Teach Us To Pray - Rule of Life Summer 2023 // Luke 11:1-4

This week we begin our annual summer Rule of Life series as we teach and explore practices that help us become people that look like Jesus. Teaching from The Lord’s Prayer in the gospel of Luke, Pastor Mitch Claassen encourages us to see how a life of prayer modelled by Jesus satisfies our deepest longings and allows us to be refreshed in our identities and the vision of what God is doing in the world. Originally recorded July 16, 2023.

Extension of the Table for Mission - Part 2 // Luke 10:1-9

In the final teaching in our series on extending the table, we return to Luke 10 to learn how Jesus sends his disciples. In this message, we learn about the character that we are to have as guests and how God invites us to communicate about his kingdom in both action and word. Recorded July 9, 2023.

Extension of the Table for Mission // Luke 10:1-9

This week, we focus on the third and final table - the half circle of mission in the world - as we continue on in our series on the extension of God’s presence through the table. In this teaching, we begin to look at Jesus’ invitation to mission in Luke 10 by focusing on the calling and context of mission. This is the first in a two part teaching and was recorded July 2, 2023.

Learning to Host at the Tables in Our Homes // Luke 9:10-17

This week, we continue in our series about tables by looking at how we can extend the communion / close table into our homes by taking the role of host. We learn from the story of the feeding of the 5000 how Jesus invites into the role of host by being grateful, asking what we have to give and by focusing on the presence of Jesus. Recorded June 25, 2023.

Renewed Stories at the Close Table // Luke 22:14-30

This week we continue to look at Jesus' words to the disciples at the first Lord's Supper recorded in Luke 22. We see a surprising turn in the conversation and how Jesus' can renew and correct our stories around the close table. Recorded June 18, 2023.

Resonance at the Close Table // Luke 22:14-20

In this teaching, we begin to look at the close table that Jesus sets for his followers in Luke 22. Here we learn the setting for the table as story, the invitation to find our place with the story, and that Jesus is at the center of the table as present, host and partner. This is part 1 of 2 on the close table, originally recorded June 11, 2023.

The Table // Acts 2:42-47

In this week's teaching, we begin to look at one of the surprising practices of the early church: breaking bread together around the table. We also begin to explore how this table fellowship extends from our weekly gatherings to our homes into the world. Recorded June 4, 2023.

Creating Space for Resonance // Acts 2

This week, Mitch Claassen walks us through Acts 2 to see and learn how the early church created space for God’s presence. Together we learn how to prepare ourselves internally and externally to meet with God and His people. Recorded May 28, 2023.

From Relevance to Resonance // Acts 2:1-4

This week, we look at where we’ve come from and where we’re going. In this second big shift of our church, we’re moving from relevance to resonance: moving from a purely emotional or cognitive engagement with our faith to an experience of being ministered to by God and each other and becoming transformed as witnesses. Recorded May 21, 2023.

Jubilee Partners with the Risen King // Luke 24:36-51

Luke portrays Jesus as one who announces and enacts Jubilee, so as the resurrected King, we expect Jesus to continue his Jubilee ministry to the world. However, Jesus throws the disciples a curveball when he announces he's leaving. In this week's teaching, we learn what this means for his disciples, for us, and for Jesus' Jubilee mission. Recorded May 15, 2023.

Jubilee and the Scandal of Suffering // Luke 7:18-23

In our last week in the Gospel of Luke, we look at Jesus words to John the Baptist in Luke 7, “blessed is the one who isn’t offended by me”. By looking at the context and the sharing of a personal story, we see the scandal of suffering, the invitation to reshape the vision of who God is around Jesus, and the invitation to reshape the vision of our lives around the pattern of Jesus death and resurrection. Recorded May 7, 2023.

Thanksgiving and Wholeness on the Road with Jesus // Luke 17:11-19

This week we welcomed Meghan Good from the Jesus Collective as we continue to learn what it means to become Jubilee people from the gospel of Luke. Jesus interaction in Luke 17 with the ten lepers teaches us the difference between being healed and being whole and the discipline of being thankful. Recorded April 30, 2023.

Jubilee, Reconciliation and Prayer // Luke 11:1-4

In this week’s teaching we learn about the importance of prayer as a Jubilee practice of receiving and offering forgiveness. We are joined by Multiply staff, John Johnstone, for his reflections on Jubilee and forgiveness as an Indigenous Christian. Recorded April 23, 2023.

Creating Space for Jubilee and the Risen Jesus // Luke 24:13-35

This week we transition from looking at Jesus Jubilee mission to asking how we can be a people characterized by Jubilee. As we learn from the revelation of Jesus’ on the road to Emmaus, our God is uncontrollable but invites us to create space to meet with Him. Originally preached April 16, 2023.

Jubilee, Violence and Resurrection Hope // Luke 23:34, 24:6

On this Easter Sunday, we recap Jesus' Jubilee ministry so far, learning how the proclamation of His kingdom led to violence and, eventually, the cross. But we are invited to hear His words of pardon from the cross and the good news of the resurrection which invite us to become new people who hope and labour for Jubilee. Originally preached April 9, 2023.

Money and the Jubilee Dream // Luke 18:18-30

As we continue looking at the gospel of Luke through the lens of Jubilee, we come face to face with one of Jesus’ many teachings about money. This week, we learn about God’s Jubilee vision for His people, the warnings in the rich ruler’s story and the invitation to follow Jesus and the disciples in the path of dying and rising. Originally preached April 2, 2022.

And Who is A Neighbour? // Luke 10:25-37

As we continue our exploration of the Jubilee theme in Luke’s Gospel, Mitch Claassen leads us through the familiar story of “The Good Samaritan”. In this teaching, we are invited to move from asking “Who is my neighbour?” to “Who is a neighbour?” and how we must receive mercy from God if we’re going to minister mercy to others. Apologies - the first few minutes of the audio were cut off. Originally preached March 26, 2023.

Jubilee Rest for All // Luke 8:40-42

This week we welcomed guest teacher, Talasi Guerra, as we continue to reflect on Jesus’ announcement of Jubilee in the Gospel of Luke. Talasi showed us how Jesus invites each person to receive rest in Luke 8:40-56 and how that invitation extends to each of us today. Originally preached March 19, 2023.

The Challenge of Jesus' Spiritual World // Luke 4:31-41

In the third week in our series looking at the gospel of Luke through the lens of Jubilee, we encounter a passage that’s uncomfortable for many of us as Jesus heals the sick and casts out demons. In addition to challenging our modern view of the world, Luke 4 also invites us to trust in Jesus as good and to give Him control of our lives. Preached March 12, 2023.

What Does God Want? // Luke 7:36-50

In the second week in our series focusing on the theme of Jubilee in Luke, we explore the story of the Pharisee and the sinful woman from Luke 7. In this story, we’re given a glimpse into the kind of love that God truly wants from us and how we might cultivate hearts that that learn to love much. Originally preached March 5, 2023.