The ECC Podcast

Ken kicks off our new series: “Shaped By Jesus" speaking from John 3:16 & John 10:10-11. Some of us have been going to church a long time and yet our lives don’t look much different today than they did 10 years ago.  Is being a Jesus follower about following the rules, being a good person, going to church and not being an axe murderer?  Or is there something more?  Something that brings a...

Today Judi & David Owens zoom in from Africa to share how God's heart for people is evident in their ministry work at Arusha Vineyard church in Tanzania.

Andreas shares about his work with the Navigators through the lens of Luke 15, focusing on how students across Canada are discovering the Heart of the Father.

Brad Kinney, director of  Journey Home Community , shares with us this morning. He picks up with our  Luke 15  theme and shares stories of how Journey Home is looking for the lost sheep, coins and prodigals.  Listen in for the chance to hear directly from someone JHC has been helping and learn more about their ministry overall. 

Ken kicks off our traditional “Missions Month” by showing us the joy in God’s heart when someone comes to know him.  He looks at Luke 15 and we see Jesus trying to communicate to the religious leaders of his day what matters most to God.  They aren’t sure why Jesus is hanging out with the riff-raff of their day; surely he knows what kind of people they are.  Yet Jesus sees it differently.  So, he...

Is the joy of the Lord evident in our lives this Advent season? It’s easy to see joy as the sense of excitement one gets when they receive something they do not have.  Then it becomes about getting things. As we look back at the first Christmas, we see in Mary a simple but profound joy.  She had every reason to complain, yet she found joy.  Ken will show us from John 15 that when we connect with J...

In this second Sunday of Advent, we look at the themes of Darkness and Light.  What hope does Christmas offer for the darkness of our world and in our own lives?  Dwight Dee reflects on John 1:1-14 and how the light of Christ can overcome.

Elaine Dee wraps up our sermon series on  The Kingdom of Heaven .  In the last of the parables Jesus taught about the kingdom of heaven we return to the same theme this section began with--that judgment will come at the end of the age. Sometimes it's hard to trust in that promise especially when chaos surrounds us on all sides. Jesus reminds us once again, however, that judgment will come but...

Ken Pierce continues our sermon series on  The Kingdom of Heaven  speaking from Matt 13:51&52.  Jesus offers a bit of a twist in the passage.  Instead of telling us what the kingdom of heaven is like, he shows us something about the kingdom of heaven that just may surprise us. He not only wants us to understand the kingdom of heaven but he wants us to embrace it and then give it away to others...

Andreas continues our series on  The Kingdom of Heaven  taking a look at Matthew 13:44, where Jesus compares the Kingdom of Heaven to that of hidden treasure. What does Jesus mean by that comparison? How is the kingdom of heaven treasure? Do we experience joy when finding that treasure?

Ryan Lui continues our sermon series  The Kingdom of Heaven  by looking at Matthew 13:31-33. What does Jesus mean by saying the Kingdom is like a mustard seed and like yeast in flour? And how do these parables give meaning, direction and hope to our lives?

Matthew 13: 24-30; 37-43 Ken introduces our new sermon series, speaking from Matthew 13: 24-30 & 37-43. We trace back to the roots of the term:  The Kingdom of Heaven , then take a look at Matthew 13:24-30.  How is it that weeds have grown among the wheat? Did the farmer plant weeds accidentally? Should we try to sort the weeds from the wheat? What do we make of this interesting parable about...

Gray Poehnell continues our  Wisdom Series speaking from 1 Corinthians 1:20-25. No study of wisdom would be complete without looking at Christ who is the Power of God and the Wisdom of God. Christ not only reveals God’s wisdom for living life to the full; He also gives us the power or the ability to actually live it out. Paul encourages us to keep Christ at the centre of our faith and not substitu...

Elaine Dee continues our  ⁠Wisdom Series speaking from Proverbs 1:7 & 9:10. The book of Proverbs teaches the way of Wisdom and it states that the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. We will explore how the fear of the Lord re-orients and guides us in the way of wisdom. 

Who is your best friend? This morning we are going to consider how the Spirit of wisdom and understanding leads us into friendship with Christ and with others. And I am not just talking about friendship with nice, holy, respectable people but with those to whom God leads us into friendship that might not fit the definition of “saint”. We are told that Jesus was the friend of sinners. What does tha...

Decisions, decisions.  We are faced with many decisions in life, small and large.  We need much wisdom in our complex world in which loud, persistent voices clamour for our allegiance, our money, our values.  How do we find our way?  Dan Russell continues our series looking at what Proverbs says about wisdom for life decisions.   ALL SERIES INFO

Proverbs 30:24–28 There was a wise man many years ago named Agur. He found profound wisdom in some of life’s simple creatures. What can we learn from ant? Or maybe a grasshopper? Usually when we look for a model in life we look upwards. Those women and men of God who have blazed a path to glory – the heroes of the faith and influencers of history. Agur, on the other hand, looks down. And what he f...

Ken takes us on a quick look back over the summer series in Acts, highlighting the key points from each week. Some of our ECC family will share some nuggets they learned over the summer as well. Finally, we will close the book of Acts with a look at Paul's challenge in Acts 28, asking if we can have our eyes, ears and hearts attuned to God.

Aug 20: Alastair Rees-Thomas continues our Summer Journey taking a look at Acts 20, when Paul leaves Ephesus and journeys to Jerusalem.  Along the way he is constantly confronted with foes wanting to kill him or at the very least do him serious harm. On this journey, as on other trips, Paul was always encouraging the believers in their faith. And he warned them that after he was gone they needed t...

Aug 13: Dwight Dee continues our Summer Journey looking at Acts 19. This week we will visit the city of Ephesus, where Paul stayed for almost 3 years. What impact did Paul have as a result of his extended stay in the city? Dwight will share how Paul's radical message brought about radical transformation.

Aug 6: Ken Pierce continues our Summer Journey. In Acts 18 a couple arrives on the scene: Priscilla and Aquila. What we see in them is a model of intentional hospitality that ultimately shaped the future church. We learn from them that the hard work of being behind the scenes, just might shape the future of God’s kingdom.

Jul 30: Karen Russell continues our Summer Journey speaking from Acts 17: 16 -34. Paul finds himself in the city of Athens. From the synagogue to the marketplace to the Areopagus, Paul reasons with the Jews, Greeks and philosophers about Jesus and His resurrection. In his speech to the council of the city and other influential people, Paul speaks about the Unknown god being made Known to all. One...

July 23: Gray Poehnell continues our Summer Journey. The Berean Jews are a much-needed role model for our world today. Some have described our era as a “post-truth” era with the increasing flood of fake news, misinformation, disinformation, and conspiracy theories. How can we as God’s people respond? How do we learn to see God’s truth in our world today? While the Jews in most of the cities Paul v...

Ken continues our  Summer Journey series .  We revisit Acts 10 and take a closer look at how God needed to change Peter. How was the early church going to take the good news message to everyone, if the Jewish believers didn't even want to talk or associate with non-Jewish people? So, God changes Peter and the challenge for us is similar. Do we believe that Jesus is for everyone? Are we excludi...

Peter had visions. The lame kid by the side of the road did too. So too, do we. Sometimes life makes it so that all we see are the waves, and somewhere along the way, we get stuck. That's where the community comes in. Wherever you're at, we hope you can hear God's first and foremost vision for you as his Beloved.