"Breath of Life" Sermon on John 20:19-30 by Joe Ellis — April 11, 2021
This is where the disciples are when we meet them in this passage. They are adrift. Confused. They’ve locked themselves behind closed...
"Behold the Lamb" a sermon on Rev. 5 prepared by Joe Ellis, April 4, 2021
In my eight years in this church, we have looked at Easter from each of the different Gospels, once we looked at Romans. Never from...
Kingdom Come: Revelation 3:7-13 prepared by Joe Ellis on Feb. 28, 2021
We are on our sixth out of the seven churches that Jesus sends a message to in the book of Revelation, — Philadelphia. Jesus’ words to...
Reflection on Revelation 2:12-17 prepared by Michelle Ellis, Feb. 7, 2021
I’d like to begin by calling our memories back to the beginning of this book. As you know, John is writing Revelation as a letter to...
Truth and Love, based on Revelation 2:1-7, prepared by Joe Ellis, Jan. 24, 2021
The opening lines in this passage are a reminder of why I thought it was so important for us to hear from the book of Revelation in this...
Christus Victor: A sermon on Revelation 1:9-20 prepared by Joe Ellis, Jan. 17, 2020
When life gets difficult — which it always does — how do you see Jesus? When life gets difficult, when the world seems like its...
Sermon on Revelation 1:1-8, prepared by Joe Ellis, Jan. 10, 2020
From most people’s perspectives, this has been a year of apocalyptic proportions — defined by the New Oxford American Dictionary “as...
The Annunciation, Luke 1:26-38, prepared by Joe Ellis, Dec. 20, 2020
What do you think it was about Mary that led the angel Gabriel to greet her with the Words, “Greetings you who are highly favoured! The...
The Messiah, Elijah, the Prophet and the Voice, John 1:19-28, prepared by Joe Ellis, Dec. 13, 2020
So here we encounter John the baptist. We meet him in John’s Gospel a few verses earlier with these words: “There was a man sent from God...
Sermon on Mark 1:1-8 prepared by Michelle Ellis, Dec. 6, 2020
Last year I went to visit Vancouver, where I lived for three years while I went to a school called Regent College to study to be a...

