The Gathering: Weekly Teaching Time

Jesus imbeds the practice of seeking, receiving and granting forgiveness at the core of our relationships with God and with others.  Note: the first couple minutes of the teaching are missing due to a recording issue.  Text - Matthew 6:12 Speaker - BW

Scripture: Matthew 6:9-15 Speaker: Brian Wiens Jesus teaches us to begin our prayers by recognizing who God is and giving God our praise. This week we explore the phrase "hallowed by Your name."

Date: April 24 Speaker: Phil Gunther Passage: Luke 24:13-34 On that first resurrection Sunday, Jesus appears to two despondent disciples and rocks their world with His presence, and leaves them renewed with fresh hope and joy.

We are beginning a series on learning to pray as Jesus taught us to pray. We begin with asking the most basic question, why pray?  Passage - Matthew 6:5-6  Speaker - Brian W

  *Audio problems will correct after the first four minutes or so.*  Speaker: Brian Wiens Passage: Exodus 15-16 We follow the journey of the Israelites into the unexpected deprivation and disappointment of the desert, and explore how we also can experience God's goodness and provision in the barren places of our lives. 

Speaker: Kyle Friesen Passage : Exodus 15 Description: How have you experienced God in these last days that is reason to give Him praise? We listen in on the praise of the Hebrew slaves who experienced a dramatic deliverance by God and as a result came to know Him better. Table Discussion Questions: click here.

Exodus 14 We explore the dramatic deliverance of the Hebrew Slaves at the Red Sea, and witness a God who is present, who is powerful and who delivers a whole people group from a painful and impossible situation. What is the significance of that story for Christ-followers today?

Text: Deuteronomy 6 How is it that a vibrant and living faith in Christ is passed from one generation to the next and what part do we play in that process?

In this surprising encounter between Moses and God, Moses's fears are exposed in response to God choosing and sending Moses to go and deliver the Hebrew people.  It seems to matter little that Moses is in the presence of His Creator. His fears are still very real! God's response reveals volumes about what God is like. 

Exodus 3

Exodus 2

Exodus 1:22-2:10

Luke 19:1 - 10

Matthew 9: 9 - 13

An invitation from Jesus to find soul rest in him. Matthew 11:25-30

What does it mean to be devoted to Jesus first in our relationships? Matthew 10: 21-36.

In a time when the church is often hearing about things that it did wrong, some of them terribly wrong, there is hope in remembering that Jesus Himself is good news and invites us to express that good news to others in deed and word.

We have been reminded again this week of the dark legacy of the residential school system in Canada. How does what we have been reading in Matthew shape our understanding of what reconciliation might look like and what can we do to be part of that?

This is the Celebration of Pentecost - the pouring out of the Holy Spirit upon humanity by the ascended Jesus. We sometimes forget that the Holy Spirit is a person - the Spirit of God Himself. Consider this question: How have you experienced the work of the Holy Spirit in your life lately? The Gospel of Matthew gives us one account after another of ordinary people reaching out to Jesus and experie...

Sometimes it seems like Jesus was a religious rebel. It is not an exaggeration to say that the highly religious people who observed Jesus' life and teaching were often scandalized by what He said and did. He didn't follow their rules of who should be welcomed and who should be scorned. In this podcast, we continue our hike through Matthew to understand the culture of Jesus' kingdom. Check out Matt...

We don't often think of Jesus as a fighter. At least not in the sense of war with its weapons, hatred and violence. But what if the teaching and miracles of Jesus reveal His authority over the powers of darkness and His intention to free creation from evil's grip? In this podcast, we continue our journey through Matthew as we seek to learn more about the culture of Jesus' kingdom. Scripture text t...

Desperation can propel people to do many things, including reaching out for Jesus. It seems this world is thirsty for mercy or genuine compassion that meets us where we need it most. Matthew 8:1-22 enters into stories of several people who experienced that kind of mercy directly from Jesus.

How is someone suppose to know if they are on the right path in life? What would Jesus say about that? We continue our series exploring the culture of the kingdom of Jesus in Mathew 7:13-29.

Does passionate faith always produce people who are condemning others? Was Jesus condemning? Scripture for this podcast is Matthew 7:1-12.