Happy New Year! This week Pastor John Van Sloten of Marda Loop Church begins a short series exploring ”The Theology of Winter.” In the natural world, winter is a time of slowing down, of mustering the meagre resources to get through a difficult time in preparation for a magnificent transformation. Gods invite us to embrace this time of reflection, to slow down and be still in His presence. Beneath the icy chill and snow, God is at work in us, speaking to the deep to bring us through to the light - His. Light.  God is God of all things and all seasons.  Each moment, even now in this seemingly dark and dreary world, is His invitation to slow down, seek His face, and be transformed.

Come and join us as we celebrate Christmas Eve together!

Join us this week as Pastor John talks interviews a psychologist about managing stress in the midst of a pandemic.

Pastor John of Marda Loop Church continues his sermon series exploring pandemic stress and the doctrine of the incarnation. The message of the incarnation is “God with us”. The ultimate antidote for pandemic stress and trauma is knowing who we are with and experiencing that "with-ness” in a real and saving way. Pastor John unpacks how God being with us can change our response to pandemic trauma and stress. God was with us in the midst of our deepest trauma and He is here with us now ready to restore us into being fully ourselves and free.

Join us this week as Pastor John speaks on how we deal with trauma better when we share our burden with others.

This week's message is about the God imaging, lifesaving work that ICU nurses carryout. Join us as Pastor John unpacks all this in our 2nd week of this months' "What it Means to Image God" series. 

Join us this week as John talks more about the ways in which we image God and what all that entails!

Join us for this week's message as John talks about God's invisible, sustaining presence.

"Without the kind of faith in God that is larger than life, and therefore worth dying for, and therefore worth living for, without a LIVED LOVE AFFAIR with God, life is vanity of vanities, the shadow of a shadow, a dream within a dream." - Peter Kreeft

Pastor John Van Sloten delivers his message on how to read the bible for all its worth! “As you read the various narratives, [we have to] be constantly on the lookout for how the inspired narrator discloses the point of view from which you are to understand the story.” – Gordon Fee and Douglas Stuart.