Hope+: Hope Community Church Podcast

In this episode we welcome back Counsellor Shawn Groen as Dave, Misha, and Val sit down to talk about the role of anger in our journeys of forgiveness and reconciliation. Shawn has a Masters of Divinity and is a registered Marriage and Family therapist at ⁠ Sycamore Counselling Centre⁠ . He's also a brother to Dave. Time Stamp: 0:00~2:08 Intro 2:09~9:49 What is anger? And is it all bad? 9:50~1...

Romans 12:9-21 This week, Pastor Dave brings us God's Word on the difficulty of situations where reconciliation is not possible. But as far as it is possible, we are called to reflect the forgiving, humble heart of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Matthew 18:15-20 & Galatians 6:1-2 This week, Pastor Jonathan continues our sermon series on Forgiveness. What does it mean to be a light for the world? One practical way for the church is that it reflects God's goodness by being a community that seek forgiveness and reconciliation together.

We have been journeying through the topic of forgiveness through our recent sermon series. In this week's episode, Dave, Misha, Valerie, and Sid sit down to reflect a little more deeper into what this biblical concept means in our personal lives. Time Step: 0:00~2:07 Introduction 2:08~20:27 Reflections/questions from this topic 20:28~35:38 Personal experiences? 35:39~38:33 Resources and conclu...

Matthew 18:21-35 This week, Pastor Dave continues our sermon series on Forgiveness. Jesus calls us to reflect his goodness and forgiveness that we are gifted with. Jesus offers an extravagant ethic on forgiveness which leads to life and freedom.

Matthew 6:12-15 & Luke 7:39-50 In this week's sermon, Pastor Sid starts our new series on Forgiveness. It takes a lot of courage and strength to be able to forgive someone, and the good news is that God gives us the strength and also the freedom when we forgive as we have been forgiven.

Ephesians 2:1-10 He is risen! This week, Pastor Dave reminds us of our identity, as people who join Jesus in the resurrection life, now and in the age to come. That is the good news of Easter !

1 John 2:15-17 This week, Pastor Jonathan preaches on what the Bible tells us about our fight against "The World" and how normalized patterns of sin try and pull us away from God. This sermon reflects on our dependence on the power of the resurrection as we continue our Good Fight heading into Easter. (We ask for understanding as there were some technical difficulties with the audio for...

What does it mean to be single and part of the larger church family? In this episode, Pastor Dave sits down with Melanie, Lydia, and Audrey to answer some questions on the topic of singleness. Melanie, Lydia, and Audrey are members of our church and we thank them very much for their openness to share a part of their journey for us. Time Stamp: 0:00~3:53 Intro 3:54~12:03 Experience of being single...

1 John 1:5-2:2 This week, Pastor Dave continues our sermon series by reflecting on how we battle our flesh. One of the biggest lies that we face about our spiritual fight is that we should keep our own sins and struggles a secret. Pastor Dave leads us to reflect on the importance of confession.

Galatians 5:13; 16-17 This week, Pastor Sid continues our sermon series on spiritual warfare. He reminds us of how our fight against "the flesh," is about battling the lies that we live. (The first 45 seconds of the audio may be a bit difficult to hear. We apologize for the technical glitch).

In this episode, Pastors Dave and Misha sit down with some of our youth to answer some deep questions about faith and life. Zoey, Riyah, and Jacob are members of the youth group at our church. Time Stamp: 0:00~00:50       Introduction 00:51~02:20    Question 1: "How do I know I am saved?" 02:21~04:24    Question 2: "Does God still perform miracles today?" 04:25~06:25   Question...

Ephesians 6:10-18 This week, Pastor Dave continues our reflection on our battle against Satan. Pastor Dave sparks our imagination on how Satan may be deceitfully working in our culture today and how we can, by the power of the Spirit, stand against it.

Matthew 4:1-11 This week, Pastor Jonathan brings the good news as we witness to Jesus' own trials and temptations by the devil. We are encouraged and empowered to face our daily challenges through our dependence and assurance that we are gifted with from God himself.

In this episode, Pastor Dave sits down with two campus ministers, Ed Gerber and Todd Statham, to have a conversation around campus ministry and the importance of holistic discipleship. Rev. Dr. Ed Gerber is the University Chaplain & Director of Student Ministries at Trinity Western University. Rev. Dr. Todd Statham is the full time campus pastor at University of British Columbia Okanagan. Time...

Ephesians 2:1-10 This week Pastor Dave starts our new sermon series on spiritual warfare. In this series, we get to reflect on our journeys to live for God against the powers of our flesh (sinful natures), the world, and the devil.

Galatians 5:26-6:18 "Boasting in the Cross and Serving in Love" This week, Pastor Sid concludes our sermon series on the letter to the Galatians. As Paul strongly encourages the Galatian church to focus on Christ as the beginning and end of our salvation and transformation, we are called to always focus on our Savior Jesus as well. In that way, we only boast in Christ, not anything or an...

In this episode, Pastor Misha sits down with preachers Sid, Dave, and Jonathan to discuss the "behind the scenes" of preaching and preparing for a sermon. Listen in to hear some of the thought process of the preachers at our church and what they "really" think about preaching.

"Walking in the Spirit" Galatians 5 In this sermon, pastor Dave witnesses to the good news of how we are freed to live in step with the Spirit of God. This freedom that we have been gifted with means that we are truly free to love and serve humbly; freed not to sin. As we seek to live out this identity as freed people, we seek the Spirit's leading through prayer.

Galatians 4:1-7 "God's Children" This week pastor Jonathan witnesses to the message of the gospel from Galatians about what it means to be children of God. Only by God's grace, through faith, are we called his children and adopted into his family. That is a privilege and freedom gifted by God, not by anyone/anything else.

In this episode, Hope members James and Sarah sit down with pastor Dave to share their journey of suffering through cancer. James and Sarah share the goodness and provision of God in their lives and how that has richly blessed them through a difficult journey.

God's Growing Family For this week, pastor Dave unpacks the backstory of the promise and way of blessing that is mentioned in Galatians 3. God's mission for restoration and making his global, multi-ethnic family was always the plan through Abraham. That's the promise that Paul wants the Galatian church to stay with.

Galatians 2:11-21 "The True Gospel" The importance of us following and obeying the ways of Christ because we are saved is the heart of the gospel. Through Galatians 2, pastor Sid reminds us that we don't follow and obey in order to be saved. We struggle with this tendency as we continue to journey through a "re-aligning" to the true gospel that is centered on the grace of G...

In this episode Dave, Misha, and Jonathan sit down to talk about the fascinating topic of new year's resolutions. Part of the reflections include the value of goal-setting and being honest about some of the habits that shape our lives. Part of the challenge and encouragement then is to name and be intentional about those habits, which can help us flourish in our day to day journeys of faith.

Galatians 1:1-10 This week, pastor Dave begins our new series on the letter to the Galatians: "Finding Freedom." When Paul wrote to the Galatians concerning the true gospel, he was preaching Christ, not Christ plus something else. Jesus is enough and that's the concern for Paul writing to the Christians in Galatia.