Grandview Church Sunday Sermons

Grandview Church in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Message by Steve Jones, October 13, 2024. Gratitude for God's Guidance (Proverbs 8:30-35, 2 Timothy 3:14-16). On this Thanksgiving weekend, we pause to give thanks to God for His written word, the Bible. Grateful for the doctrinal, instructional and correctional direction it provides to all who want God’s guidance and blessing in their lives. St...

Grandview Church in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Message by Dr Rick Reed, October 6, 2024. Godly Concern (1 Thessalonians 2:17-3:13). What does it look like to be concerned about others in a godly way? That’s what we will discover this Sunday as we continue our series in 1 Thessalonians. We’ll see the Apostle Paul open wide his heart and reveal what a godly concern for others looks like. If you car...

Grandview Church in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Message by Dr Rick Reed, September 29, 2024. Receiving the Gospel (1 Thessalonians 2:13-16). Grandview is a joyful place. Joy spills over as we gather to worship the Lord and fellowship with one another. Our joy increases when we see more people receive the good news of the gospel and put their faith in Jesus. This Sunday as we continue our series in...

Grandview Church in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Message by Pastor Jacob Elliot, September 22, 2024. An Effective Ministry and a Purposeful Life (1 Thessalonians 2:1-12). Time is fleeting. Tomorrow is not guaranteed. Task lists are seemingly never-ending. We don’t want to waste a second. And yet as time passes, we can often look back at a day, a month or a year and wonder, Was there any purpose in...

Grandview Church in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Message by Dr. Rick Reed, September 15, 2024. Model Believers (1 Thessalonians 1:1-10). This Sunday at Grandview, we’ll begin to explore the fascinating book of 1 Thessalonians. In the opening chapter, we’ll meet the people who make up the church in Thessalonica. We’ll see why Paul says they are a “model” for us to follow. We’ll be challenged to foll...

Grandview Church in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Message by Dr. Rick Reed, September 8, 2024. Starting and Sustaining a Healthy Church (Acts 17:1-9). This week at Grandview we launch into a new series – a journey through 1 Thessalonians. We’ve entitled the series Encourage. Anticipate because those two words capture major themes in this letter. This Sunday, we’ll look at the start of this church an...

Grandview Church in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Message by Steve Adams, September 1, 2024. Preparing for the Prize (2 Timothy 1:7-12). One of the most hopeful experiences we have in the Christian life is to watch a Godly person follow Jesus with joy, sacrifice, fruitfulness and faithfulness. We have all had these people in our lives who finish well. We can rejoice in the reward that will be theirs...

Grandview Church in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Message by Jon Cleland, August 25, 2024. A Psalm of Repentance (Psalm 32). This Sunday, as a part of our Summer in the Psalms series, we will be looking at Psalm 32. This Psalm contrasts the way of the repentant with the way of the unrepentant. It calls us to find our forgiveness, direction, and joy in God alone. Sermon Notes: https://files.constantc...

Grandview Church in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Message by Dr. Rick Reed, August 18, 2024. A Psalm to the One Who Knows You Best (Psalm 139). This Sunday in our Summer in the Psalms series, we come to Psalm 139. This psalm helps us reflect on the truth that God knows us inside and out. He knows us in a way no one else does. He knows us better than we know ourselves. We’ll see how this truth can ma...

Grandview Church in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Message by Dr. Rick Reed, July 7, 2024. A Psalm about Two Roads (Psalm 1). Our Summer in the Psalms series begins this Sunday with the very first psalm, one that serves as an introduction to the entire collection. Psalm 1 tells us about a choice we all must make. A choice between two roads. We’ll see why only one of these roads leads to a desirable d...

Grandview Church in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Message by Dr. Rick Reed, July 14, 2024. A Psalm When Life Gets Troubled (Psalm 42). What do you do when life changes in a big way and you don’t like the change? How do you respond when life gets troubled? This Sunday in our Summer in the Psalms series, we’ll get answers to those questions as we explore Psalm 42. In this well-loved psalm, we learn ho...

Grandview Church in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Message by Pastor Andrew DeGraaf, July 21, 2024. A Psalm of Praise (Psalm 103). Psalm 103 is a profound call to worship, written by King David, that has inspired countless generations. In this beautiful psalm, David not only calls his own soul to bless the Lord but also reminds us of the numerous reasons why we should do the same. This psalm encapsul...

Grandview Church in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Message by Dr. Rick Reed, July 28, 2024. A Psalm for the Great Outdoors (Psalm 104). One of the delights of summertime is the chance to get outdoors and enjoy God’s creation. This Sunday, as we continue our Summer in the Psalms series, we’ll take a hike through Psalm 104 and view some of the amazing wonders in God’s world. If you are ready to be dazz...

Grandview Church in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Message by Dr. Rick Reed, August 4, 2024. A Psalm for the Journey (Psalm 121). Summer is a time for travel. A trip to the cottage. A longer journey to see family or to visit a national park. This Sunday at Grandview, we’ll be reminded that life is a journey, a spiritual journey of faith. As we continue our Summer in the Psalms series, we’ll explore P...

Grandview Church in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Message by Dr. David Barker, August 11, 2024. The Wedding of the King: An Exposition of Psalm 45. Psalm 45 is a Royal Psalm extolling the honour of the Israelite king at his wedding, and calling on his bride, in all her beauty, to embrace the glory and wonder of being the bride of such a king. The psalm finds its ultimate realization in Jesus Christ,...

Grandview Church in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Message by Pastor Bob MacGregor, November 19, 2023. Our Service to God (Romans 15:14-24). In the final shorter strokes of his Epistle to the Roman church, the Apostle to the nations “glories in his service to God”. What was or is this service? Is there an essential service that all properly established churches are to render to God? Join us this Sund...

Grandview Church in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Message by Pastor Bob MacGregor, November 26, 2023. What a Fellowship! (Romans 15:23-33). Grandview is one of over 500 churches that make up the Fellowship of Evangelical Baptist Churches in Canada. There are many such associations of churches around the world that share in the common mission of Christ. The word Fellowship appeals to us because it sp...

Grandview Church in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Message by Pastor Bob MacGregor, December 3, 2023. A Fellowship of Friends (Romans 16:1-16). In an editorial in the Atlantic Monthly, it was noted that Friendships, increasingly, are playing an organizing role in society. Long conceived as side dishes to the main feast – marriage, kids, the nuclear family above all – friendships, more and more, are h...

Grandview Church in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Message by Pastor Bob MacGregor, December 10, 2023. Fortifying our Fellowship (Romans 16:17-27). Each Sunday in our Grandview “children’s song”, we sing about God’s little children who love their Redeemer, they are bright gems for His crown. The gospel is the power of God that gathers and transforms human rubble into beautifully arrayed precious ston...

Grandview Church in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Message by Pastor Bob MacGregor, June 25, 2023. Our Hope of Glory (Romans 8:18-30). The child of God lives in hope that God will finish the work He began in us – the full realization of our salvation when we shall be like Christ in both spirit and body. This is our glory (8:18) and a powerful encouragement for the believer to press on amid hardship b...

Grandview Church in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Message by Pastor Jacob Elliot, July 2, 2023. What Then Shall We Say? (Romans 8:31-39). We live in a society where pausing to think is becoming less common. There is a tendency we have to finish one thing and quickly move on to the next thing. We are not good at reflection after a season of life. But as we approach the halfway point of the book of Ro...

Grandview Church in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Message by Dr. David Barker, July 9, 2023. The Glory of God's Elective Grace (Romans 9:1-33). In our study of Romans 9:1-33, we will find that our God, our God of sovereignty, power, and elective grace, is working out His plan of creating His people in ways that are beyond our comprehension, and perhaps even our liking. But, in the end, we see t...

Grandview Church in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Message by Kevin Deane, July 16, 2023. In Need of a Saviour (Romans 10). Paul begins Romans 10 by revealing his missionary heart (10:1) for the Israelites – he longs for them to be saved. He will later give an appeal, telling them how to be saved (10:10). But first, he will give us three distinct reasons why they need to be saved. Why does it matter...

Grandview Church in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Message by Pastor Bob MacGregor, July 23, 2023. The Faithfulness of God and the Question of Israel (Romans 11:1-6). The gospel is the good news that God is gathering a people for His own delight from among all nations. Where once we were under God’s wrath because of our sin, now we are saved through Christ who bore our sins on the cross and suffered...

Grandview Church in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Message by Pastor Bob MacGregor, July 30, 2023. The Faithfulness of God and the Question of Israel Part 2 (Romans 11:1-25). Israel, both ancient and modern, is a great source of insight into the purposes of God. As they were the Old Testament people of God, we also glean understanding of our responsibility as the New Testament people of God – the chu...