The ECC Podcast

This summer we will travel along with Paul and his friends. Your "travel guides" each Sunday will make it fun!  If you're a geography lover, you will love this series and if you enjoy an exciting story with incredible outcomes, this will be right up your alley.  And if you love to look at scripture and learn from those who have gone before us, you won't be disappointed.  MORE INF...

Ken wraps up our  series on  Money  speaking from Matthew 6:19-24.  In Matthew 6 we see Jesus calling us to stewardship. Calling us to deliberately make deposits of our time and energy and what we own, into God's kingdom.  It is fundamentally an issue of faithfulness.  Are we really willing to give all that we are and all that we have for the kingdom of God?

Elaine continues our  series on  Money  speaking from 1 Chronicles about generosity as a way of being and living as opposed to just what we do.  Being generous people -- generous with money, with time, and with love.

Andreas continues our  series on Money  by taking a look at what Jesus has to say about greed. We'll dive into Luke 12:13-21 and explore how all of us can fall into the subtle trap of focusing on what's bigger and better. 

Ken Pierce kicks off our  Money  series   A deep dive into Luke 16 shows us that Jesus is saying He wants us to use our money in such a way so that when we die and step into eternity, there will be people there who will welcome us because of what we did with what we had.  According to Jesus…God sees our money, our possessions...as a tool.  And the question isn’t WHAT will we have to show for it. T...

Why are there so many rules around church and following Jesus? It seems like God really wants to restrict my life and take away all the fun. Did you know there are over 1400 laws and commands in the Bible? So, it’s no wonder it seems like following Jesus is about following a ton of rules. Can that actually bring us any kind of freedom or fun in life?  Ken Pierce speaks on what it means to live  Re...

We don’t feel we should be sad. We are Christians!  We are full of the Spirit!  We called to consider it all joy when we experience trials!  We are overcomers!  Therefore, we feel we shouldn’t be sad.  However, that’s not what the Bible teaches.  We learn from the stories and the verses of Scripture that sadness and brokenness is part of our fallen world, and as a result, we have good reason to gr...

Ken continues our  Hope for the Hypocrite  series in Matthew 23:13-34a.  We all know that none of us ever act or speak 100% consistently with what’s actually in our hearts. There’s a bit of hypocrisy in everyone, everywhere. But Jesus wants those who follow Him to take this seriously.  The kingdom of God “on Earth as it is in Heaven” is at stake. And Jesus holds back no punches in this passage. Ha...

Elaine begins our 3 part series  Hope for the Hypocrite  in Matthew 23:1-12, where Jesus speaks some of the harshest words of condemnation for the scribes and the Pharisees. His main charge against them is that they are hypocrites who do not practice what they preach and are instead preoccupied with outward appearances and craving the adoration of the people. Jesus' disciples, in contrast, are...

God has built change into His creation. Look around, change is everywhere. Easter celebrates the power of God to change the dead into the living. Everyday declares the power of God to bring life from death. When Jesus performed his first miracle at the wedding in Cana he accelerated the process that occurs every year in vineyards around the world. It is no less a miracle that grape-vines take wate...

We began our series in 2 Timothy asking the question: What would you say in a letter, if you knew it would be the last thing you ever wrote?  In our concluding message, we come back to that same question.  As we review the entire book and pull out some gold nuggets, we also will hear from some of you.  What are the things you are learning…have learned…hope to apply?

We can learn much from Paul about how to face the silent pandemic of loneliness in our modern world which has only worsened during the pandemic. Much has been written over the last 6-7 years about economic and health impacts of loneliness, not only in the world generally but also in the church. Over the last weeks, we have been looking at 2 Timothy in which Paul not only gives guidance to Timothy...

*We apologize - this message begins several minutes after the sermon has already started. In a world in which many things clamour for our attention, an interesting question to ask is  What Do We Love?   There are many things that can distract us from Loving God well, and take on too much importance in our lives.  Do we love our comforts of the Western World too much?  Do we eve...

Elaine Dee continues our series in 2 Timothy. After telling Timothy to share in suffering for Jesus, Paul now tells Timothy to endure everything for the sake of the elect. It is only when we endure will we reign with Jesus in eternity. We need to be aware of the real possibility of denying Christ yet take hope that even during moments when we become faithless, God is always ever faithful...

Ken speaks from 2 Timothy 2:1-7.  In our continuing story, Paul charges Timothy to stay with the mission and to empower others to join him.  But, it can be easy to get off course and NOT keep the main thing the main thing. So, you’ll need the discipline of a soldier, an athlete or a farmer. And in the midst of all of this…is the grace of Christ Jesus.

In the letter of 2 Timothy, Paul pens what likely are his final words to Timothy, his dear son in the faith.  Paul's mentoring relationship of Timothy made a significant and lasting impact on the church.  What can Paul's example teach us as we seek to come alongside the younger members of ECC to encourage them in their faith in Jesus?  We'll seek to answer this question as Dwight le...

Ken begins our series on 2 Timothy with a whole book overview.  2 Timothy is fascinating…It’s the kind of material that could be made into a mini-series. Every one of us, no matter where we are on our journey with Jesus, can sink our teeth into this and learn. This last writing of the apostle Paul encourages his young disciple, Timothy, to be strong in the faith that was passed along to him f...

If I’m to take seriously the call of Jesus to be Salt and Light, then something “in” me has to be ready. Throughout the Bible, we see God working in the life, the hearts and the minds of his people, including Jesus. God works “in” them first and then “through” them.  The key to being Salt & Light is not only our availability but our commitment to seek God first and the inner work He wants...

Looking at Matthew 5:13-16, Andreas Russell shares about how we are all called to be salt and light in the world, as we seek to add value to the world and relationships around us.

Ken speaks from Matthew 14:13-33 where Jesus' disciples face a difficult situation. They feel somewhat helpless.  Jesus invites them to bring what they have, what they can, and let Him do what only he can do. The application for us today is encouraging/good news!

Ken speaks from Psalm 19:11 and Ephesians 5:15-18.  God has established guard rails in our lives to keep us from danger and to lead us to holiness.  In life, our greatest regret could probably have been avoided (that ditch we rolled off into) if we would have had some guard rails in areas of our life.  He commands us to pay attention to those boundaries and in doing so, “there is gr...

Elaine Dee reads a Christmas story called "The Christmas Cricket" and shares some thoughts and questions about how the story connects to God's bigger story of love, to save the world.

Gray Poehnell speaks from Matt. 1:18-25. The story of Joseph reminds us all that God delights in working in and through the lives of ordinary people. He shows us that one of the most important things that we can pass on from one generation to another is a godly example of always seeking to do that which is right, that which God would do.

Ken Pierce brings us the second message of Advent from Matthew 1:1-17.  Looking over the genealogy of Jesus we can find many stories. And those stories stack up and have significant meanings.  Just like our own stories from our families as well as the stories we’ll leave behind once we are gone.  No matter what our story is, when Jesus steps into the story, we have reason to celebra...

Angela Henze brings us the first message of Advent.  Living in the space between fear and the hope promised, Mary's story encourages us to look for God right there with us.  Each week in our advent series "FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION..." we will see how the work of God is always unfolding—in and through us. Like a tapestry woven throughout time, the Christmas story weaves us in—to reme...