The Compass Church

We are honoured to welcome Dr. Erwin Lutzer as our guest speaker. Dr. Lutzer is Pastor Emeritus of The Moody Church in Chicago, where he served as Senior Pastor for 36 years. Born and raised near Regina, Saskatchewan, he is a respected Bible teacher, author, and speaker whose ministry has reached people around the world through preaching, writing, and radio. We are grateful for the opportunity to...

As Jesus prepares His disciples for His departure, He knows they are filled with confusion, fear, and sorrow. Yet rather than leaving them discouraged, He gives them hope. Jesus promises the coming of the Holy Spirit, who will guide, comfort, and strengthen His people. He assures them that their sorrow will one day turn to joy and that, despite the troubles they will face in this world, they can h...

In a culture that encourages us to find our identity, purpose, and satisfaction in success, relationships, accomplishments, or possessions, Jesus points us to a better way. He teaches that lasting spiritual fruit is produced not through self-effort, but through abiding in Him. As we explore this passage together, we will discover what it means to remain in Christ, why God lovingly prunes His peopl...

Life has a way of troubling our hearts. We face uncertainty, disappointment, loss, anxiety, and questions about the future. As Jesus gathers with His disciples on the night before the cross, their hearts are troubled as well. Everything they expected seems to be falling apart. Yet in the middle of their fear, Jesus gives them a promise that still speaks to us today: “Let not your hearts be trouble...

Compass Family Camp Day 2026 at Dallas Valley Ranch Camp

John chapter 13 to 17 takes place in the upper room and we see Jesus preparing His men with some final instructions. Some scholars have referred to the upper room as a war room. We are going to look at three lessons from the war room in this message.

We come to one of the most powerful and humbling moments in the life of Jesus — washing His disciples’ feet in John 13:1-20. On the very night before the cross, the One who held all authority in His hands wrapped Himself with a towel and took the place of a servant. In this message, “The Towel and the Cross,” we will see that true greatness in the Kingdom of God is not found in power, status, or r...

During the Feast of Dedication (Hanukkah), Jesus stands in the temple and boldly reveals who He truly is — the Shepherd sent from the Father, the One who gives eternal life and holds His sheep securely in His hands. Yet even standing face to face with Jesus, many still refused to believe. Together we’ll explore what unbelief really is, why people resist Jesus even when the evidence is clear, and t...

In this message, we look at one of the most loved images in all of Scripture: Jesus as the Good Shepherd. In a world filled with competing voices, Jesus says that His sheep know His voice and follow Him. This passage reminds us that not every voice leads to life—but Jesus is the Shepherd who knows us, calls us by name, leads us, protects us, and ultimately lays down His life for His sheep.

This week we’ll look at one of the most powerful signs in the Gospel of John—Jesus healing a man born blind. But this miracle is about far more than physical sight. It reveals something deeper about all of us. In John 9, we see two kinds of blindness: a man who cannot see but is given sight by Jesus, and religious leaders who can see physically but remain spiritually blind. Through this, Jesus sho...

In this message, we are going to see Jesus have a show down again with the Pharisees in John 8. The Pharisees try to trap Jesus by bringing a woman to Jesus who was caught in adultery. The Pharisees thought they had a bulletproof trap; the thing that the Pharisees do not understand is that you can never trap God. We are going to look at how Jesus responds when His authority is questioned.

We’re in John 7—a chapter full of tension, questions, and divided opinions about Jesus. Everyone seems to have something to say about Him, but very few truly understand who He is. In the middle of all the confusion, Jesus stands and makes a clear invitation: “If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink.” John shows us that Jesus doesn’t leave people neutral—you can be around Him, hear Him, eve...

Six days before the Passover, Jesus is in Bethany, and we’re given a glimpse into how different people respond to Him. Mary pours out an extravagant offering of perfume at Jesus’ feet—an act of love, devotion, and worship that seems excessive to some, but Jesus calls it beautiful. At the same time, Judas responds with criticism, revealing a heart far from Jesus despite being close to Him. In this...

In one of the most powerful moments in Scripture, Jesus calls Mary by name—and everything changes. It’s a reminder that Easter isn’t just an event to believe in, but a Saviour who knows us, calls us, and invites us into new life. We see how the risen Jesus meets us right where we are and calls us to follow Him.

This Palm Sunday, we are looking at John 12:12-19 and what the triumphal entry of Jesus reveals about how He would reign. The crowds wanted Jesus to take political power and overthrow the Roman Empire by force—but this is not how His Kingdom works. The triumphal entry points to a greater Kingdom, one that is already here. We will look at three things this moment reveals about how Jesus rules and r...

We are stepping into one of the most powerful and personal moments in the Gospel of John—the raising of Lazarus in John 11. It’s a story many of us know, but it speaks directly into the places where life feels confusing, delayed, or even hopeless. What do we do when it feels like Jesus is late? When prayers seem unanswered? When loss is real? In this passage, Jesus doesn’t just perform a miracle—H...

In the previous message, we saw the miracle of Jesus feeding the five thousand—a sign pointing to something greater. This week we hear Jesus explain that sign as He declares, “I am the Bread of Life.” In this passage Jesus reveals that He did not come merely to provide temporary bread, but to give eternal life through Himself.

We come to one of the most well-known moments in Jesus’ ministry—the feeding of the five thousand. A massive crowd gathers around Jesus, bringing their needs, their expectations, and their hunger. With only a small boy’s lunch, Jesus performs a sign that leaves everyone astonished. But John wants us to see something deeper than a miracle. This sign is pointing to who Jesus really is and what He ca...

In this message, we look at John 5 where we see the miracle at the pool of Bethesda. This sign points us to something far greater than physical healing. Jesus reveals Himself as the Son who has authority to give life and to judge—the One whose voice calls spiritually dead people to life even now. The question John 5 presses on each of us is not simply whether we admire Jesus, but whether we have h...

In this message, we will see a high-ranking official approach Jesus and plead with Him to heal his son, who was sick at home. Jesus’ response to him and the crowd is rather strange. He knew the crowd were fans of Him and would never become His followers. The man continues to plead with Jesus to heal his son. Jesus heals him, and the man believes Jesus’ words. As a result, he and his whole househol...

In this message, we look at Jesus' conversation with a Samaritan woman. This conversation really shook the disciples, because Jews and Samaritans hated each other. We are going to look at what Jesus said to her and what this interaction says about Jesus.

We’re in John 3, where Jesus tells Nicodemus that religion isn’t enough—we need new life. Being “born again” isn’t about trying harder or cleaning ourselves up, but about receiving what only God can give through Jesus. God’s love is the reason, the cross is the way, and faith is the response. We’ll look at what it means to come out of the darkness and into the light—not to be shamed, but to be mad...

In this week's passage, Jesus enters Jerusalem and drives out the money changers, declaring, “Do not make my Father’s house a house of trade.” What looks at first like anger is actually love in action—Jesus confronting what has corrupted worship and standing up for God’s glory and people’s access to Him. But John tells us there is something even deeper happening. Jesus is not just cleansing a buil...

In this message, we look at Jesus’ first recorded miracle—the turning of water into wine. What seems at first like a simple wedding story is actually a powerful sign of who Jesus is and what He has come to do. Using large stone jars meant for ceremonial purification, Jesus shows that He has not come to patch up empty religion, but to replace it with something far better. Where there was emptiness,...

Using Jeremiah 18–19, we are reminded that before life is a social or political issue, it is first a God issue. Scripture takes us to the potter’s house, where God reveals Himself as the Creator who forms every life with intention, care, and purpose. We will reflect on what it means to live in a world where human life is often measured by usefulness or convenience, and why the Bible anchors the va...