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Join us for Mother Jen Keifer's sermon,  Christmas Week 2 A Child is Born: the Name of Jesus, Given by the Angel Jesus was willing to enter the life as a child, as vulnerable, with everything to learn about being human. It's deeply powerful when we understand how our children have all of this dependance on each one of us as parents, and that God himself chooses to also be dependent on a...

Join us for Cn Tim Clayton's sermon,  Christmas Eve and Christmas Week 1:  A Child is Born,  God Understands What it is to be Human Jesus was willing to enter the life as a child, as vulnerable, with everything to learn about being human. It's deeply powerful when we understand how our children have all of this dependance on each one of us as parents, and that God himself chooses to also...

Join us for Mother Jen Keifer's sermon, The Joy of Joseph. This Advent we want to look at what it was like for Zechariah, for Joseph, for the Magi and others as they experienced the message of God coming to them from angels and from dreams and from the stars in the heavens. Week Three, Joy. In a unique and insightful way, Jen shares with us the understanding and the wisdom of Joseph, who refu...

Join us for Cn Tim Clayton's sermon, The Hope of Zechariah This Advent we want to look at what it was like for Zechariah, for Joseph, for the Magi and others as they experienced the message of God coming to them from angels and from dreams and from the stars in the heavens. Week One, Hope. Maybe you can identify with disappointments, maybe you have misplaced hopes, maybe you feel like your st...

Join us for Ben Lowe's sermon, King of All Creation Christ the King Sunday! Join us as Ben Lowe (director of ARocha USA) leads us through the beautiful and awe inspiring of Jesus, the King of all Creation. When life hits us with powerful and relentless storms, there is always one who stands with us to command the winds and the rushing water in the storms of this life, and in the calm and beau...

Join us for Cn Tim Clayton's sermon: How Christ Became King of All Kingdom Season is a period of reflection on the reign of Christ, observed between All Saints' Day (November 1st) and the start of Advent. It is also known as Kingdomtide and culminates in the Feast of Christ the King, which is the last Sunday of the church year. The season uses this time to focus on the themes of God&apos...

Join us for Cn Tim Clayton's sermon: King of Forgiveness Kingdom Season is a period of reflection on the reign of Christ, observed between All Saints' Day (November 1st) and the start of Advent. It is also known as Kingdomtide and culminates in the Feast of Christ the King, which is the last Sunday of the church year. The season uses this time to focus on the themes of God's kingdom...

Join us for Mako Nagasawa's sermon, Appreciating Antony and Athanasius:  Recovering from Trauma and Taking Courage Against Tyrants All Saints Day One of the reasons we honor the Saints on All Saints Day is that they inspire us to practice our faith in a deep and meaningful way. They remind us that we are not alone. The early church Desert Fathers and Mothers were really doing resistance train...

Join us for Cn Tim Clayton's sermon, The Nicene Creed and A Response to Ongoing Situations in the ACNA. Join us for Tim's caring and personal response and a beautiful insight to the Nicene Creed. In light of the ongoing serious issues within the leadership of the Anglican Church in North America, at some point the ACNA needs to acknowledge that we have a culture problem in significant le...

Join us for Cn Tim Clayton's sermon, Exodus: Carried and Cared For In this insightful and encouraging message, Tim reminds us that transition is a special part of our lives. The beauty of life and of heading towards the place you hope to be is not just the arriving at the place, but the beauty of the journey itself. From our reading, Deuteronomy 1:31 The Lord your God, who goes before you, is...

Creationtide Week 5  Join us for Cn Tim Clayton's sermon: Angels,  Holy Michael and All Angels Join us as Tim shares about Holy Michael and All Angels and some of what we know about another of God's creatures. Once a year the church calendar draws our attention to Angels, we never get too far away from the truth that God's creation involves more than we can see and sense. The unders...

Creationtide Week 4 Join us for Mother Jen Keifer's sermon: Creationtide: God of Oaks and Rivers, of Bees and Soil We continue our look at Creation's central position in the Gospel Jen invites us to pause. To take a breath. To take a moment and connect with Creation. When we pause in front of an Oak Tree we are invited into stillness, we are invited back into "wonder". When we...

Creationtide Week 3 Join us for Mother Jen Keifer's sermon: Creationtide: Re-storying Origins, Identity, and Purpose: Restore, Reconcile, Liberate Restoring our Cosmology, Ontology, and Teleology through re-storying. Cosmology - the doctrine of origins. Where do we come from? Ontology - the doctrine of the nature of our being or our identity. What is our identity? How do we re-story our ident...

Creationtide Week 2 Join us for Cn Tim Clayton's sermon: Creationtide: Amazing and Unexpected The Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew (Eastern Orthodox) proposed in 1989 that September 1st (the first day of the Orthodox Church year) should be observed as a day “of protection of the natural environment”. In 2016, Pope Francis declared 1 September an annual World Day of Prayer for the Care of Crea...

Creationtide Week 1 Join us for Cn Tim Clayton's sermon: Creationtide: Free Yourself, Free Your Soul - An Invitation to Life The Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew (Eastern Orthodox) proposed in 1989 that September 1st (the first day of the Orthodox Church year) should be observed as a day “of protection of the natural environment”. In 2016, Pope Francis declared 1 September an annual World Day...

Ordinary Time - God Loves You Join us for Cn Tim Clayton's sermon: God Loves You, Hesed Pt. 9 God's Love: God Remembers You God not only loves you, just as you are, but in his kind love, God remembers you. You are not forgotten. You are not forsaken. The times we live in are not easy, they are chaotic, it can be a challenge to not be overwhelmed by anger or grief or unrest. Yet, within o...

Ordinary Time - God Loves You Join us for Cn Tim Clayton's sermon: God Loves You, Hesed Pt. 8 God's Love: Simple, Deep, Foundational, Unspoiled The times we live in are not easy, they are chaotic, it can be a challenge to not be overwhelmed by anger or grief or unrest. Yet, within our life, God's "hesed" love is the center, it is the place of courage and confidence, it&apo...

Ordinary Time - God Loves You Join us for Mother Wendy Dixon's sermon: God Loves You, Hesed Pt. 7 God's Love, The Inheritance of Peace The times we live in are not easy, they are chaotic, it can be a challenge to not be overwhelmed by anger or grief or unrest. Yet, within our life, God's "hesed" love is the center, it is the place of courage and confidence, it's a pla...

Ordinary Time - God Loves You Join us for Cn Tim Clayton's sermon: God Loves You, Hesed Pt. 6 God's Love, The Place of Courage in the Chaos The times we live in are not easy, they are chaotic, it can be a challenge to not be overwhelmed by anger or grief or unrest. Yet, within our life, God's "hesed" love is the center, it is the place of courage and confidence, it's...

Ordinary Time - God Loves You Join us for Mother Jen Keifer's sermon: God Loves You, Hesed Pt. 5 Wrapped in Love and Welcomed Home Join us as Jen continues our summer series on God's Love: God Loves You - Hesed Sometimes we have been told in our lives various sayings "God loves you, but…" "God loves you, and…" "God loves you, therefore…" But what if it'...

Ordinary Time - God Loves You Join us for Trevor Jones' sermon: God Loves You, Hesed Pt. 4 Pursued by Love Join us as Trevor continues our summer series on God's Love:  God Loves You - Hesed Sometimes we have been told in our lives various sayings "God loves you, but…" "God loves you, and…" "God loves you, therefore…" But what if it's simpler, more prof...

Ordinary Time - God Loves You Join us for Mother Wendy Dixon's sermon: God Loves You, Hesed Pt. 3 Like Nothing Ever Found in a Book or Heard in a Sermon Join us as Wendy continues our summer series on God's Love: God Loves You - Hesed Sometimes we have been told in our lives various sayings "God loves you, but…" "God loves you, and…" "God loves you, therefore…&qu...

Ordinary Time - God Loves You Join us for Mother Jen Keifer's sermon: God Loves You, Hesed Pt. 2 God's Steadfast and Unfailing Love Join us as Jen continues our summer series on God's Love: God Loves You - Hesed Sometimes we have been told in our lives various sayings "God loves you, but…" "God loves you, and…" "God loves you, therefore…" But what if it...

Ordinary Time - God Loves You Join us for Cn Tim Clayton's sermon: Hesed: God's love, faithfulness, mercy, grace, kindness, and loyalty Join us as Tim starts off our summer series on God's Love: God Loves You - Hesed Sometimes we have been told in our lives various sayings "God loves you, but…" "God loves you, and…" "God loves you, therefore…" But what...

Trinity Sunday Join us for Cn Tim Clayton's sermon: The Holy Trinity - The Triune Nature of God We tend to think of "trinity" as a concept or explanation. Maybe that's understandable in a way. The early followers of Christ came to experience it in this way. Maybe we can say that "trinity" was an observation of the early church patriarchs and matriarchs, but that isn&a...