Sermons from City Centre Church

Pastor Charlie Costa preached from Acts 13:1–4 in a sermon titled “Commissioned to a Co-Mission.”   Through the sending of Barnabas and Saul from the church at Antioch, we were reminded that mission begins with God Himself. The Holy Spirit calls and sets apart His servants, the local church faithfully responds in prayer and obedience, and the labourers go forth in dependence upon the Lord who send...

Pastor Deric Bartlett preached from Hebrews 11:17–19 in a sermon titled “The Testing of Faith.” Through the testing of Abraham, we were reminded that faith is often refined through trials that call us to trust God beyond what we can see or understand. Though Abraham was asked to surrender the very son through whom God's promises would come, he believed that the Lord was faithful to His word and po...

Bryan Lee preached from Matthew 6:32 in a sermon titled “Your Father Knows.” Jesus reminds His people that they have a heavenly Father who knows exactly what they need. While those who do not know God are consumed with chasing after the necessities of life, believers are called to rest in the faithful care of their Father. He is never distant, never unaware, and never lacking in wisdom or power. W...

Pastor Deric preached from Hebrews 11:13–16 in a sermon titled “The Vision of Faith.” We were reminded that the people of faith live with an eternal perspective. Though the saints of old did not receive the fullness of God's promises during their earthly lives, they trusted Him to the end, fixing their hope on what lay beyond this world. They understood that they were strangers and exiles on the e...

Pastor Deric preached from Hebrews 11:8–12 in a sermon titled “The Obedience of Faith.” We were reminded that genuine faith responds to God's call with obedient trust and rests confidently in His promises. Abraham left behind the familiar to follow God into an unknown future, living as a stranger while looking ahead to the eternal city whose builder and maker is God. Likewise, Sarah trusted in God...

This past Sunday, Pastor Deric preached from Hebrews 11:4–7 in a sermon titled “The Practice of Faith.”  We were reminded that genuine faith is never merely professed; it is practiced. Through the examples of Abel, Enoch, and Noah, Hebrews 11 shows us that true faith reveals itself in worship, fellowship with God, and obedient action.    These faithful witnesses remind us that faith is more than i...

This past Sunday, Pastor Deric preached from Hebrews 11:2, titled “The Legacy of Faith.”  We were reminded that every believer’s story is being woven together by the sovereign hand of God for His glory and the strengthening of others. Hebrews 11 calls us to look behind us with gratitude for the faithful men and women who shaped our walk with Christ, encouraged us in seasons of weakness, corrected...

Pastor Deric preached from Hebrews 11:1–3 in a sermon titled “The Conviction of Faith.”  We were reminded that biblical faith is more than intellectual belief or positive thinking. True faith is a deep conviction that what God has said is true, producing confidence that shapes the way we live. Hebrews 11 teaches that faith assures us that the Christian hope is real and enables us to trust what can...

For this special Mother’s Day message, Pastor Deric preached from 1 Samuel 2:1–11 in a sermon titled “A Praying Mother.”  Through Hannah’s prayer of praise, we were reminded that true strength and hope are found in the Lord alone. After years of grief, barrenness, and provocation, Hannah cried out to God in deep anguish, trusting Him to hear and answer according to His will. When the Lord gracious...

Pastor Deric preached from Hebrews 11:1–3. “The Just Shall Live by Faith.” We were reminded that biblical faith is not vague optimism or mere belief, but a confident assurance rooted in the character and promises of God. True saving faith is centered on Christ, evidenced through a transformed life, strengthened within the community of believers, and refined through seasons of testing. As we walk b...

Last Sunday, Pastor Deric preached from James 3:13 –18 in Part 2 of the message titled “Secrets, Scars, and Scandals.”  Building on the call to wisdom, we were reminded that the kind of people we surround ourselves with matters deeply. While earthly wisdom is marked by jealousy and selfish ambition, wisdom from above is pure, peaceable, gentle, and full of mercy, producing a life that reflects the...

On Sunday, Pastor Deric preached from James 3:13 –18 in a message titled, “Secrets, Scars, and Scandals.”  We were reminded that true wisdom is not merely what we say, but how we live. Marked by humility and good conduct, wisdom from above reflects a heart transformed by God, while earthly wisdom, driven by jealousy and selfish ambition, leads to disorder and destruction.   This passage calls us t...

This past Sunday, Pastor Deric preached from John 13:34 –35 in a message titled “Love One Another.”  Through Jesus’ command to His disciples, we were reminded that love is not merely an emotion, but the defining mark of those who belong to Christ. As He calls us to love one another just as He has loved us, we see that this kind of love is rooted in His sacrificial work and flows from a life that a...

On Easter Sunday, Pastor Deric preached from John 19–20 focusing on the resurrection of Jesus Christ and the call to believe.  Through the account of the empty tomb and the appearances of the risen Christ, we were reminded that the resurrection is not only a historical reality, but the foundation of our faith. From Mary’s initial grief, to the disciples’ fear, to Thomas’ doubt, we see how easily w...

On Good Friday, Pastor Bryan preached from Mark 15:39 in a message centred on the confession of the centurion at the cross.  Through the account of the crucifixion, we were reminded that the clearest revelation of Jesus’ identity is seen not in displays of power, but in His suffering and death.  As the centurion witnessed the way Jesus died, he declared, “Truly this man was the Son of God,” reveal...

This past Sunday, Pastor Deric Bartlett preached from Matthew 27:15 –26 in a message titled “Jesus or Barabbas.”   Through the account of Jesus before Pilate, we were reminded of the striking contrast between the innocent Christ and the guilty Barabbas. As the crowd cries out and chooses according to their own desires, Jesus is rejected and condemned, though He alone is righteous.  Yet in this exc...

This past Sunday, Pastor Deric preached from Matthew 26:36–46 in a message titled “His Gethsemane and Ours.” Through the account of Jesus in the garden of Gethsemane, we were reminded that Christ willingly entered into deep sorrow and submission to the Father’s will, preparing to accomplish the work of redemption through the cross. In His suffering, we see both the weight of what He would bear and...

This past Sunday, Pastor Bryan preached from Mark 9:2–13 in a message titled “A Confirmation of Glory and Grief.”   Through the account of the Transfiguration, we were reminded that Jesus’ divine glory was revealed to His disciples, confirming His identity as the beloved Son of God. Yet even in this moment of unveiled glory, Christ pointed forward to the suffering that must come, showing that the...

This past Sunday, Pastor Bryan preached from Mark 8:22 –33 in a message titled “The Procedure of Clarity.”  Through the healing of the blind man at Bethsaida and Peter’s confession of Christ, we were reminded that spiritual understanding often moves from confusion to clarity through the gracious work of Jesus.   As He reveals both His identity and His coming suffering, we are called to see Christ...

On this Sunday, Pastor Deric preached from 2 Corinthians 9:7, “God Loves a Cheerful Giver.”   We were reminded that biblical generosity flows from a heart shaped by grace, not pressure or compulsion. A cheerful giver is motivated by love for Christ, exercises wisdom in stewardship, rests in the blessing of obedience, and walks in faithfulness before the Lord.  Because God has given us His indescri...

This past weekend, Pastor Deric preached from Mark 12:41-44 in a message titled “The Widow’s Mite.”  Through the example of the poor widow, we were reminded that God measures generosity not by the size of the gift, but by the heart that gives. While others gave out of their abundance, her offering reflected a deep trust in God, as she gave all she had to live on.  This passage calls us to examine...

This past Sunday, guest speaker Dr. Bruce Snavely preached from 2 Timothy 2:1–7 on “How Do We Move and Multiply the Gospel Forward.”   We were reminded that advancing the gospel requires discipline, focus, and faithful endurance; like a soldier, an athlete, and a hard-working farmer. God calls us to stand against spiritual opposition, train those following us, and stay focused on what truly matter...

This past Sunday, Pastor Deric Bartlett preached from 2 Corinthians 8:1-9, entitled, “Excel in Generosity.” Through the example of the Macedonian churches, we were reminded that true generosity flows from the grace of God rather than the abundance of our resources.   In the midst of affliction and poverty, their joyful and willing giving revealed hearts first surrendered to the Lord, showing that...

Guest speaker Mike Garabedian shared a hope-filled message entitled, “Forgiveness”, drawn from Luke 17:1–10. The sermon called us to understand forgiveness not as a feeling, but as a faithful, obedient response flowing from a transformed heart. We explored the depth of forgiveness by considering the root meaning of the word itself: FOR — Complete, whole, lacking nothing GIVE — Pardon, released fro...

This past Sunday, Pastor Bryan Lee delivered a grounding message titled “The Provider’s Presence,” based on Matthew 6:33–34. Through this passage, we were reminded that the antidote to anxiety is not greater control, but deeper trust in the God who provides. Jesus’ words call us to reorient our hearts. To seek God’s kingdom and righteousness first, resting in the promise that He knows our needs an...