Callander Christian Fellowship Podcast

Sunday 22nd September 2024- This Sunday, continuing on in our Overcomers series, Pastor Nate Swisher talks about the idea of yielding and how that can lead to new life. He focuses on verses 10-12 in the passage 1 John 5: 1-15 that this series is based on. We are also joined this week by one of our amazing members, Heather Westwood, who shares her testimony in on this topic.

Sunday 15th September 2024 - This week as we continue on in our current series, Overcomers, Pastor Nate Swisher follows on from the topic last week of water baptism by talking about what the Bible has to say on the baptism of the Holy Spirit. We are also joined by one of our amazing members, Rob, who shares his personal testimony in this area.

Sunday 9th September 2024 -This Sunday we are continuing on in our current series, Overcomers, focusing specifically on 1 John 5: 6-8. Pastor Nate Swisher talks about the often disputed topic of water baptism, explaining the importance of it and what scripture has to say about it. He also shares some of his own personal testimony of his experience with water baptism.

Sunday 25th August 2024 - This Sunday we are continuing on with our new series, Overcomers. Pastor Nate Swisher talks about what it means to be born of God, that it is the transformation that comes from our relationship with Christ that happens on both an individual and a corporate level. We are also joined by Shirley Watkins who shares what this has meant personally for her.

Sunday 18th August 2024 - This Sunday we have started our new series called Overcomers and we are super excited about this one because we will be hearing testimonies from some of the incredible people in our church as part of this! Using 1 John 5: 1-15, Pastor Nate gives an introduction to this topic and talks specifically about belief this week. We are joined by Lynne Murray who shares some of he...

Sunday 11th August 2024 - This Sunday Pastor Nate Swisher continues on from last week, speaking on what it means to be a royal priesthood. He speaks on how we are God's chosen people but still living in a fallen world which means mercy is essential. We both need to receive God's mercy and also extend it to others, as we are made to reflect His nature.

Sunday 4th August 2024 - This Sunday is the first of a two part sermon on 1 Peter 2: 9-10. Pastor Nate Swisher talks on what it means for us as Christians to be a royal priesthood, to be holy. He speaks on how we were made to reflect God, that what we worship and what we focus on, is what we will ultimately reflect.

Sunday 28th July 2024 - This Sunday we are joined by Sam and Eva Kitalya, an incredible couple from Uganda. Sam shares about the ministry Bushfire Uganda that they have established to help provide for needy children in Uganda and he also gives a message on the importance of abiding in God's presence. Unfortunately there were some photos shown in person that you obviously won't be able to s...

Sunday 21st July 2024 - This Sunday is the final one in our sermon series, People of the Kingdom. Pastor Nate Swisher continues on from last week and talks about what it looks like to be the light of the world. He talks about how being the light of the world is not something we do but something we exist as and that it can only be accomplished through the Holy Spirit.

Sunday 14th July 2024. Looking at the last part of the Beatitudes, this week Pastor Nate Swisher is focusing on the salt aspect of Matthew 5: 13-16. Highlighting all of the aspects of what salt does, Nate talks about how we as Christians can practically live as the salt of the earth.

Sunday 30th June 2024 - This Sunday as we continue on in our People of the Kingdom series, Pastor Nate Swisher talks out of Matthew 5:9 and what it means to be a peacemaker. He describes the difference between being a peacemaker and a peacekeeper and highlights how in order for us to bring peace to others, we must first be residing in God's peace ourselves.

Sunday 23rd June 2024 - This week as we continue in our People of the Kingdom series, we hear from Nate on Matthew 5:8 and what it means to have a pure heart. He unpacks the meaning of pure, that it doesn't just mean clean but also means whole and undivided.

Sunday 16th June 2024 - This week Reverend Jon Connell is back with us, continuing our People of the Kingdom series in Matthew. Focusing on how mercy is often the reaction that comes from the feeling of compassion, Jon talks about how Matthew 5:7 calls us to be merciful even when we may not feel like it.

Sunday 9th June 2024 - This week Pastor Nate Swisher is back and we are resuming our People of the Kingdom series, looking at Matthew 5:6. After a quick re-cap of the previous weeks in this series, Nate addresses some of the misunderstandings around the idea of what righteousness is, breaking it down into more understandable terms.

Sunday 2nd June 2024 - This Sunday we have the privilege of hearing from one of our own, Steve Burch, on the difference between living our lives under God's grace, or under law. Pulling from Romans 6:15-23 and other various scriptures, he speaks about the freedom and fruit that come when we walk out our lives under God's grace. Don't miss next week as we are resuming our People of the...

Sunday 26th May 2024 - This Sunday we are joined by Brian Gooding, former pastor of Callander Baptist Fellowship. Using the scriptures from Matthew 28: 16-20 and Acts 1: 1-11, he speaks on the importance of the ascension and significant meaning it has that Jesus is returning.

Sunday 19th May 2024 - This week we are joined by guest speaker, Jenson Lim for Pentecost Sunday. Speaking out of Acts 2: 1-4, Jenson talks about the relevance of the Holy Spirit in the church today and how important this gift is for our ministries.

Sunday 12th May 2024 - This week we are joined again by Reverend Jon Connell as he gives an interactive talk on Luke 24:13-32.

Sunday 5th May 2024 - For the month of May we are taking a break in our sermon series, People of the Kingdom as Pastor Nate Swisher is away. This week Reverend Jon Connell shares on the importance of context when reading the Bible and how it should be read to understand God first and us second. A BibleProject video on the book of Proverbs is used in this sermon which can be found at this link: htt...

Sunday 28th April 2024 - This week as we continue on in our current series, People of the Kingdom, Pastor Nate Swisher speaks on Matthew 5:5. Often in our society, the idea of meekness is associated incorrectly with the idea of weakness, when it is actually something we should desire rather than avoid. Nate unpacks that the original Greek word for the idea of meekness is actually a God given gentl...

Sunday 21st April 2024 - This Sunday Pastor Nate Swisher is speaking on the verse Matthew 5:4. He talks about how often mourning is something we avoid and view as a negative thing, yet Jesus encourages us that those who mourn will be blessed. There is a shifting in perspective and a processing that happens with mourning. As we continue on with our Matthew Series, People of the Kingdom, we continue...

Sunday 14th April 2024 - This week in our current series, People of the Kingdom, Pastor Nate Swisher is focusing on the first part of the Beatitudes - Blessed are the poor in spirit. Challenging what may first come to mind with these words, he talks about how the concept of being poor in spirit is the opposite of self reliance and refers to having a greater dependence on God.

Sunday 7th April 2024 - This week we started a new series in Matthew 5 called People of the Kingdom. Speaking out of Matthew 5:1-16, Pastor Nate Swisher lays out an introduction to this new series. He talks about the meaning of what being blessed looks like, highlighting that "the good life" as Jesus defines it, is often very different from what we think it should be.

Sunday 31st March 2024 - This Sunday we celebrated the Resurrection of Jesus for our Easter service. Pastor Nate Swisher talks out of John 20, highlighting how this chapter pulls together the life of Jesus while also pointing forward to what comes next.

Sunday 25th March 2024 - This week concludes our series in Philippians, Life Together. Pastor Nate Swisher wraps up this series by talking about the key to contentment, asking some challenging and thought provoking questions about where we find our happiness. Is our contentment coming from our circumstances or our relationship with our Saviour?