culture that proclaims the ideal of sexual freedom, why doe...

In the context of a church family that at times (appears to) elevate marriage as the ideal, we can miss the blessing and purpose behind singleness. God’s “Beautiful Design” for humanity encompasses the unique journey of a single person, and both the blessings and opportunities for spiritual formation that accompany it. Jesus, of course, modeled how, as a single person, it is possible to live a flo...

Perhaps no other passage in scripture regarding marriage has been more consistently misunderstood and misapplied than what the Apostle Paul says in Ephesians 5 regarding authority, headship and submission between husbands and wives. As apprentices of Jesus, we look again to Him to understand what our unique ‘Jesus-roles’ are in marriage and beyond to all other relationships. Listen in as Pastors J...

The foundation for a strong marriage is friendship.  Often this gets overlooked as the world puts a disproportionate emphasis on physical attraction.  While physical intimacy is a unique gift in marriage, we cannot overlook the truth that friendship is the foundation from which we experience deep fulfillment of every kind in marriage.  Come and hear Pastors Jeremy and Lisa share both from scriptur...

"Say Yes to the Dress." "My Big Fat Greek Wedding."  You hear those titles and images of wedding excitement and celebration come to mind.  We love the celebration of a couple being joined together as husband and wife in front of family and friends.  Although there is lots of work that goes into a wedding it really is only the beginning.  What happens when the party is done, the decorations are put...

We all long for and crave deep and meaningful relationships. It has always been God’s beautiful design that human relationships – of which marriage is the most intimate and most profound – would be a major vehicle through which God would remake the human heart from the inside out. We often look to marriage as a means to our own personal happiness and fulfillment but God's design has always been th...

Trust is central to any relationship we have.  It is said that trust is something we are slow to earn, but can be quickly lost.  Many live guarding their hearts because trust has been broken in the past and the thought of the hurt and pain that comes isn’t worth trusting others again.  Jesus invites us into relationship and so there is a level of trust that needs to be present. Join us Sunday as w...

Have you ever been around a household on Christmas morning with a bunch of little kids?  The excitement and anticipation is bursting at the seams as presents sit under the tree waiting to be unwrapped. The possibilities are endless as the kids hope to find the gift they have been longing for. There are many times in life that we feel like we are waiting and there isn’t the same excitement or antic...

It doesn’t take long to notice that this world is not as it should be. Whether we are watching the news or reflecting on our own lives, the deepest part of our soul longs for the wrongs we see to be made right. And in the midst of all the pain and heartache that we are currently experiencing, we ask Jesus, “How long?” Advent is a season of anticipation. We look to the coming of Jesus as our hope t...