The Bridge Church (Abbotsford) Podcast

Lando Klassen was our host today, Herta Klassen shared a photograph for our visio - you can find it on the blog on our homepage www.thebridgeonline.ca Dave & Sherry Sinclair led communion and Eden Jersak spoke.

Our morning was different as we had a feast and our AGM as well as a mini message on the theme of "Love one another as I have loved you" Jesus. Eden was our host, and we heard from Sylvia, Sarah & Eden as well as Amy for our AGM portion. If you have thoughts about ways you connect or have influence or dream of ways to do those things then please email the office. Same goes for questions around...

Eden Jersak was our host, Amy Harless led communion for our folks gathering in zoom, and Philip Janz was our speaker. 

Karen Mitchinson is our host, with Kathy Klassen leading a Visio Divina - image on our blog, Lando Klassen leading communion and Eden Jersak speaking on the Ephesians passage about the Armour of God, but not in a way you may have heard it before.  

Eden Jersak was our host, Amy Harless led communion and Peter Stellingwerff was our speaker. 

Eden Jersak was our host today and Bradley Jersak spoke.   

Karen Mitchinson was our host today and Myrna Rempel was our speaker for Palm Sunday. 

Eden Jersak was our host, Kelli Brown led visio divina using an image you can find on the blog on our website. Mark & Lea Greenshields led communion and Sarah Pickering spoke.

Eden Jersak was our host. Sarah Pickering led a visio divina using Christ of John of the Cross by Salvador Dali. Steve & Karen led us in communion.  Eden had a conversation with Dave & Meryl Richards about relationships without agendas, hospitality, in giving and receiving and sharing a common table leading to communion and community and being human together.

Sherry Sinclair was our host and Eden Jersak our speaker

Sarah Pickering was our host. Kathy Klassen led our Visio Divina using an image you can find on our blog. Dave & Sherry Sinclair led communion and Lando Klassen was our speaker.

Karen Mitchinson was our host in the live gathering, and Ruth Chesterman the host in the zoom space.  Kathy Klassen was our speaker.

Sarah Pickering was our host. Ruth Chesterman led the Visio Divina. You can see her images on the blog on our website.  Steve & Karen Mitchinson led communion. Kelli Brown spoke and told the story of Transfiguration using the view point of Peter to imagine it.

Eden Jersak was our host today and Taryn Polishchuk was our speaker.

Eden Jersak was our host today and Greg Kingcott our speaker on the subject of wisdom.

Eden Jersak was our host today and she took us through some guidance on bearing burdens in difficult seasons. Ruth Chesterman led our visio divina using her artwork that is viewable on our blog. Dave & Sherry Sinclair led communion. Sarah Pickering spoke on Jesus showing compassion, and revealing God's compassion to bring restoration.

I forgot to press record on our gathering yesterday...Sorry! So I thought it might be good to pull up an old one from the archives. Specifically an edited down version of the gathering where we came out as a church, so to speak. I've left in my welcome, Eden's introduction and Taryn's introduction to Stacey Chomiak who was our speaker that day, back in 2021! Lots of you weren't around yet and so i...

Sarah Pickering was our host today.  Kathy Klassen led a Visio Divina using a photograph that can be found on our blog.  Lando Klassen led us in communion and then Eden Jersak spoke using the passage where Jesus shows up in Nazareth and reads from the scroll of Isaiah in the local synagogue.

Eden Jersak was our host. Different folks introduced their small group/book clubs.  Dawson Ballard spoke on Jesus' baptism and other things and Sarah Pickering read a poem of hers for our benediction.

Lando was our host for this gathering.  Eden Jersak led us in a Visio Divina using a photograph of narcissi in a glass vase. That image can be viewed on our blog. Steve & Karen Mitchinson led us in communion. Sarah Pickering spoke about the Magi and Epiphany and Eden Jersak spoke about carrying blessings in the form of a word into the year. 

Sarah Pickering and Eden Jersak lead a Christmas Eve Contemplative and Meditative gathering. There were songs throughout that have been edited out of the recording.  You can find them here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgDRlmgWTpIPeJ_D5fx-Aw1ytUC3e4bO4&si=JIeR_rklfUEh_hGP

We expanded on the Advent theme of love today to include our Christmas celebration. You can hear the crazy in the middle! Eden Jersak was our host. Ken & Cheryl Creech 'lit' the advent candle and Sarah Pickering spoke. 

Jeff Kornelsen was our host today. Herta Klassen led us in a Visio Divina using her own painting which you can find on the blog on our website. Ken & Cheryl Creech led communion and Bradley Jersak was our speaker. 

We lit a candle for peace and Hanna Aden was our speaker today. 

Lando Klassen was our host. Ruth Chesterman led our Visio Divina using her own painting which you can see on our blog. Karen & Steve Mitchinson 'lit' the advent candle and led communion and Sarah Pickering was our speaker.