Cobourg Alliance Messages

Speaker: Marshall Davis --- God, the King of heaven, has prepared a great wedding feast to celebrate the marriage of his son, Jesus. Some of his original guests refused to come. He has graciously invited others to fill his banquet hall. It will be an amazing celebration, one that will last all eternity. It will be full of joy, amazing guests, dear friends and family, wonderful fellowship, and the...

Speaker: Pastor Darryl Buckle Carl Frederick Buechner, an American Novelist and a profoundly influential Pastor and Theologian, said, " One life on this earth is all we get, whether it is enough or not enough, and the obvious conclusion would seem to be at the very least we are fools if we do not live it as fully and bravely and beautifully as we can. " On Monday Frederich Buechner passe...

Speaker: Pastor Abby Langlois It can feel defeating when you are starting out and feel like what you have to work with is so small. How can anything grow when what you have feels like nothing at all? In the book of Mark, Jesus shares a parable that tells us that the Kingdom of God is like a mustard seed, the smallest of all seeds, but once planted, it grows into the largest plant in the garden. Wh...

Speaker: Pastor Abby Langlois How well do you know your circle? Do you take time to notice the people in your life and invest in them? What does your circle look like? Is it full of people who make you comfortable or do you have wide variety? In Luke 15, we read of the Parable of the Lost Sheep, where Jesus talks about paying attention to your circle so that if one wanders off, you can go chase th...

Speaker: Marshall Davis God made us for joy, so it’s not a problem that we seek joy and happiness. As C. S. Lewis said, the problem is we are too easily satisfied! We won’t give up cheap and easy joy for ultimate or apparent joy for real joy. Maybe it’s because we don’t think there is anything better. Maybe we don’t know where to find it or if it is real. Or, perhaps we don’t believe it can come f...

Speaker: Kevin Price Often Jesus' parables flip people's expectations on their head. They seem to have the wrong heroes and teach things that made His original audience upset. The parable of "The Good Samaritan" is a great example of this. Jesus confronts the divisions of his time with a controversial story of a hated Samaritan being the "good guy" and helping an injured man. Through this story, w...

Speaker: Pastor Tyler Tavares Perhaps one of the most frustrating experiences in life occurs when we see hypocrisy unveiled. Maybe it's someone who, for the longest time, expressed their commitment to faithfulness and morality but all along were acting another way. In today's parable from Matthew 18 we'll explore the delicate relationship between mercy and hypocrisy, hopefully gaining a vision for...

Speaker: Jay Calder This Sunday, we are highlighting the ministry of Compassion Canada. We will be joined by Jay Calder, who will be speaking, performing, and sharing a bit about Compassion’s ministry. Compassion Canada’s ministry really resonates with Cobourg Alliance Church because it is focused on releasing children from poverty through the local church. Over the coming weeks, prayerfully consi...

Speaker: Pastor Darryl Buckle If you've ever tried to lead a horse to water, you know it can be hard to help people who need it sometimes.  But everywhere Jesus went, he would redraw the boundaries of what people thought was possible or what people thought was appropriate.  In Week 2 of our series: A Long Story Short, we're looking at the Parable of the Old Wineskins to see if maybe you...

Speaker: Pastor Darryl Buckle Jesus was a master at talking Life-changing lessons, packaging them in Short stories, and making them memorable, often in a single phrase.  This morning we’re kicking off a brand new series called Long Story Short, where we look at  look a long story short that Jesus told to cast a vision for how you can make the absolute most of this summer, while you futur...

Speaker: Pastor Tyler Tavares Father’s Day 2022 has arrived, and it’s time for a Father’s Day Top 10 — 10 of the best dad moments from scripture — from rescue to protection to comfort and everything in between, join us Sunday as we explore why we call God our good Father. See you then!

Speaker: Pastor Tyler Tavares The story of Jonah’s a classic, and for good reason: he runs from God, gets   swallowed by a huge fish, survives in its stomach for three days, gets spit onto the beach, and finishes his original mission to preach to the Ninevites   who heed the message, repent, and avoid destruction. Feels like the story should end there, right? It doesn’t, and th...

Speaker: Pastor Tyler Tavares What if... healing is sometimes more than just that thing we want to be healed? And what if the difference between God’s vision for what life can be and how life actually is… is expectation? Join us as we conclude our series all about prayer with a focus on healing.

Speaker: Pastor Abby Langlois What if... the difference between God's vision for what life can be and how life actually is… is the size of our prayers. Praying big prayers can make us feel vulnerable, uneasy and uncomfortable. This weekend we'll see how big prayers not only change the trajectory of our lives but also help us process what is happening around us when we explore 1 Samuel in part two...

Speaker: Pastor Tyler Tavares Some aspects of the Christian faith can be confusing at first, maybe none more than prayer. What is prayer, how does it work, and does knowing what kind of prayers we pray help us hear God’s response? Join us as we start to explore a life of prayer.

Speaker: Pastor Darryl Buckle In the final week of our series, we're talking about God's greatest gift to us as humans and the single most valuable currency we have to share as we build a Generous Life.

Speaker: Pastor Darryl Buckle Proverbs 11:11 says that through the blessing of the upright, it is possible to change the trajectory of the city, a nation, or even the world around us. In Week three of our series called "A Generous Life," we're talking about the Biblical Basis for Generous Giving and how to transform our good intentions into a truly remarkable life.

Speaker: Pastor Darryl Buckle Archimedes is famous for saying, "give me a lever long enough - and I will move the world!" In part two we're going to talk about how to leverage everything we have to move the world around us. Join us and get ready to work your advantage.

Speaker: Pastor Darryl Buckle Over the next four weeks, we’re taking a look at the beauty and the blessing of generosity. Beauty, as we imitate the creative generosity of God himself, and Blessing as we watch God grow our faith, the church, and the community around us as we develop a Generous Life. This series might change the way you think about money and generosity. This series might just change...

Speaker: Pastor Tyler Tavares Spring is here! Birds chirp, flowers bloom, motorcyclists and baseball fans jump for joy. It’s a good season for many reasons, and on Easter Sunday, we celebrate an event that makes this particular Spring day the most meaningful of all — the resurrection of Jesus. Join us as we explore how this one event impacts our lives today.

Speaker: Darryl Buckle Good Friday is the day Christians around the world celebrate the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. It must seem profoundly strange for anyone looking from the outside. How can the crucifixion of anyone be called good? And how can a cross accomplish anything good in my life? Join us and discover the power of the message of the cross.

Speaker - Abby Langlois Control is something many of us long for. But what if our need for control doesn't line up with what God has planned? What if God is calling you to a place where faith and trust must replace the need for control?   The story of Lazarus is one where we see Jesus call up the faith of those around Him and ask that in their waiting, they continue to believe that there is a...

Speaker - Tyler Tavares Physical blindness is a spectrum — from near-sightedness to cataracts to glaucoma, different people can experience different degrees of physical blindness. The same is true of spiritual blindness, and in John 9 we discover Jesus the Ophthalmologist, the one who can diagnose and heal both physical and spiritual blindness. Join us this week as we explore the sixth of seven si...

Speaker - Darryl Buckle If you’ve ever felt lost, adrift, or alone with no sign of hope and no ship coming in, you might be surprised to find out that God is closer than you think. Join us as we continue our S7GNS series in search of peace in the midst of our fear.

Speaker - Tyler Tavares You just woke up and it hits you: hunger. You know you can’t focus on anything else until you grab a bite to eat. What do you reach for? We can satisfy hunger a million different ways: from bread to Big Macs to blue cheese.. But what about spiritual hunger? What do you reach for? Join us this Sunday at CAC as we discover the only way to satisfy spiritual hunger in the fourt...