PGIMF Worship Services

Heidi Epp spoke on “Our Lives, a Living Masterpiece of our Creator” with a message in 5 parts. Part 1: Who Are You? What is one of the most important things about you that you would want others to understand about you? Part 2: What and where is your relationship with God? What parts of you feel closest to God? What parts of you might you fear to share with God? Part 3: The Invited Guest. What do y...

Yoel Masyawong (AMBS) spoke on "Knowing, Being, Doing" based on 1 Samuel 3:1-10.

Rosie Perera spoke on "Freedom from Quiet-Time Guilt". After the service, a refugee sponsorship information session was held (the video recording of that will be made available soon to members & adherents).

Paul Thiessen spoke on "Pentecost Reflections: New Light Shines". Communion was served.  

On Sunday, May 3rd, 2026, Santosh Ninan spoke on, "Liberty through Truth". There are three themes that Santosh explores: personal deception, religious deception, and liberty through truth. Personal deception is when doubt is placed by the enemy. Words are twisted, and meanings changed, and we ask if God really did say that. Satan plants the seed of doubt before he counters what God said. We misund...

On April 26th, 2026, Young Tae Choi gave a sermon on "My POIEO Story: A Journey of Nurturing Artists and Restoring Humanity".

On April 19th, 2026, Jackie Wyse-Rhodes gave a sermon on "Practicing Wilderness Solidarity with Miriam".

On Sunday, April 12th, 2026, Lydia Cruttwell spoke on, "Touch Me and See: Encountering the Resurrected Christ". The Jewish people had resurrection stories even before Jesus. They had stories of ghosts who could move through walls and stories of seemingly-dead people who came back to life. Jesus' resurrection was different, however. He had a body that the disciples could touch, but he could also ap...

On Sunday, March 29th, 2026, David Boshart spoke on "Born From Above: A Conversation in the Shadow of the Cross". The sermon follows Nicodemus' journey in the gospel and the new birth that he goes through with his night-time visit with Jesus. Nicodemus heard Jesus say that one must be "born again", but the Greek words Jesus used could've just as easily meant "born from above". Jesus not only chall...

On Sunday, March 22nd, 2026, Karl Brown spoke on "Lazarus. Imagination. Prayer. Repeat.". In his research, Karl asks why Jesus put such effort in staging  Lazarus' resurrection. Jesus explains to multiple different peoples that Lazarus died and he was going to resurrect him. Was this a marketing campaign? A practice run for Jesus' own resurrection later? Karl argues that it was neither, but that t...

Iwan Russell-Jones spoke on "Light and Glory in the Darkness". 

Veronica Dyck spoke on "Living Waters: God is with us" on March 8th, 2026.

We heard from Annika Krause, remotely from Montreal via Zoom on our big screen. She spoke on "Why Jesus Wept: Jesus meeting us in our suffering, weeping in solidarity with this world's pain" based on John 1:1-44.  

On Sunday, February 22nd, 2026, Kristina Towes gave a sermon on "Praying in solidarity with the global church". The sermon highlighted the importance of prayer within Mennonite World Conference (MWC) as a means of connecting with and supporting churches facing hardship around the world. Recognizing the pervasive feeling of global darkness, MWC aims to foster a "Koinonia"—a community of faith—throu...

Gareth’s topic is this: "What is Transfiguration?  What does it mean?  What is the significance of this event for Jesus?  What is the significance for us?  From my initial work on this text, I think my theme will be about identity, both Jesus' and our own."

Janet Boldt spoke on "I Wonder as I Wander".  

Grace Neudorf spoke on "An Angel with Shoes On". After a pizza lunch, the PGIMF AGM was held in the chapel.  

Joni Sancken from the Vancouver School of Theology (VST) spoke to us at Menno Court.  

On Sunday, January 18, 2026, Jodi Spargur gave a sermon on "Who does your treasure serve?". Here, she gave a refreshingly novel interpretation on the Parable of the Talents, and in relation with what happened before the parable. As uncomfortable benefactors to the empire, Jodi asserts that Christians should step away from the "forgive and forget" paradigm and step back into the "repent and repair"...

Mark Glanville spoke on "A Whisper in Herod’s Winter: Christmas as Clandestine Hope" based on Matthew 2:1-15.

On Sunday, December 7th, 2025, Barbara Nickel spoke on "A Song from the Bones". Here, she performs a song written by her son William and talks about three different versions of the dry bones story from the Bible. As God breathed life into mud to create Adam, he has also breathed life into long-dead bones of the Israelite nation. Though we often imagine that we're the ones doing things, and God is...

Peter Haresnape is one of the pastors at Toronto United Mennonite Church. He preached for us via Zoom.

On Sunday, November 2nd, 2025, Dr. John Martens spoke to us on "All Souls' Day". Many Christians, even those who have been baptized, don't want to be turned into a "saint" because they believe that it requires an extraordinary level of calling and commitment. However, John observes that God has always been calling his people to be saints. The Israelites were called to follow the Torah, that they c...