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Who do you cast your cares upon? Your friends? Your family? Your social media “friends”? 1 Peter 5:6-11 reminds us that we should be seeking to cast our cares upon God. Why? Because He cares for you. I feel that I need to say that again. Cast all your cares upon God because He cares for you! We need to cast our cares upon God because He cares for us, especially when we are under attack by the Evil...

What do you look for in a leader? Is it different that your expectations for you as a follower? This Sunday we are going open God’s Word and learn from 1 Peter 5:1-5 what God expects of both Elders and young alike and what we should expect from a leader. In a world, when we are so often disappointed with our leaders, God has given us the characteristics of leaders and followers.

The most dangerous creature on the planet is the white Christian male.” Who said this? A communist party member? An ISIS fighter? No! It was written by a present Waterloo Region Catholic School Board Trustee and Registered Psychotherapist Wendy Ashby. As reported by Jonathan Kay on Twitter (https://twitter.com/jonkay/status/1641778329031254017), Ashby goes on to attack Christian women as well , “W...

Now that Christ has died for our sins and risen from the grave, how are we to best steward God’s grace to us? How should we best spend our time living out the gospel rather than living for our flesh? (NOTE: Be vigilant as the devil loves to attack after a spiritual high like Easter!) How do we use the gifts God has given us to glorify God and serve one another? These are some of the questions we w...

Good Friday | April 7, 2023

Easter Sunday | April 9, 2023

Do you speak before thinking? Are you action-oriented? Then you probably can relate to the Apostle Peter. This week we are going to hit the pause button on our study of 1 Peter and actually study the life of Peter in the Gospel John and how he went from a disciple to a denier to a disciple-maker of Jesus. I think you will find it super-encouraging.

How you ever suffered for doing good? It could be a kind deed that was rejected. It could be telling the truth and people didn’t appreciate the truth. It could be doing the right thing and getting mocked for it. Maybe you have never seen a positive outcome for doing good. Hang on! Come this Sunday morning as we will learn from 1 Peter 3:13-17 that there is a purpose that God in suffering for doing...

Maybe you know someone married to a beloved unbeliever or you find yourself married to a beloved unbeliever? It is challenging! When our number one affection - Jesus Christ - is not shared by our other half, it can feel like you are pulled in two different directions. From 1 Peter 3:1-7, we are going to find hope - a living hope. This is true for those married to believers as well because rarely a...

Are you serving and suffering like Jesus? Maybe you are being mistreated at work or some other area of your life? How should you respond? Peter makes it clear how we are to respond in 1 Peter 2:18-25 - look to Jesus! He suffered at the hands of wicked men. Pastor Jason will unpack this further for us.

How do you use your freedom? You are free, right? I am not just talking about the freedom we enjoy under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. If you are a follower of Jesus Christ, you have been ransomed and bought by His precious blood so you are free from the law of sin, from death’s grip and Satan grip. You are free! You are free to live as servants of God. And out of that freedom you c...

On this Family Day weekend, one of the questions we should be asking ourselves is how do we build a spiritual household? Pastor Kyle will walk us through 1 Peter 2:1-12 and show us how from God’s Word. This is important not just for our biological families, but our spiritual family - the church. It is especially true as we see new people saved and baptized like we will witness this Sunday. Let’s b...

Be holy as God is holy! When I was growing up, other people would sometimes confuse holiness with separation from the world or keeping their man-made rules. There has been a shift from legalism (though legalism is still alive and well) to license. We think we can do what we want now that we have experienced “freedom” from the man-made rules. Neither legalism nor license are God’s plan for you. Ins...

Building a good foundation is critical for a structure to last. Recall as we recreated our building and the rebar our crew pounded into the hard soil. Who did God use to pound into the soil of people’s hard hearts and lay the foundation for the gospel? The prophets! Think about early prophets and prophetesses - Moses, Deborah, Samuel, Nathan, Elijah and Elisha; the major prophets - Isaiah, Jeremia...

One of the things that I am convinced of and I sure hope doctors and medical personnel believe this too, “While there’s life, there’s hope.” It was a phrase from Roman times. If a person still has breath, they still can be saved. This is what Peter talks about at a spiritual level in verse 3, “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. According to his great mercy, He has caused us to...

Have you ever felt like you have been exiled? That you are an outcast for your belief in Jesus? If so, then you belong to a kingdom in this world, but not of this world. You are exactly where God wants you. It begs the question, how should we live in this hostile world where we no longer belong? With hope! A living hope! A hope in Jesus Christ! This is what we will find as we begin a new series in...

Every year our leadership team gathers in the summer to seek the Lord as to what God would have us to learn in the coming year. We talk about what texts and topics to study. We do this because we believe that we want to cooperate with the Holy Spirit to make disciples. This is the mission: to make disciples. To make disciples we have studied the Scriptures and determined what are the core competen...

Happy New Year! This Sunday, we are doing something different. Pastor Steve Limmer will be leading us from Philippians 4:7 and we will be sharing our God Stories. We want you to come ready to share how God blessed you in 2022. This will help us look forward to 2023 to how we can live for Christ with boldness and witness because of His provision and promise to return! This is our theme and goal for...

Merry Christmas! As we conclude our Advent series this week with Peace from Micah 5:1-6, we are reminded that peace is personal. We often think peace is just the absence of conflict, but peace is way more personal. Peace comes from a person. For example, maybe you are not at peace until all your family is at home for Christmas? It bears repeating peace is personal. This means that peace is not a t...

December 24, 2022

One of my big prayers this Christmas for you is, "God, please rest Your merry gentlemen and gentlewomen! Would You please bring tidings (news) of comfort and joy to Your people through Your Son Jesus? In Jesus’ name, Amen!” Rest, comfort and joy fit with what our leadership team set out to teach you this year: how to be content, persevere, and have hope. This is why we tried to teach you a theolog...

Do you like white or coloured Christmas lights more? My wife loves white lights. She likes clean and pure. It is reminder that God is the light of the world. I prefer the coloured lights. Maybe that was because it was what I grew up with? Coloured lights are catchy. It reminds me of another coloured catchy display that you don’t see as much anymore. When I was growing up, there was a guy who would...

I am not sure if you consider this to be the most wonderful time of the year, but it can be. Why? Simply, because of hope found in God. As we begin this advent season, we are going to find our hope in Jesus from Luke 1:26-38. Maybe you are on the verge of losing hope? You are now a prime target for your hope being restored this Christmas! Don’t give up!

“It’s not personal; it’s just business!” Probably none of you work for the mafia, but the mindset can easily creep into our work life. We may be tempted to think that business isn’t God’s business. However, as we will find out from Micah 6:9-16 that God cares a lot about business practices and ethics. Do we?

What does the Lord require of you? To serve Him? Yes, but ... To give to Him and His local church? Yes, but ... To attend church?  Yes, but … To keep His commands? Yes, but … The “but” was added because we can serve, give, assemble and obey, but still miss what the Lord requires of us. The answer is found in Micah 6:1-8 that Pastor Kyle Rhora will be preaching on this Sunday and particularly...