Sermons

Belinda’s Commissioning Service

We Are…Discipleship Focused

We believe that God is transforming us into the image of his Son. This means that we are intentionally submitting ourselves to be re-formed through daily practices that lead to ...

We Are…Community Oriented

We believe the community called church is a new family. This means we intentionally invite people to become a part of our life together. As well, we foster an environment [&hell...

We Are…Missionally Minded

We believe that mission is the reason for the church’s existence. Scripture describes God’s great mission to redeem and renew all of his creation, particularly humanity. God has...

We Are…Scripture Centred

We believe that Scripture, understood through the person of Jesus, should be at the centre of who we are and what we are to do. By doing this we ensure […]

A Table for You

What we see in the book of Esther is one man planning disaster (death) for many which ends up spelling disaster (death) for him. In the gospels we have many men planning […]

When God is Hard to Find

An entire book of the Bible where God is not mentioned once! This absence is so obvious as to prompt us to look more closely, digging into the circumstances of […]

Living in Two Kingdoms

Throughout the story of Esther is the drama of a group of people who were dispersed throughout the 127 provinces but who lived their lives through the lens of a […]

For Such A Time As This

Mordecai challenges Esther to rise above the limited thinking of her life and position and accept her place in God’s plan for the salvation of the world. This challenge ec...

Empowered to Serve

We are protectors of people! The hero is a servant of the people, putting their own life at risk to save the ordinary citizen. At the most basic, we are […]

Empowered to Deliver

Here we come to save the day! The hero’s life is about rescuing people from bad situations. We have been called to do the same. The people around us are […]

Empowered to Preach

What’s our super power? We have to know what we are about, what our strengths and limits are. When we come into new situations there is only one power we […]

Empowered to Respond

A people without fear! When we are called to help there is no situation that can keep us away. This is what we train for, to rush in where our […]

Empowered to Explain

We are part of a dynamic duo! It’s always important to remember that we are the sidekick not the main hero. Part of our job is to come alongside and […]

Empowered to Proclaim

With great power comes great responsibility! The church has received the Spirit and his power so that we can be unstoppable witnesses of God’s saving of the world.

Seeing the Future

Being in exile can be an extremely distressing way to live and hard to keep going—swimming against the stream. In order to keep swimming it is essential to know the […]

Sorting Out the Lines

In the place of exile it can be easy to get caught up in either/or thinking which keeps everything polarized. That way we are always getting caught up in both […]

Honestly Serving the Other

It can be very tempting when we realize our place of powerlessness to become afraid. We know that fear causes us to react in a variety of ways such as […]

Strange, Stranger, Strangest

When we find ourselves as strangers in a strange place we can be called on, and be tempted to, conform to the majority host culture. However, it is by remaining […]

We’re Not in Kansas Anymore

Christians, once upon a time, we in the centre of power for our culture. However, now we have been moved to the margins and our voice has become weak. This […]