Eucharist Church

A sermon on extravagant offerings and burning alive. Preached by Pastor Kevin Makins in the Eucharist Sanctuary, April 6 2025.

Don't let the title fool you, this is a good news sermon. God is merciful. Let's stay humble. Sermon preached by Kevin Makins in the Eucharist Sanctuary, March 23 2025.

Nina Schuurman-Drenth on how to stay sane in a world full of foxes. Preached in the Eucharist Sanctaury, March 16 2025.

A sermon on the wilderness, temptation, and yes, the devil. It's time to take this stuff seriously. Preached in the Eucharist Sanctuary, March 9 2025.

Preaching Guild member Alison Witt offers an honest and thoughtful reflection on the reality of "thin places". Preached by Alison Witt in the Eucharist Sanctuary. Sunday, March 2, 2025

An exploration of Jesus' less popular sermon. Preached by Nina Schuurman-Drenth in the Eucharist Sanctuary, February 23 2025.

The old adage is true. Preached by Kevin Makins in the Eucharist Sanctuary, February 9 2025.

Preaching Guild member Will Allen gives a powerful word about prophetic love, and how it relates to location and suffering. Preached by Will Allen in the Eucharist Sanctuary, February 2 2025.

A sermon about prayer. Preached in the Eucharist Sanctuary by Kevin Makins on January 26, 2025.

On maps, spiritual encounter, experience, explanation, and the recognition that "Surely the LORD was in this place and I didn't know it. Preaching by Kevin Makins in the Eucharist Sanctuary, January 19 2025

Kevin Makins returns to the pulpit to explore how we are shaped by the narratives around us. Preached in the Eucharist Sanctuary on January 12, 2025.

A staggering sermon on hope. Holds no punches, gives good news. A fitting end to our Advent series. Preached by Nina Schuurman-Drenth in the Eucharist Sanctuary, December 22, 2024.

Leanne Friesen, Executive Minister of the Canadian Baptists of Ontario and Quebec, brought a wide embracing, sensitive, and powerful word on Sunday reflecting on wombs, incarnation, and what it means to be in God. A must listen. Preached Sunday December 15th in the Eucharist Sanctuary.

Nina Schuurman-Drenth preaches her first sermon after a year of maternity leave. She offers a heartfelt reflection on grief, motherhood, desperation, and what it means to say "yes" to God. It's good to have her back in the pulpit. Preached on December 8, 2024 in the Eucharist Sanctuary.

Cindy Stover kicks off our Advent series by reflecting on Christmas music, liberation theology, and what Mary knew. Preached on December 1, 2024 in the Eucharist Sanctuary.

The Good Life in Babylon concludes on the other end of the Biblical cannon: The Book of Revelation, like the Book of Genesis, offers us a peek behind the curtain at the patterns that shape reality. This time we spot the inevitable end of the city, and it's rebirth due to Christ's faithfulness. It's a hopeful, terrifying ending to the greatest and grandest story in history. Sermon preached in the E...

Early Christianity was a distinctly urban movement. Why? Preached by Kevin Makins in the Eucharist Sanctuary, November 17 2024.

Our sermon series continues, not from the Sanctuary but the Study. There was another sermon recording failure this week but, honestly, sometimes it's best to let the sermon be the sermon and the podcast be the podcast. We enter into the back third of our sermon series "The Good Life in Babylon" with the other half of the coin. Yes, God makes space for faithful compromise, but there is also faithfu...

Jesus shares the greatest of all commandments with his disciples, but even this can lead us into worry. Lord have mercy. Preached by Stephen Edwards in the Eucharist Sanctuary, November 3, 2024.

On building houses, planting gardens, having children, taking hot showers, making peace with the potential end of the world, and seeking God. Our sermon series "The Good Life in Babylon" takes a more hopeful turn. Preached by Kevin Makins in the Eucharist Sanctuary, October 27 2024.

Sometimes it feels impossible to do the right thing in Babylon. Thank God for grace. Preached by Kevin Makins in the Eucharist sanctuary, October 20, 2024.

What does an ancient command to "tear down high places" offer to modern people attempting to live faithfully in the city? Our sermon series "The Good Life in Babylon" continues with reflections on advertising and idolatry. Preached by Kevin Makins in the Eucharist Sanctuary, October 13 2024.

We pause our sermon series for this Lectionary sermon. Tash Crozier, Eucharist children's coordinator and preaching guild member, brings the good news about how we receive the Kingdom of God.

Once again we're in podcast land. The sermon live recordings aren't working, but it's probably better this way. Two sermons: One is live, if you catch it you catch it, and one is here, at your convenience. Lord Willing, both words will accomplish what they are meant to accomplish. So for this week, our second "podcast exclusive," we look at the story of Exodus in light of our sermon series The Goo...

This Sunday our podcast recording failed (which was so thematically fitting) and so we've had to once again fling this sermon into the heavens, with the hope it will be caught by a high place and sent back down towards the earth where you can listen to it, on your device, whenever it is convenient to you. All that to say, this week we're exploring the Tower of Babel, a story that reveals m...