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God's Gifts to Us | Gift of God’s Word Sunday, December 15, 2024 Brian Stegner John 1.1-18 God gave His Word in flesh and in Scripture. We submit to Jesus and to the Scriptures which are the very Word of God. We do not need to guess about what God’s desires or instructions are for us. We do not need to wonder if we are doing what He would want. The gift of His Word is essential for us.

God's Gifts to Us | God gifts His Spirit Sunday, December 8, 2024 Peter Smith John 16.4-15 Before Jesus’ ministry, we have a limited view of the Spirit of God and His work. But the prophet Ezekiel gives us a window into what will happen when the Spirit comes in power. Jesus tells us what the Spirit will accomplish upon His coming. Paul tells the Corinthians about the gifts that the Spirit brings,...

Genesis | God transforms our mocking into laughter of joy Sunday, December 1, 2024 Dwight Bernier Genesis 16; 17.3-8, 15-22; 18.1-15; 21 Abram and Sarai make a plan to accomplish God’s promises on their own because His promises seemed too impossible. Things didn’t go well. In fact, they began mocking God’s promises. Instead of God rubbing their faces into their failures, He transforms their mockin...

Genesis | God makes promises with His people Sunday, November 24, 2024 Jordan Weeks Genesis 15 God made a significant promise to Abram, which involved an old man having offspring… and Abram believed God! His faith emerged in the midst of a seemingly impossible promise.

Genesis | Victorious rescues and kings Sunday, November 17, 2024 Peter Smith Genesis 13-14 Abram and his nephew, Lot, split because their resources were so overwhelming to have together. But the resources of Lot were not enough to protect him when trouble came. So Abram went and fought to rescue his family the people that he lived amongst. During that victory, Abram declared his allegiance to the...

Genesis | Patterns of distrust Sunday, November 10, 2024 Jordan Weeks Genesis 12:10-20; 20:1-18 Abram has been given huge life-altering promises from God, which he trusted God for. But we will see several indications of mistrust along the way. These two passages indicate how Abram distrusts God to protect him and the promises that He made. 

All Church Gathering | Holy Encounters Sunday, November 3, 2024 Dwight Bernier Isaiah 6 God gives a vision of Himself to Isaiah that would floor him, forgive him, and send him. God wanted Isaiah to experience Him and be transformed before merely giving information on God’s behalf. God desires the same for us. 

Genesis | God interrupts our lives Sunday, October 27, 2024  Dwight Bernier  Genesis 12.1-9  God came to Abram, a man who was not a follower or worshiper of Him, and called him to leave everything and go where he would show him. God also made incredible promises of what He would do through Abram. But can God be trusted? And on what basis can we trust Him? God desires to interrupt our lives and inv...

Genesis | One nation united against God Sunday, October 20, 2024 Jordan Weeks Genesis 11 Unity is a good thing if the aim is something that honours the Creator. But the unity of humanity found in Genesis 11 is one of further rebellion against their Maker in order to prove how capable they are as a species. 

Genesis | Flooded restarts Sunday, October 13, 2024 Brian Stegner Genesis 6.8-10.32 The evil of humanity entered into every thought, motive and deed of every human. God decided to remove every living thing from the face of the earth with the exception of a few representations from each species and one family of the earth.

Genesis | Spread our evil glory Sunday, October 6, 2024 Peter Smith Genesis 4:1-6:8 God made His people to spread His glory throughout the world. Instead, humanity began to spread the evil we brought into the world. This evil has continued to be passed into every generation and be applied in a multitude of ways.

Genesis | Appearance of evil Sunday, September 29, 2024 Dwight Bernier Genesis 3 God made humanity to find their value, meaning, and purpose in Him. He made us to submit to His call to live under His good rule and reign. But humanity decided to listen to a differently authority which led to the insertion of evil into our story.

Genesis | Created in His image Sunday, September 22, 2024 Jordan Weeks Genesis 1.26-27; 2.4-25 The pinnacle moment in creation is when God makes humanity in His image. There is uniqueness to how God created His people unlike anything else He fashioned. Being human carries a dignity and responsibility that was not given to any other creature.

Genesis | Origins Sunday, September 15, 2024 Peter Smith Genesis 1:2-2:3 God makes everything! Though there is some disagreement upon the date, duration, and specifics, what the Bible makes abundantly clear is that God is the author of all life.

Genesis | Originator Sunday, September 8, 2024 Dwight Bernier Genesis 1:1 Before everything, God was. In order to grasp the significance of creation, we must understand the Creator.

Jesus' Playlist | The blameless live in the city of God Sunday, September 1, 2024 Jordan Weeks Psalm 101 When God brings us into His family, He calls us to live holy lives. For those who refuse Him, He gives them what they want - rejection. This is a song that only makes sense when we grasp the beauty, grace, and mercy of the one offering out an invitation to any who will come.  

Jesus' Playlist | He provides for His creation Sunday, August 25, 2024 Peter Smith Psalm 147  It is easy to struggle to trust when we don’t see the provision or the process. This is what Jesus was speaking about in Matthew 6.26. This song reminds us that the Lord provides for everything in His creation. Because He provides like that, He will not forget His people.

Jesus' Playlist | Bless the Lord Sunday, August 18, 2024 Evan Walker Psalm 103 When we meditate on who God is and what He has done, it leads to an explosion of worship. But even when we don’t feel it, we preach to our hearts that they are to bless the Lord for what He has done. The prayer of Jesus was influenced by this song.

Jesus' Playlist | Sharing what God has given Sunday, August 11, 2024 Jordan Weeks Psalm 112 Worshiping the Lord brings a blessing that is not intended to be contained but shared. This blessed to bless principle makes its way into all of life - even how we treat our enemies. This song was intended to influence the people of God to be great distributors of the goods of God.

Jesus' Playlist | Tell of the God you experience Sunday, July 28th Peter Smith Psalm 48 Though Jesus is speaking about oaths in his sermon, the song is speaking about everything belonging to Him and how incredible He and His place is. We experience Him and tell of His works to the next generation that they may worship the only One worthy.

Jesus' Playlist | Face to face with glory Sunday, July 21, 2024 Jordan Weeks Psalm 24 Temptation to live for our glory is everywhere. We are told and often feel that our hearts need to watch out for ourselves and live from a position of scheming. But as God’s people, we can live as the pure in heart because the only pure One ascended a hill that none of us could. Because of what He did, we get...

Jesus' Playlist | He satisfies His people Sunday, July 14, 2024 Peter Smith Psalm 42 There is a hunger and thirst that nothing in this world seems to satisfy - especially a longing for righteousness. But there is a song in the Old Testament that promises that God will satisfy his people that pant and long for him.

Justice For All | Promise of protection, provision, and permanence Sunday, June 30, 2024 Dwight Bernier Amos 9.1-15 Justice is like a two-sided coin. One of them is destruction and the other is restoration. God is going to bring justice. So the question is what side of the coin will we choose? The promise is that justice is coming - and He offers restoration to any who will follow Him.

Justice For All | True justice often isn’t what we want Sunday, June 23, 2024 Jordan Weeks Amos 7.1-8.14 We have our ideas of what justice is - but when it comes in fullness, we don’t necessarily like what we hear, see, or experience. But when we are messengers of God, we do not have any choice but to speak precisely what He wants.

Justice For All | Hearing God’s Voice Sunday, June 16, 2024 Geoff Wright Amos 6.1-14 What are you not hearing from God? To a proud heart God resists to speak. In a distracted world we refuse to listen. Only through Jesus can our hearts and ears hear the voice of God in the Gospel.