"Theology of Church Announcements" - Sermon by Joe Ellis on Philippians 2:19-30 — October 17, 2021
One of the questions that you need to wrestle with when planning a worship service is, “Where should we include announcements?” This one we grappled within the first few weeks we started preaching in Telkwa. Our interim pastors who were here right before us, Neil and Virginia, said to us in an email: “It's funny how very different congregations are in this sort of thing. One of your neighbouring congregations only has people share at a designated time, and if that time is
"Prayer Vs Works" -Sermon by Joe Ellis on Philippians 2:12-18 — Oct. 10, 2021
One of my favourite things to do in a sermon, which is to say I’ve done it before, is to bring characters from the Bible into conversation with each other. As I’ve been working on this passage for this Sunday, Mary and Martha have kept coming by to give me their two cents on this passage. It’s been an interesting conversation, because these two Bible characters gravitate to different parts of what Paul is saying and they keep trying to persuade me to emphasize different thi
"May I Have This Dance?" - Sermon by Michelle Ellis on Philippians 1:27-2:11 - Oct. 3, 2021
I’d like you to notice together a few things about this passage. First, let’s look at 1:27 where Paul says, “I will know that you are standing firm in one spirit, contending as one man for the gospel.” And then in chapter 2:1-2, Paul says, “If you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, any comfort from his love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one i
