Sanctuary Church

Today we begin a several-week series looking at the Holy Spirit.  Who is the Holy Spirit?  What does the Holy Spirit do, and how can we partner with Him in the activity of God? One of our values is, 'We live Spirit empowered.' and we pray as we take these weeks and focus on the Holy Spirit that our understanding of the Holy Spirit will increase but even more so will our love for and part...

Brad Jersak was with us again this morning to finish up his 'More Christlike' messages.  He taught us about the Emmaus Way of looking at scripture and how, as Jesus told us, all scripture points to Him.  We hope this message will not only encourage you but deepen your love for the scriptures and Jesus - the Word of God. Q&R included at end of message.

Brad Jersak was back with us again teaching us about the way of Jesus and how Jesus shows us what it is like to be fully human.  Walking us through the Beatitudes we saw the life and character of Jesus described in these beautiful qualities that we spend our lives growing in.  Brad also shared about the benefits, and dangers of deconstruction depending on the voices we listen to.  While it can be...

This Sunday we wrapped up our series on Neighbouring.  We looked at two of the barriers that can stand in the way of us participating in what Jesus considers our top priority - time and fear.   Fear has the potential to paralyze and isolate us.   Because of the powerful influence it can have on our lives the most often repeated encouragement in the scriptures is, 'don't be afraid!'...

We had guest speaker Brad Jersak teaching us about what God is like (hint: look at Jesus). We looked at the truth that God’s very nature is love, most perfectly displayed as Jesus hung on the cross. The more we grasp God’s love, the more we realize it is wider, longer, higher, and deeper than we could ever grasp (Ephesians 3:14-21). For more information on this topic please consider reading Brad’s...

Neighbouring is a way of life far more than it is an event.  This Sunday we looked at a very familiar story Jesus told about neighbouring to learn what a lifestyle of neighbouring looks like, and why this is priority one for Jesus. Discussion Questions: 1. How is neighbouring more of a lifestyle than it is an event? 2. How can neighbouring increase our dependence on the Holy Spirit? 3. How is neig...

This week we had Fr Chad Block from Via Church Langley join us.  He shared  a teaching about the Eucharist and then led us in participating in the Table together.  It was a beautiful and powerful reminder of the presence of Jesus with us. 

What if when Jesus called us to love our neighbours He meant our actual neighbours?  This Sunday we began a series on Neighbouring and saw that believing and saying the right things is not enough, Jesus calls us to actually DO something.  We all have the capacity to justify or rationalize our inaction in responding to Jesus but as we respond we learn to live by the Spirit and become more like Jesu...

The Resurrection of Jesus is the validation of His life, ministry, message, and example.  Just before He was betrayed and arrested He gave His followers a mandate  - love one another in the same way that I have loved you (John 13:34) - and then He displayed was perfect love looks like on the Cross. During His life, one of the ways Jesus constantly showed love was His love-motivated propensity to m...

We finished up our Deeply Formed series looking at Jesus’ invitation to join Him in the work He is doing.  All of our lives are sacred and can be ministry as we approach it with, and for Jesus.

"On the Cross, Jesus didn't change God's disposition towards us, He revealed God's disposition towards us." On the Cross,  Jesus eradicated the sin barrier, conquered the power of death and sin, and reconciled us to God.  This is called atonement, which can easily be understood by breaking down the word -  'at one ment'  - making us one with God again. There are...