PGIMF Worship Services

On the first day of Lent, Thomas Bergen spoke to PGIMF on Zoom. Dr. David Boshart, President of Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary, led communion.

Janet Boldt spoke to PGIMF on Zoom with a sermon titled "Confession of Love: This is my Beloved. Listen to him."

Dr. Andrew Dyck, Assistant Professor of Christian Spirituality and Pastoral Ministry at CMU, spoke to PGIMF on the deeper implications of the Lord's prayer in a message entitled Praying with Jesus from Matthew 6:7-15. By praying with Jesus, we can see what Jesus sees, desire what Jesus desires, and live the life of Jesus.

Loren Balisky, Director of Engagement, Kinbrace Refugee Housing and Support, spoke to PGIMF on why supporting refugee resettlement matters so much.

Yehuda Mansell spoke to us on "A Theology of Fentanyl". Yehuda is a PhD student in the VST-Durham University program. He comes from a Jewish tradition.  

Edith & Neill von Gunten, formerly MC Canada workers in Native Ministries, spoke to PGIMF by Zoom.

Dori Zerbe Cornelsen, Director of Development at CMU, spoke to PGIMF by Zoom on the theme of wild hope based on Romans 8:22-24.

On the third Sunday in Advent, Karl Brown spoke on the differences between joy, pleasure, and happiness.

On the second Sunday of Advent (Joy), Richard Topping spoke on 1 Thessalonians 5:12-24. Dr. Topping is President, Vice-Chancellor, and Professor of Studies in the Reformed Tradition at the Vancouver School of Theology.

On the First Sunday of Advent, Heather Pauls Murray, MSC alumna and former PGIMF attender now living in Chilliwack, spoke to PGIMF on an Advent theme. This was an in-person service at the Martha Lou Henley Rehearsal Hall (1955 McLean Dr. at 3rd Ave, Vancouver) at 10:00 am. Communion was served during the service, along with coffee and goodies afterward, and there was lots of free parking on the st...

On Sunday, November 20th, we heard from Al McKay, soon-to-be-retired Chaplain with Corporate Chaplains Outreach Canada, who has served people in disadvantaged neighbourhoods all his life. He has lived no further than 20 km from where he was born. Al is intimately acquainted with those in the DTES whose backgrounds and needs some of us can scarcely imagine and brings to us the story of Jesus stirri...

In an interview of Peter Harris by Rosie Perera, we heard about the founding of A Rocha and its mission of environmental stewardship.  

Bill Thiessen spoke on the parables in Matthew as models of generosity for God's kingdom, which cannot be shaken.

Annika Krause spoke on the story in Luke 6 of how Jesus responded to a Roman centurion's unexpected expression of faith.

Dr. Jennie McLaurin returned to speak by Zoom at PGIMF on the communion of saints as spoken of by contemplatives and monastics.

We celebrated Thanksgiving and Communion on Zoom with a service of songs (not included in the posted recording) and readings.

How does one increase their faith? How does one know when they have enough faith? These are the questions that Evan Krieder opened up the sermon with. Faith is something we often think of as something we can have a lot of, or a little of, and can obtain many blessings from having it. Yet, with the passages from Lamentations, Habakkuk, and Psalm, Evan shows us that the faithful of the past weren't...

Henry Klippenstein spoke to us about a new perspective of the Sermon on the Mount. NOTE: members and adherents may read Henry's 5-page sermon script at 2022-09-25-PGIMF-Henry_Klippenstein-The_Sermon_on_the_Mount.pdf (login required).

Henry Neufeld shared courageous stories of refugees and the people who care for them. NOTE: we gathered in person at St. Mary Magdalene Anglican Church (2950 Laurel Street, at the corner of West 14th Avenue in Vancouver) and on Zoom!

J. Evan Kreider spoke on The Parable of the Lost Sheep and The Parable of the Lost Coin in Luke 15:1-10.

Karl Brown spoke about how inadequate the English word "love" is, and called on us to notice and feel another’s suffering, then respond with compassion.

Kevin Hiebert shared what he learned about the intersection of Faith and Science from the ASA 2022 convention in San Diego. 

Chan Yang examined the healing at the beginning of Acts 3 using the model of concentric circles of what, how, and why we do what we do.

Garry Janzen, outgoing Executive Minister of Mennonite Church BC, spoke on how to relate the work of reconciliation with our First Nations neighbours to our leading in Christ.

Lee Kosa spoke on diversity in the church using the analogy of a quilt-making community.