Cobourg Alliance Messages

Speaker: Gloria Mathies --- Mother Teresa said, "Listening is the beginning of prayer". This week at Cobourg Alliance Church, we are led back to our God who loves to speak, and if we learn to listen will lead us into a life filled with the Wonder of His Presence!

Speaker: Pastor Darryl Buckle --- All Series long we've been saying that “Good News gets traction in seasons of adversity - when Ordinary people like you and I double down on a few critical things." This week we're calling on those ordinary people to step up and step out and spread the message of Jesus in the season we're in.

Speaker: Tony Posthumus --- God calls and equips us to live generously, but how do we do that when we’re feeling or experiencing lack? Join us on Sunday as we learn about how our view of God and our view of ourselves affects our attitude and ability to live generously today while trusting God with what’s next.

Speaker: Pastor Darryl Buckle --- There’s nothing like seasons of adversity for bringing into focus the state of your relationships. There's nothing like a few great friendships for helping you through seasons of adversity. This Sunday we're in Acts 2 because this season we're doubling down on building Intentional Biblical Communities within Cobourg Alliance Church!

Speaker: Pastor Darryl Buckle --- The best and brightest moments you’ll experience in the year to come will be experienced by a version of yourself that doesn’t exist yet. In Week 1 of Here We Are, we're talking about what you can do today to make sure you are growing into a person equipped for whatever the future has for you.

Speaker: Pastor Darryl Buckle --- This week in the final talk of our Summer of Psalms series we look at Psalm 103 and the problem of spiritual forgetfulness.

Speaker: Pastor Tyler Tavares --- Have you ever looked at something new and wondered how long it would last? Cynicism can fool us into thinking that everything has an ulterior motivation. This Sunday, let Pastor Tyler and Psalm 123 help you fight your inner cynic.

Speaker: Gloria Mathies --- We all experience times in our lives when things don’t make sense; we do all the right things but life just isn’t fair. When we can’t make sense of something, we can feel quite puzzled, troubled, overwhelmed, and emotionally exhausted. A musician named Asaph wrestled with these same feelings UNTIL...

Speaker: Danny and Boutheina Nan --- David asked God for only one thing, to dwell in His house all the days of his life. Why did David insist and focus on this request? What does that mean for us as Christians? Can we pray the same prayer?

Speaker: Simon Chorley --- Come and hear more about the character of God, and how Jesus, who knows what it's like to be tired, points everyone to our Father, who never tires.

Speaker: Pastor Darryl Buckle --- This week our new Interim Lead Pastor, Darryl Buckle will be sharing a message called Self Talk based on Psalm 43.

Speaker: James Bisson --- This week we'll explore Psalm 13 and take a look at the nature of struggling from King David's perspective. We'll see the cause of the lament, the nature of how struggles form, the purpose of struggle in God's plan, and how we can turn problems into praise by trusting in God.

Speaker: Tony Posthumus --- Psalm 91 is full of God’s promises of protection, refuge and rescue. But, what do we do when rescue isn’t coming? Let’s learn together about what it means for God to be with us in times of trouble.

Speaker: Dan van Essen --- Even in a journey of discontentment, disappointment and longing, God remains present and active, and that’s cause to celebrate and declare his greatness to neighbours and nations!

Speaker: Jenica van Essen --- What do we learn from Psalm 67 about blessing, partnership with God and speaking life? This Psalm is short and sweet but packed with echoes of Old Testament blessings that will shed some light on these questions.

Speaker: Pastor Tyler Tavares --- This week we'll start a new series called "Summer of Psalms." The Psalms are a prayer guide for God's Kingdom and give us permission to express to God our emotions and questions. After unpacking an overview of the Psalms this week we'll explore Psalm 1: the tension of choice.

Speaker: Steevens Audige and Nathan Weselake --- This week we'll continue in our series on Jesus and Justice, this time exploring in a more focused way our Canadian context. Steevens Audigé, a former pastor and current Toronto Police Officer, will share some of his heart regarding injustice related to race; Nathan Weselake, a pastor from Prairie Alliance Church in Manitoba, will share about wh...

Speaker: Lucas Cooper and Vijay Krishnan --- With the recent news emerging in the US and Canada around the reality of injustice, Cobourg Alliance Church wants to reflect on what it means for us as followers of Jesus to seek justice, love mercy, and walk humbly with our God. We’ll hear from two Alliance pastors: Lucas Cooper and Vijay Krishnan. Please join us as we consider together how we can refl...

Speaker: Pastor Darryl Buckle --- This week we're reminded that you can't sidestep or cut short the work of God in seasons like these - But you can... wait for it...

Speaker: Dan van Essen --- Peace doesn't come through changing a situation, but by knowing who is with us during the situation we find ourselves in. As we recognize Jesus' present-ness to us, we become good soil for the fruit of the Holy Spirit to grow in us.

Speaker: Pastor Tyler Tavares --- Cabin Fever produces all sorts of emotions and experiences that we may be unaccustomed to feeling. God gives us a vision of what life can be like when we follow the Spirit in times of confusion, and a key fruit of the Spirit is joy. Can we experience joy in the midst of confusion?

God has created us man and woman in His image. God is our Father, but the Bible also teaches us about the maternal nature of God that is reflected in each person of the trinity. In these times where things are shaking all around us, we need to know that we are safe in God’s loving and caring arms. Will also speak to the role of Godly mothering and affirm our mothers for their contribution in our l...

Speaker: Pastor Tyler Tavares --- Our current situation may provide us with a unique opportunity to focus on spiritual growth through spiritual practices. Why engage spiritual practices and what do they do?

Speaker: Raja Stone --- We can be stuck for many reasons -- Peter was stuck because of his choices. We may remain stuck because of our sin, thinking our sin is great than God's love. But the magnitude of God's love far outweighs our own vision of our sin.

Speaker: Raja Stone --- In this unique season, you may be feeling stuck. We all feel stuck at times... even the Apostle Paul found himself stuck. Thankfully for Paul, he had Barnabas to help him move forward.