Bethel CRC Lacombe

This Lenten season we will be reflecting on the Feasts of Israel.  We will be looking at each of the feasts God calls Israel to celebrate found in Leviticus 23. We begin today with the Feast of Passover, Leviticus 23:4-5. The Feast of Passover remembers the exodus of Israel from slavery under Egypt and how the Angel of Death passed over the houses of those Israelites who painted their door frames...

This week Pastor Jake will lead the service while Elder August Luymes will be bringing us the Word.  We will be returning to Luke 24 and Jesus encounter with two of his disciples on the road to Emmaus, focusing on what Jesus said that made their hearts burn.  

This week we are wrapping up our series on Spiritual Disciplines by reflecting on the discipline of worship and looking at Jesus’ encounter with the Samaritan woman at the well in John 4:1-42.  Jesus tells her that a time is coming when we will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth.  What does this mean?  How can we worship in the Spirit and in truth? How does this show us who Jesus really...

This week we are celebrating our Friendship Ministry.  We will be reflecting on Mark 5:21-43, Face to Face with Jesus: Touching Our Lord.  This is the story of a young girl who is so sick.  Her father comes running to Jesus to heal her.  While on the way, another woman who has been sick for a really long time touches Jesus, hoping for healing.  Today we will be reflecting on Jesus as a healer, but...

This week we are celebrating our Cadet ministry and inviting the Cadets and their counsellors to help lead us in worship.  We will be reflecting on Jeremiah 29:10-14, focusing on verse 12, Hi God, It’s Me.  God wants us to come and talk to him, to stay in contact with him in our day to day lives, sharing with him our day to day stuff and inviting him to be part of it with us.  Our God is also our...

This week we are continuing to look at a number of Spiritual Disciplines as we focus this year on growing our relationship with Jesus. Richard Foster has written an important book on spiritual disciplines Celebration of Discipline: the Path to Spiritual Growth , which will be a main reference through this series. The spiritual disciplines are spiritual practices the Church has developed over the c...

This week we are continuing to look at a number of Spiritual Disciplines as we focus this year on growing our relationship with Jesus. Richard Foster has written an important book on spiritual disciplines Celebration of Discipline: the Path to Spiritual Growth , which will be a main reference through this series. The spiritual disciplines are spiritual practices the Church has developed over the c...

This week we are continuing to look at a number of Spiritual Disciplines as we focus this year on growing our relationship with Jesus. Richard Foster has written an important book on spiritual disciplines Celebration of Disciple: the Path to Spiritual Growth , which will be a main reference through this series. The spiritual disciplines are spiritual practices the Church has developed over the cen...

We will begin by looking at a number of Spiritual Disciplines as we focus this year on growing our relationship with Jesus.  Richard Foster has written an important book on spiritual disciplines, Celebration of Disciple: the Path to Spiritual Growth , which will be a main reference through this series.  The spiritual disciplines are spiritual practices the Church has developed over the centuries t...

This morning is the first Sunday after Advent, a time when the church slows down and reflects on the gift of Jesus who came to earth to become human like us.  We also look forward to Jesus’ return during Advent.  This morning we are wrapping up our journey through Revelation by reflecting on Revelation 21:1-7, Heaven and Earth Together Again .  This passage is all about hope and renewal, about vic...

New Year’s Day Service : To begin the year 2020, we will be gathering together as a church family to reflect on Romans 12, Being the Body of Christ Together .  This is a time to dream forward into the New Year and reflect on who God is calling us to be as his church and his children.

On Christmas Eve we will be reflecting on the Christmas story as told in Matthew and Luke. This will be a Service of Lessons and Carols , and the message will focus on the angels’ announcement of Good News . 

This Advent season we are journeying through selected passages from the Book of Revelation: Angels, Help Us to Adore Him. This morning is the fourth Sunday of Advent, a time when the church slows down and reflects on the gift of Jesus who came to earth to become human like us. We also look forward to Jesus’ return during Advent. This morning we are reflecting on Revelation 5, Who is Worthy? The Ap...

Today, the third Sunday of Advent, a time when the church slows down and reflects on the gift of Jesus who came to earth to become human like us.  We also look forward to Jesus’ return during Advent.  This Advent season we will be journeying through selected passages from the Book of Revelation: Angels, Help Us to Adore Him.  We will be reflecting on Revelation 4, Falling Down in Worship.   In Rev...

Today is the second Sunday of Advent, a time where the church slows down and reflects on the gift of Jesus who came to earth to become human like us.  This Advent season we will be journeying through selected passages from the Book of Revelation: Angels, Help Us to Adore Him.  We will continue with Revelation 3:14-22, Lukewarm Christians. This passage is a letter to the church in Laodicea.  It’s s...

Today is the first Sunday of Advent, a time where the church slows down and reflects on the gift of Jesus who came to earth to become human like us.  This Advent season we will be journeying through selected passages from the Book of Revelation: Angels, Help Us to Adore Him.  We will begin with reflection on Revelation 3:1-13, Wake Up!   This passage contains letters from Jesus to the churches in...

Today we will wrap up our 5 week series on the Canons of Dordt.  We will conclude our study by reflecting on John 17, Protected and Kept Safe .  In John 17 we find Jesus’ prayer for his disciples and followers.  Jesus prays to the Father for protection for them from the evil one, asking the Father to sanctify the people God has given him.  Jesus mentions how he protected and kept safe the ones God...

We will continue our 5-week series on the Canons of Dordt by reflecting on Ezekiel 36:22-38, Giving Us a Heart of Flesh.  Irresistible Grace is a beautiful doctrine that points to God’s deep commitment to us.  We sing, “ Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound,” and God makes his grace so sweet to us that, while we may fight against it for a time, in the end our hearts are so drawn to Jesus that we fin...

We will continue our study of the Canons by reflecting on John 3:1-21, Whoever Believes.    Jesus’ death for our sin washes us clean from the dirt of sin on our souls and hearts and makes us right with God.  But not everyone is washed clean; there are those who reject Jesus as their Saviour and choose themselves as ruler of their lives and so Jesus’ sacrifice is not applied to them, even though it...

We will continue our study of the Canons by reflecting on Ephesians 1:1-14, No Conditions.  In most of our relationships, we are loved or accepted because of something that we bring into the relationship.  When the relationship becomes too costly, it’s common to end the relationship and find new ones that fit us better and bring something of value into our lives.  Our relationship with God is diff...

This week we will begin a 5-week series on the Canons of Dordt.  This year is the 400th anniversary of the meeting of the Synod of Dordrecht where the Canons were written.  This is our least known and most misunderstood confession ad yet it’s a confession filled with great hope and comfort.  Most of us learnt the Canons through the word TULIP.  We are beginning our study of the Canons with the doc...

Today we welcome Pastor Brian Schouten from Sonrise CRC in Ponoka, as he brings us God’s Word from Luke 12:13-23.

Today we welcome Diana Boot to our worship service as she shares with us her work in Uganda.  We will be reflecting on Luke 9:18-27, Who Do You Say Jesus Is? Some people say Jesus is a great teacher. Others say that he had a special relationship with God and is like a prophet. While others say that Jesus is God, the Son of God, and the Messiah.  Who we see Jesus as makes a difference in how we res...

Happy Thanksgiving!!  Today at our special Thanksgiving service, we will be reflecting on 1 Thessalonians 5:12-28, focusing on verse 16-18.  Giving Thanks In All Circumstances .  Paul reminds us to be joyful always, pray continually, and to give thanks in all circumstances.  God has blessed us and so we take time on Thanksgiving Day to say Thank You! for his blessings and presence in the past year...

Today we will be reflecting on Jesus’ invitation to Follow Me.  What does it mean to follow Jesus, how does that change our lives, our priorities, and our relationships with God, Jesus, others and ourselves? We all like to think that we chart our own way through life, but the reality is that we all find someone to imitate and follow, so who are you following?