Author Archives: Emily Willan

Father’s Day with 2020 Vision

Happy Father’s Day! On this day that we celebrate the rich blessing that fathers can bring to our lives, Pastor brings us a message about God’s design for fatherhood and family relationships. Image source: YouVersion First Song: Give Us Clean Hands Offering You can give your offering online. Second Song: 10 000 Reasons Message ScriptureContinue reading “Father’s Day with 2020 Vision”

God’s Promises – Part 3: Peter

This is our third installment in a lesson series about God’s promises. Our aim in this study is to focus on understanding how God’s promises fit within God’s wider policies, as well as observing any conditions that are attached to His promises. Pastor looks this time at an unconditional promise made by God to Peter.Continue reading “God’s Promises – Part 3: Peter”

Life, Death & the Living

With this week’s relaxation of provincial regulations regarding religious meetings, we are thrilled and deeply blessed to be able to meet together in person today, for the first time in three months! We will be continuing to offer online services for those not able to/not yet comfortable with joining us in person. Today, Pastor RalphContinue reading “Life, Death & the Living”

Jesus Ascends to His Throne

This week as protests against racial injustice and prejudice have sprung up across North America as well as around the globe, our world has been extraordinarily attuned to the evil of sin and its consequences: death. In the midst of the mortal tension of COVID-19, we have been urged over recent days to truly reckonContinue reading “Jesus Ascends to His Throne”

God’s Promises: Getting the Big Picture

We’re studying God’s promises, looking at Bible characters who received (or were part of) a promise from God and then saw that promise fulfilled. Our aim with this study is to understand God’s promises within the context of God’s policies, so that we as believers can know how to rightly “claim” them to bring gloryContinue reading “God’s Promises: Getting the Big Picture”

Christ Ascended, Exalted

It’s perhaps no surprise that our times are only becoming more troubled. As pressures mount, we see more clearly the deficencies in our world that we’re usually only aware of in passing during the “good times.” Now, without the distractions of our normal lives, we’re having to face up to them. For believers most ofContinue reading “Christ Ascended, Exalted”

Understanding God’s Promises

Our aim this week is to understand God’s promises with a view to learning how we can rightly lay hold of them (“claim” them) for ourselves. Pastor Ralph explains that we need to first understand God’s policies in order to understand His promises. This week’s lesson is illustrated by the life of Moses in theContinue reading “Understanding God’s Promises”

Resurrection & Ascension Advancing Redemption

Ascension Sunday This past Thurday, 21 May, marked 40 days since we commemorated the resurrection of Jesus Christ on Easter Sunday. Today, we remember the bodily ascension of Jesus into Heaven, and consider its interconnection with the resurrection. We’ve spent these past weeks considering the implications of the Christ Event — the death, burial, resurrection,Continue reading “Resurrection & Ascension Advancing Redemption”

Christ Ascends to Heaven

Today’s message focuses on the ascension of Jesus Christ to Heaven, continuing our series on the Christ Event (a term that describes the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus, and their integral part in the gospel story). These amazing pieces of salvation history are the foundation of a believer’s hope. May they be a blessingContinue reading “Christ Ascends to Heaven”