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This week we continue in our process of community hermeneutic by looking at the Biblical evidence for the Egalitarian position. We see that one of the contributions the Egalitarian position has for everyone who follows Jesus is the focus on the resurrection as a cosmos altering event. Originally preached February 5, 2022.
In our third week of the Community Hermeneutic process, we explore the Biblical passages that support a complementarion position on gender and leadership within the church, including 1 Corinthians 11, 14 and 1 Timothy 2. While various people may or may not agree with this position, it offers us a chance to reflect on being centered on Jesus and the importance of submission to Jesus. Originally preached January 29, 2023.
In the second of our six week series, we learn about the importance of telling our stories, both to be Biblical and in order to hear God's Word well. We travel through three sets of questions on the topic of gender and leadership to give voice what we think and feel at a gut level, why we might feel that way on a personal level and why we this might be important for us in this time and place. Finally, we receive an invitation to tell our stories and listen to others stories as a spiritual exercise. Originally preached January 22, 2023.
This week we begin a new 6 weeks series, where we will learn and practice reading, understanding and applying God’s word in community. In this introduction, we look at Paul’s invitation in Romans 12 to become a discerning community through scripture, story and the Holy Spirit. Preached January 15, 2023.
As we prepare for 2023, we look at one of the elements of our Rule of Life - reading scripture. In this teaching, we look at the story of scripture through the lens of the garden and the city and learn it’s implications for our lives. This teaching was accompanied by a whiteboard and was given on January 8, 2023.
In this short Christmas Eve reflection, Pastor John reflects on snow, uncontrollability and Simeon’s proclamation of praise from Luke 2:25-32. Wishing you a Merry Christmas!
In our fourth week of Advent, we explore two of the descriptors of Jesus spoken by the angel in the Christmas narrative: that Jesus is Saviour and that Jesus brings peace. As we place the word Saviour within the Biblical story of Shalom, we see how dangerous the angel’s proclamation was to it’s early listeners and are invited to join the Prince of Peace as a peacemaker. Originally preached December 18, 2022.
We continue in our Christmas preparation by looking at the prophetic words of Zechariah from Luke. We learn about Zechariah’s prophetic perspective which reminds us that God is arriving, Jesus is redeeming and the Spirit is guiding. Originally preached December 11, 2022.
Understandably, for both modern and ancient hearers, the virgin birth is an impossibility that keeps some of us from digging into God’s story. Interestingly, Luke highlights the impossibility as a feature and not a bug, an invitation to bring our questions and skepticism to the story of God. The impossibility also sets up Mary’s song, the Magnificat, where we learn about the possibility of joy in the darkness. Originally preached December 4, 2022.
As we begin our Advent series this year, we explore the story of Zechariah and Elizabeth, faithful servants of God experiencing the darkness of the world, who teach us how to wait and live in tension of darkness and hope. We who live after the incarnation but before the resurrection, are also invited to take up the call of prophetic lament while living in the hope of the second Advent of Jesus. Originally preached November 27, 2022.
We were honoured to have Rev. Shel Boese from Pilgrim Church teach us on Christ the King Sunday, the final Sunday of the Church calendar. Shel teaches from Colossians 1:15-20, an early Christ poem, which emphasizes Christ as true King, the center of all creation and the very image of God. Originally preached November 20, 2022.
In this, our final teaching in an eighteen week series, we recap some of the most important ideas in Paul’s letter to the Galatians. We see that Paul invites the Galatian church and us from being bounded or fuzzy to becoming centered on Jesus. Originally preached Nov 13, 2022.
This week, we look at the final paragraphs of Galatians where Paul contrasts two kinds of boasting: in the flesh or in the cross. Through exploring and contrasting the artwork of Jeff Koons and Matthias Grünewald we learn about God’s vision for overcoming darkness through sacrificial love and the invitation to join Jesus in the pattern of dying and rising. This is the 17th sermon in our series on Galatians and was originally preached Nov 6, 2022.
In our sixteenth week of our Centered on Jesus series, we look at Galatians 6:7-10. Mitch Claassen teaches through the passage and we learn how our obedience to the Spirit is revealed by our attentiveness to the good. Originally preached October 30, 2022.
This week we were blessed to have Ryan Guerra join us to teach from Galatians 6:1-5. Starting with the problem with team building Ryan shares Paul’s encouragements to share burdens and bear burdens in the power of the Holy Spirit. We apologize for the poor audio quality. Originally preached October 23, 2022.
We continue with our thirteenth week in Galatians exploring the works of the flesh vs. the fruit of the Spirit. In this teaching we'll learn why this teaching is so central to what it means to be a Jesus centered community. Preached Oct 9, 2022.
What does it mean to be free? This week, Paul shares how both bounded and fuzzy churches lead us to be stuck rather than free. Jesus, on the other hand, frees us and redefines freedom, which can be practiced through His Spirit in hope and serving one another. This is the third sermon in the second part of our series on Paul’s letter to the Galatians and was originally preached October 2, 2022. We apologize for the poor audio quality.
This week, we resumed our study in Paul’s letter to the Galatians. As we transition from big ideas (grace, Jesus-centered, community hermeneutic) to practical ethics, we learn the Spirit of God draws us into the family of God through adoption, as children and as heirs. Preached Sept 25, 2022.
In part 2 of the audio from our evening with residential school survivor and Jesus follower, Frances Carlick. Frances and her pastors from Vancouver Eastside Vineyard Church, Gordie and Kathleen Lagore, respond to audience questions. Recorded September 18, 2022.
Residential school survivor and follower of Jesus, Frances Carlick, shares her story of abuse, hope, faith and reconciliation at an event hosted at the Chapel on September 18, 2022.
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