Good morning Church, and welcome! This week, Pastor John is preaching on Psalm 23 and we are talking about living into the comfort, joy, and rest that God has for us. Psalm 23 says this: “The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures; he leads me …
“When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain; and after he sat down, his disciples came to him. Then he began to speak, and taught them, saying: “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. Blessed are the …
“When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain; and after he sat down, his disciples came to him. Then he began to speak, and taught them, saying: “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. Blessed are the …
“And God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear.” And it was so. God called the dry land Earth, and the waters that were gathered together he called Seas. And God saw that it was good. Then God said, “Let the earth put …
Welcome, Church! This week, we are looking at the God-imaging work of an optometrist and John is talking about how we can see and know God more fully through the ways we can literally see and perceive the things that God has made. Likewise, the act of helping others see – the act of clarifying …
Good morning, Church, and welcome! Today, we are delving into God’s amazing work in our auditory system. With the amazing and mind bogglingly intricate networks of muscles, nerves, bones, and more that facilitate our ability to hear and to listen, there is no wonder that we would get around to looking at this sometime. Today, …
Good morning, Church, and welcome! This month, Pastor John is on vacation and our messages are going to come from a series of previously recorded sermons on vocation and imaging God through the things we do. Our first topic is CrossFit and exercise, and we will be looking at how we image God when we …
Good morning, Church! The message this week, again, comes from the beatitudes in Matthew 5 as we are looking at verse 8 which says “blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God” (NRSV). Like so many others, the topic of purity is one that often gets taken and bounced around as different …
Good morning, Church! This week, we are diving into the fifth of the beatitudes: “Blessed are the merciful, for they will receive mercy” (Matthew 5:7, NRSV). This beatitude stands out from the other eight as for each of the others there is a corresponding blessing for the behaviour – those who hunger for justice shall …
Good morning and welcome! This week’s message is part four of our beatitudes series, and Pastor John is preaching on Matthew 5:6 “blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled” (NRSV). Righteousness is one of those words that tends to lose its impact after the 40th, 50th, or 100th …