We Value Gifting: A sermon based on Luke 1:26-38
(Slide 1) Let’s begin by orienting ourselves on the map of this Vision Series. Our church has a mission statement that has three broad categories. We say that as a church our mission is to worship God, to grow together as disciples, and to make Christ known. Each of these three categories is broken into three more specific categories. For worship, our church has a vision for God honouring worship, biblical Christ-centred preaching, and prayer. Under discipleship, we’ve
Our Shared Vision: A Sermon based on Acts 15:36-41
(Slide 1) Over the last three weeks we’ve been reflecting on our three vision statements surrounding discipleship. We value loving grace filled relationships in which members and seekers are enfolded and cared for. We value our church to be a safe place for those who are broken and hurting. We believe followers of Christ of all ages should be nurtured and trained as we yearn for continuous growth. Over the last three Sundays, we’ve reflected on each one of these stateme
Discipleship: A Sermon based on Acts 2:14-39
For the past number of weeks we’ve been exploring the book of Acts in partnership with the vision statement that this church felt led to write around 20 years ago. I’ve been viewing this series as an opportunity for us as a church community to reflect on how God has been at work among us, and to pay attention to how he might be calling us in this season and what he may be inviting us to. Taking this time to reflect in this way doesn’t mean that anyone thinks that there’s anyt
We Value Healing: A Sermon based on Acts 15:1-21
(Slide 1) We are continuing in our series where we reflect on what it means to disciple people in our church. Today, we reflect on our vision statement, “We value our church to be a safe place for those who are broken and hurting.” Let’s begin strongly affirming the church in how we’ve pursued living this this out. There are so many ways in which I’ve seen us individually and collectively rally around people to help foster healing. A couple years ago, we got a call from
