Acts 1:1-9

In this week's sermon, Pastor Dave witnesses to the life of Christ after his resurrection.

Just like the gospel writer Luke, we are invited to bring our neighbours to know the good news of the risen Jesus.

In this episode we welcome back Counsellor Shawn Groen as Dave, Misha, and Val sit down to talk about the role of anger in our journeys of forgiveness and reconciliation.

Shawn has a Masters of Divinity and is a registered Marriage and Family therapist at ⁠Sycamore

Time Stamp:

0:00~2:08 Intro

2:09~9:49 What is anger? And is it all bad?

9:50~12:46 When and how can anger become a problem?

12:47~34:43 Anger as a "secondary emotion"

34:44~43:26 How do you redeem anger?

43:27~End On the ground advice for high level conflict situations?

Romans 12:9-21

This week, Pastor Dave brings us God's Word on the difficulty of situations where reconciliation is not possible. But as far as it is possible, we are called to reflect the forgiving, humble heart of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Matthew 18:15-20 & Galatians 6:1-2

This week, Pastor Jonathan continues our sermon series on Forgiveness. What does it mean to be a light for the world? One practical way for the church is that it reflects God's goodness by being a community that seek forgiveness and reconciliation together.

We have been journeying through the topic of forgiveness through our recent sermon series. In this week's episode, Dave, Misha, Valerie, and Sid sit down to reflect a little more deeper into what this biblical concept means in our personal lives.

Time Step:

0:00~2:07 Introduction

2:08~20:27 Reflections/questions from this topic

20:28~35:38 Personal experiences?

35:39~38:33 Resources and concluding remarks

Matthew 18:21-35

This week, Pastor Dave continues our sermon series on Forgiveness. Jesus calls us to reflect his goodness and forgiveness that we are gifted with. Jesus offers an extravagant ethic on forgiveness which leads to life and freedom.

Matthew 6:12-15 & Luke 7:39-50

In this week's sermon, Pastor Sid starts our new series on Forgiveness.

It takes a lot of courage and strength to be able to forgive someone, and the good news is that God gives us the strength and also the freedom when we forgive as we have been forgiven.

Ephesians 2:1-10

He is risen!

This week, Pastor Dave reminds us of our identity, as people who join Jesus in the resurrection life, now and in the age to come.

That is the good news of Easter!

1 John 2:15-17

This week, Pastor Jonathan preaches on what the Bible tells us about our fight against "The World" and how normalized patterns of sin try and pull us away from God.

This sermon reflects on our dependence on the power of the resurrection as we continue our Good Fight heading into Easter.

(We ask for understanding as there were some technical difficulties with the audio for this week's sermon).

What does it mean to be single and part of the larger church family?

In this episode, Pastor Dave sits down with Melanie, Lydia, and Audrey to answer some questions on the topic of singleness.

Melanie, Lydia, and Audrey are members of our church and we thank them very much for their openness to share a part of their journey for us.

Time Stamp:

0:00~3:53 Intro

3:54~12:03 Experience of being single in the church

12:04~18:03 Key passages about singleness in the bible

18:04~30:03 Misconceptions about singleness

30:04~36:57 What are the gifts and challenges of being single?

36:58~47:48 Explicit/implicit messages from church about singleness

47:49~52:54 What is God teaching you through singleness about being the body of Christ?

52:55~end Concluding thoughts/reflections