Fort Garry MB Church - Winnipeg, Canada

Pastor Carl continues our exploration of Paul's first letter to the Corinthians, as Paul provides guidance about how to be the faithful church of Christ in the 21st century.

In our service today, we were joined by our Persian Church partners who participated in worship leading, sharing the work of God in their midst, prayer, and communion.  Pastor Carl uses this partnership as a platform to consider Thanksgiving in light of the danger that the Persian Church congregants face in accepting Christ.  

As Pastor Ruth reminds us, discerning God's will is difficult, yet, as we read in 1 Corinthians 2, attaining the mind of Christ is a goal of ours as Christians.  Pastor Ruth talks to Fort Garry MB Church about this and about a way forward in this.

Cam Priebe, Provincial Director for the Mennonite Brethren Church of Manitoba, comes to Fort Garry to help us consider the Gospel message in the contexts we work and play.  He highlights that the cross, the central message of the Christian Gospel is foolishness to many, but holds power for those who believe in its message.

 Paul’s first order of business in 1 Corinthians is to address the quarrels and divisions that were happening in the church. He points out just how foolish the arguments over which leader is best really are. He also calls them out for suggesting that there is a group that considers themselves the “real” Jesus followers in the church. When we allow our differences over theology and practice to take centre stage in the church, we displace the message and power of the empty cross with the emptiness of human wisdom. 

As we enter the fall season and a new ministry season, Pastor Carl prepares the congregation for a study of the book of 1 Corinthians, highlighting how issues of divisiveness in the Corinthian Church were managed by Paul to beautiful ends.  

In our final sermon of our series God Among the Nations, Jesse uses the story of Naaman, from 2 Kings 5, to have us consider the level of dependency we have on God, and the level of dependency we have on one another.

This week, Andre continues to push our conception of the God that we worship.  How has our conception of God changed over time?  How did the Israelites' conception of God change after 587 BCE?  Listen to find out!

This week, Johann Matties, a representative from Multiply working in Ukraine, compelled Fort Garry to consider the story of the prodigal son in a new way.  

As we continue our series exploring the words and exploits of non-Israelites, Kelsey Friesen has us consider the faith and actions of Rahab of Jericho.