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Have you ever gone to one of those blood pressure machines at a pharmacy to check how your heart is doing? You have sit there perfectly still while the cuff seems to cut off all circulation to the lower half of your arm and just before your arm dies from lack of blood flow, you are rewarded with seeing if your blood pressure and heart rate are normal or not. Though annoying for a moment, the infor...

Welcome to our Global Outreach Weekend! This is one of my favorite weekends of the year when we have a concentrated time on what God is doing around the world. This year's theme is Gospel Boldness for the nations and our speaker is the Fellowship president Steve Jones. I can't wait for you to hear all that God is doing through our Fellowship ministries both nationally and globally. Many ar...

How much time do we have left? As a time-oriented person, this has always been a question in my mind. I would want to know the answer to that question when it came to test, “How much time do we have left to take the test?” Or I would want to know how much time we had left until work was done when I worked as a young man in the cornfields. Aged Daniel in Daniel 12 wanted to know how much there was...

Are you amazed at the accuracy of the Bible? If not, open your minds and hearts to God’s Word this Sunday as Dr. Wayne Baxter preaches from Daniel 11. We will study and read a prophecy that is very precise about what would happen in Persia and Greece in the days after Daniel. It is a reminder that God is in control of history because it is His story. And if God is controlling history, we do not ha...

Happy Thanksgiving! Thanksgiving is one of my favourite holidays because of its four “f’s” - family, fellowship, food, and football. And yet, I realize for some of you that another word can characterize Thanksgiving - fear. Fear of family having another fight. Fear of a lack of fellowship. Fear of the food not turning out right. Fear of getting hurt playing football in our Annual Turkey Bowl on Mo...

I have to confess that when I was young, I thought prayer was boring. I would much rather "do something" than sit around and talk to God about it. I have since learned that talking to God about a situation is doing something about it - it is joining Him in His work. This weekend, starting tonight at 7 PM is our Prayer Summit, will be a time where we praise God and seek what He wants to s...

What bad news would make you sick to your stomach and overwhelm you so that you would not be able to get out of bed? Would it have to do with family? Would it have to do with your financial portfolio? Would it have to do with losing all of your save work on your computer? Or maybe something to do with your house you have been working so hard to fix up to become your dream house? This Sunday we wil...

Love God, Connect with Others, and Serve the Community

Do you feel burdened, heavy, tired, or worn out? Caught in a cycle of busyness? Are the demands of life getting you down? We live in a fast paced culture, that at times, can feel overwhelming. This can be true of our relationship with Jesus as well. If we are not careful, our walk with Jesus can quickly turn into a list of do’s and don'ts. This Sunday we will receive an invitation from Jesus i...

What legacy will you leave behind? A good legacy? A bad legacy? It is an important question, especially since none of us know when we will see Jesus. This Sunday as we wrap up our summer series on Esther, we are going to not only see the legacies of King Ahasuerus and Mordecai, but also discover the Lord’s legacy for us, which at first is not apparent. Come, find out the Lord’s legacy for us in th...

God is at war with evil. It has been a dragged-out war for millennia, not because God doesn’t have the superior power to win, but because He is winning hearts one-by-one at the same time. It is also part of reversing the curse that occurred at the Fall. Esther 8 is a snapshot of God overcoming evil whereby the roles have been reversed. The violence and impending genocide proclaimed against God’s p...

Will we ever fully have justice on the earth? Probably not! But there are times when we come close. Esther 7 is one of those times. We love those times because it seems evil wins so often. Pastor Kyle will unpack this passage and remind us once again that God is always working, even if it is behind the scenes and seemingly at the last minute to rescue the oppressed.

Ever had trouble sleeping? What if that troubled sleep is for a divine purpose? Maybe to pray? Maybe to recall a task or situation that you forgot about and now it is God’s timing for you to act upon? This is what happened to King Ahasuerus (aka King Xerxes). He forgot to reward someone. The timing wasn’t right when the righteous act was performed. Now it is. Often rewards are deferred for a divin...

Imagine you are at a feast with lavish decorations and your favourite food. For some of you who have the gift of hospitality and love to cook, maybe you prepared some of your favourite dishes? Can you picture it? Now imagine that a king is there and he loves all the food and wants to show his gratitude. He promptly asks you this question, “What can I do for you? I will give it to you, even if it i...

"For such a time as this..." We do not want to create and overinflated sense of self, but God has you in that workplace, that home, that community, or that challenging relationship to complete the assignment He has for you. Would that help you persevere? Would that give you an extra sense of courage? Would it cause you to be bold in your faith and share the gospel? This week as we study...

Ever been bullied? Ever felt attacked like there was a plot against you? It seems that the most peaceful course of action is to do what they say and bow to their wishes. Esther 3 teaches us the exact opposite. Come this Sunday and hear one of our Elders Dr. Wayne Baxter explain further what our response should be to when there are evil plots against us. And remember, your Heavenly Father can beat...

Have you ever been selected for a job, task, or assignment that you didn’t want to do? Probably we all have. However, none of us have experienced what Mordecai did when he was captured, taken to Babylon, lost his uncle, and then had to take care of his cousin in a hostile environment. Also, none of us have experienced the assignment of being forced to marry an evil king and become part of his hare...

Happy Canada Day weekend! One of the freedoms I cherish in our country is the freedom of speech that we can peacefully disagree and not have reprisals by those in government (at least for now.) This was not true for Queen Vashti in the days of Persian Empire. As we begin our summer series through the Book of Esther, we are going to learn about refusing the powerful and sticking to our convictions....

This week we will be studying Daniel and the Lion’s Den from Daniel 6. This is one of the most beloved stories in the Bible, but let’s remember that it probably wasn’t for Daniel. This 80+ year old man getting to spend a night in lion’s den would not have been on or completed his bucket list. And yet, it shows a cyclical nature of prayer and courage - prayer builds courage and courage invokes more...

Happy Father’s Day! As a dad, I confess I worry about the future. I worry and wonder whether my children will walk with God. To fight this worry I need to remember that God is in control of the future and has a plan for my family’s life. We see how God was in control of the future in Daniel 5. He even writes it on a wall. What do you think God would write on the wall to you?

Have you ever been on top? Top of the class? Top of the standings? Top of the heap? Have you noticed how high it is up there and how long the fall is? This Sunday we are going to learn from Daniel 4 about how King Nebuchadnezzar was on top of the world and how God brought him low. Remember, God can quickly humble those with the biggest egos! May those egos never be ours! No wonder the Bible often...

What are your convictions? Do you know them? Have you written them? There will come a time when you will be pressed to compromise your convictions as we will learn from Daniel 3. Daniel’s 3 friends Hananiah (aka Shadrach), Mishael (aka Meshach) and Azariah (aka Abednego) had to bow to a king’s idol or face the fiery furnace. What will do you when you face your fiery furnace? Will you trust God for...

What is your dream? As we will learn from studying Daniel 2 this week, God has used dreams like the one He gave King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon to show His power over the powerful. I find this very encouraging because there are many in power today who are opposed to God and His ways. They are confusing many about their God-given identity.

Happy Victoria Day weekend! This is the unofficial kickoff for summer and we thought it would be a great time to kickoff a new sermon series that we are very excited about. We are entitling it Bold in Babylon and will be studying the Book of Daniel. Studying Daniel will continue to help in our goal of keeping our eyes locked on the Lord and remaining faithful to Him in an ever-increasing hostile w...

Happy Mother’s Day! Thank you to all our mothers for giving us life and all you have done good in our lives. Though we can be thankful for our mothers and biological family, God has adopted us to become a part of His forever family. As we conclude our study in 1 Peter, we will be remembering our spiritual family all around this hostile world. Praise be to Jesus our Saviour and Brother!