I believe in the Holy Spirit.

What does it mean to believe in the Holy Spirit? The Holy Spirit can be the most challenging part of the Trinity to wrap your head around and is often reduced to simply being a power source…like a spiritual battery. On the other hands some of the worst moments of Christian history have used the supposed inspiration of the Holy Spirit as cover and justification. Join us as we wrestle through what believing in the Holy Spirit means for us as a church, and what difference it make in our lives. 

This Sunday we continue our journey through the Apostle’s Creed. Devon explores the articles of “the holy worldwide church, and the communion of Christ followers,” centering on ideas around the family of God, and what it means to belong to something far from perfect.

Descending, Ascending, Returning: Christ’s Love in the Creeds
In this message, we explore one of the most perplexing passages of the Apostles’ Creed, which includes: He descended to the dead, ascended to the right hand of the Father, and will come again to judge the living and the dead.

What if far from the fear-driven images of fire and brimstone, the judgment of Christ isn’t about exclusion or eternal punishment; but about a love that will not rest until ALL is made whole, healed, reconciled and alive. Join us as we reconsider what it means for Christ to descend, ascend and come again, bringing refining love to every corner of our lives and the world.

This Sunday, we're continuing our series Living the Creed: A Fresh Perspective.

We’ll dive into the second line of the Creed: “I believe in Jesus Christ, God’s only Son, our Lord.” We will take some time to explore the significance of Jesus’ divinity.

What does it mean for us today? Does it shape how we understand justice, and our calling to love? What does it look like to discover or rediscover Jesus as our Lord?

Together, we’ll reflect on how this foundational belief invites us into a deeper relationship with God and a renewed vision of hope, compassion, and transformation for the world.

This Sunday we are beginning a new series titled “Living the Creed: A fresh perspective.” We will look at how the ancient creeds came to be and examine how the statement of beliefs that form the Apostles Creed can positively influence how we live out our faith. This week we begin with “I believe in God the Father Almighty, creator of heaven and earth”. 

We live in a culture obsessed with youth, yet aging is a universal reality. Ecclesiastes talks about youth as being "meaningless" but also implores us to remember God in the days of our youth.

This week end our Summer series on Ecclesiastes while we explore the value of youth and aging and what it means to follow Jesus in every stage of our lives.

This Sunday, join us as we continue in our series on Ecclesiastes, exploring the theme of confronting death—not only physical death, but the death of ideas, relationships, organizations, and aspects of our lives that no longer serve us.

We’ll reflect on what it means to be resurrection people, finding hope and renewal in the very act of letting go. Together, we’ll confront the struggle to release what is familiar and comfortable, understanding that true growth and new life arise from our willingness to embrace endings.

This journey through Ecclesiastes invites us to discover the transformative power of surrender, and to find strength and inspiration in the promise of resurrection.

Discussion Questions:

Relationships and community are important.  Much of our personal happiness (or unhappiness) arises from the health of our relationships with others and sense of belonging.

This week, Mark Dettweiler will be examining  how the “cord of three strands” in Ecclesiastes can inform our understanding of healthy relationships and supportive communities.

We are in the sixth week of our Summer Series, digging into the book and themes of Ecclesiastes. This week we’ll be continuing to ask questions about what we do with the very real, seemingly pessimistic and hopeless nature of the words that the author presents. In light of the meaningless nature of everything around us, how do we go on? If life is a vapour, what do we hang on to? How does the life of Jesus and the presence of the Spirit continue to invite us into the gift of imagination and hope?

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This week, join Devon as he explores the theme of work (toil and labour) in the book of Ecclesiastes. Together, we will discuss what work can and cannot contribute to our lives today.