For the month of October, we’re moving our focus into the neighbourhood. In this second of three weeks, we will consider the spiritual practice of hospitality, building upon this possible way forward through Neighbours groups.

To start our "Into the Neighbourhood" series, we'd like to take a look back at the formation of our Neighbours groups, what our hopes for these groups were at the time they were launched and where we find ourselves today.

In this first of three weeks, we will consider the story of the Good Samaritan, engage the question ‘who is my neighbour’, and lay out a possible way forward through Neighbours groups.

The cry of the people in the story of 1 Samuel 8 is for a king. “We want a king.” We’ll be spending two weeks looking at this story, reflecting on the church’s impulse to want a leader at the top to rule, to lead, and to make decisions for us.

On September 18 we will consider the story and it’s implications for the church.

Then on September 25 we will have a fishbowl conversation reflecting on this theme together.

At the outset of our Summer in Psalms series, Christin led us into Psalm 82 and a consideration of how God is like the picture we see in the Circle of Security: bigger, stronger, kinder, and wiser. This week we turn to two Psalms, Psalm 130 and Psalm 131, considering once again the Circle of Security attachment theory framework as a model for faith and community. The first Psalm paints a picture of exploration, the depths, and calling out for God, while the second Psalm paints a picture of safe hands to welcome us home.

In our Summer in Psalms series we now turn to a psalm of disorientation in Psalm 137. Containing one of the ugliest verses in scripture, this psalm offers us a raw emotional response, as well as a lingering question that resonates with us today: how shall we sing the Lord’s song in this strange place?

This week, Melodie will invite us to turn our attention to the well-known Psalm 23. As we explore what it means for us that God is our shepherd, we pray that you’ll experience an invitation to be grounded in who God is and to sit with the knowledge that God’s goodness and unfailing love pursue us always.

We're looking at Psalm 85 in our Summer in Psalms series. This Psalm is a Psalm of new orientation, moving us toward a picture of goodness and shalom.

In the continuation of our Summer in Psalms, Steve opens up Psalm 46 for us.   These three stanzas are jam-packed with goodness for us, and they offer us a timely reminder: stop fighting and trust; be still in the awareness that God shows up in times of trouble.

We're spending the summer in the Psalms..  Join Christin in a dive into Psalm 82, considering the heavenly dominion of God, the Circle of Security theory, and how our God is bigger, stronger, kinder, and wiser. Our prayer is that it's a good word for your soul, no matter what season of life you're in.   Note: due to the internet and cellular outage this week, we were unable to pre-record this video, so we recorded it live.

We continue in our series on the Disruptive Spirit in Acts 2, this time turning our focus to the ways the Holy Spirit disrupts a culture of exclusion. If God is a wall-breaker, breaking down the barriers that get in the way of our relationship with God and with one another, are we joining Him in breaking down walls or are we building them up?