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Jesus and the Bible - Amy Baker January 26, 2025 Forest City Church As we continue our series seeking to better understand the bible, Amy took time to unpack the crucial question of "How Does Jesus fit into the bible?" Looking at such questions as "How do we make sense of the Old Testament in light of the things Jesus says in the New Testament?" "How do we relate to all of this and what implicatio...

What is the Bible - Jordan Baker January 19, 2025 Forest City Church As we jump into week 2 of our series on the bible - today we tackled the basic question of: What exactly is the bible? but furthermore, how do we read it properly?. Jordan took this time to breakdown the construction of the bible as we know it but also, how understanding how it's comprised should help us determine our approach wh...

The Bible As A Story - Jordan Baker January 12, 2025 Forest City Church 37 views Jan 12, 2025 Buckle up! As we've become accustom to, we like to begin each new year with a series focusing on a key building block for a vibrant relationship with God. This year we are exploring The Bible. How does this ancient book fit into our lives now? Is it still relevant? How do we read it? What did Jesus think...

ACCEPTANCE / TRUST / OBEDIENCE December 29, 2024 Forest City Church 3 for 1 Sundays are some of our very favourite of the year! Tune in as three members from our community share "What God taught them in 2024". The diversity of their experiences but resounding reflection of the beauty of God working in their lives is sure to leave you inspired and encouraged! First time watching? We’d love to hear...

Love - Joes Flores December 22, 2024 Forest City Church As we wrapped up our Advent series, Joel spoke on Love. Examining what unconditional love love has to do with the Christmas story. And if this story shows the life-changing love of God - what must we do to possess this kind of love? First time watching? We’d love to hear from you! Connect with us: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/connect To in...

Joy - Sandra Yip December 15, 2024 Forest City Church As we enter the third week of Advent, reflecting on joy - we had our very own Sandra Yip sharing about the privilege of partaking in the rhythms of joy in the ups and the downs of life through the beautiful demonstration and reassurance of the ebbs and flows in the dance of the Trinity. First time watching? We’d love to hear from you! Connect w...

Peace - Amy Baker December 8, 2024 Forest City Church In our second week of advent we examined PEACE. If last week we meditated on the idea of hope being rooted in the future, this week we examined peace being a gift for the present time. Where in the world do we find peace? Can we achieve it in our own effort? How does peace or a lack of peace affect our lives? Is it even realistic to think we ca...

Hope - Jordan Baker December 1, 2024 Forest City Church On the first Sunday of Advent, Jordan zeroed in on the subject of hope. Examining both the original context of Isaiah 9 and how it relates to our current realities as well as the views of both pessimism and optimism Christians often hold - Can we truly hold a healthy, resilient view of hope in our time? What do the events of Christmas really...

Andy Moore November 24, 2024 Forest City Church This past Sunday, Pastors Andy and Lisa Moore were with us from Coastline Church in Victoria. Pastor Andy examined the journey of Elijah from of 1 Kings 17. Even though the mighty prophet was obediently speaking with authority from God - he was not without hardship and suffering. Pastor Andy brought us so much encouragement as he illuminated three sp...

Next Gen Takeover Sunday - Riley Braun November 17, 2024 Forest City Church t's time for one of our favourite Sundays of the year! And as such, we couldn't just crop one part - but felt we needed to share this entire experience with our online community. We believe at Forest City we learn so much from one another - and that includes the youngest amongst us! This Sunday our kids joined the 'big peo...

To end our Hard Conversations series, Jordan sat down with Jodi Enns. Jodi specializes in conflict management and resolution. Jordan and Jodi sat down to talk through some of the practicalities behind the issue of conflict; how to approach conflict well, how to prepare for hard conversations and what should we do when conflict seems never ending. All this and more in this packed interview! For mor...

To take our Hard Conversations series from a different angle; Jordan took this week to discuss encouragement and unpack the reality that sometimes to be intentionally encouraging in a way that calls people to more and better than their currently reality can truly be - HARD! What does it take to provide someone with the encouragement that really could change the course or trajectory of their lives?...

How To Have Good Conflict - Steph Plumb October 27, 2024 Forest City Church We were privileged to have Pastor Steph Plumb from Coastline Church speak into our Hard Conversations series, addressing the topic of conflict. What is it, where does it come from and as Christians, what does it look like to work through conflict well? First time watching? We’d love to hear from you! Connect with us: https...

Learning How To Disagree - Jordan Baker October 20, 2024 Forest City Church Jordan continued our Hard Conversations series discussing the topic of disagreement. Is there space in a Christ following context for healthy disagreement? How do we disagree but still genuinely honour and love one another well? Together, we examined the topic of how Christians can be unified and loving, but hold different...

Listening - Amy Baker October 13, 2024 Forest City Church First time watching? We’d love to hear from you! Connect with us: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/connect To invest in the ministry of Forest City Church, visit: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/give To join a small group: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/small ... To connect with us on social media, visit: / forestcitychurch.ca

Jordan kicked off the first week of our new series "Hard Conversations" discussing the importance of deeper conversation and the power of words. We took some time to examine why meaningful discussion often seem to be lacking in this current reality but why we must be intentional about having them. First time watching? We’d love to hear from you! Connect with us: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/con...

A People: Who Pursue Growth - Jordan Baker September 29, 2024 Forest City Church As Jordan wraps up our "A People" series, he encouraged and reminded us that the journey of faith is never one that crosses a "finish line", or that we "arrive" or "complete". But a life walking intentionally with God means we are continuing to transform, grow and change. The bonus is, as we participate in church comm...

A People: Who Are Generous - Jordan Baker September 22, 2024 Forest City Church In our third week of the "A People:" series, Jordan examined what it looks like to be a community that embodies a posture of generosity in every aspect of our lives and how it should differentiate church community from the cultural values around us - both us, both presently and in biblical times. First time watching? W...

A People: Who Pray - Amy Baker September 15th, 2024 Forest City Church As we continue into the second week of our series - A People:, Amy looked at prayer as a value of Forest City Church. How a dependency and intentional prayer life is the avenue by which we are transformed more into the image of Christ. And as such, when we lean into prayer as a pillar in our lives, all our relationships and com...

A People: Who Are Honest - Jordan Baker September 8 2024 Forest City Church As we begin a new season, we have launched into our fall series "A People" looking at practices and postures that we seek to embody and model at Forest City. Jordan kicked off our first week starting with "A people who are honest". Unpacking the value of honesty, how it affects every relationship (even with ourselves) and...

Armour of God - Doug Fredrick September 1 2024 Forest City Church First time watching? We’d love to hear from you! Connect with us: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/connect To invest in the ministry of Forest City Church, visit: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/give To join a small group: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/small ... To connect with us on social media, visit: / forestcitychurch.ca

Slavery and the Bible - Jordan Baker August 25, 2024 Forest City Church While the last few weeks have given us no shortage of tricky material to drive into, Jordan unpacks Paul's message to slaves and how they are to live in obedience to their masters. Leaving us both the question of - if God is all for justice - how could Paul condone this? And, what does this mean for us? The application from to...

Family and its Complexities - Jordan Baker August 18, 2024 Forest City Church As we continue to look at the "Household Values" as Paul lays out in his letter to the Ephesians - Jordan took a look at the context and responsibilities of children, parents & the church community. What does it look like to live in Christ-centered parent-child relationships? How as a church community can we support...

Wives Submit to your Husbands? - Amy Baker August 11, 2024 Forest City Church First time watching? We’d love to hear from you! Connect with us: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/connect To invest in the ministry of Forest City Church, visit: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/give To join a small group: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/small ... To connect with us on social media, visit: / forestcitychu...

Imitate God by Walking in Love - Joel Flores August 4, 2024 Forest City Church As we continue on in our exploration through the book of Ephesians, Joel looked at how we love others well - how do we do this with authenticity and integrity? Is it really love if we just we love because we are supposed to? Or what about if I don't feel like loving others? Joel breaks down three ways in which the Holy...