Mountainview CRC

Pastoral intern Brady DeBoer will present Sunday’s message titled “Holy Self-talk”. He will be looking at the book of Psalms Chapter 42 & 43.

Psalms 42 & 43 are a package deal. The psalmist writes about how distant they feel from God. Their internal dialogue tells them to give up, but they fight to put their hope in God and praise him, despite their current struggles.

Pastor Erick Schuringa will present Sunday’s message titled “Come In Jesus”. He will be looking at the book of Revelation chapter 3 verses 14-22.

We will look at the letter to the church in Laodicea and see how the words written connect with the features and customs of the town. Jesus transforms the specific things of their world and experience and challenges them to lean on him to receive something they can't build for themselves.

Pastor Erick Schuringa will present Sunday’s message titled “The Faithfulness of Christ”. He will be looking at the book of Philippians chapter 3 verses 7-14.

Paul tells his repentance story on a few occasions. Here he tells it in a way that emphasizes how he let Jesus Christ replace all kinds of things that he used to hold onto as his strength. We can consider our own story in the same way.

Pastor Jolene Veenstra will present Sunday’s message titled “Family Matters”. She will be looking at the book of 1 Thessalonians chapter 2 verses 1-12.

Paul's letters were spiritual food for the churches he ministered to and are spiritual food for us as well. In 1 Thessalonians, the solid food he gives us has to do with our relationship to one another in the family of Christ. Paul described himself, Silas, and Timothy as children, mothers, fathers, and siblings to this diverse and new church--and then asks the Thessalonians to imitate them. Being a spiritual family bound the new community together as they resisted pressure from without and division from within.

Pastor Erick Schuringa will present Sunday’s message titled “Not a Coconut”. He will be looking at passages in Galatians 5:22; Matthew 14:22-33.

Jesus is our example of a healthy human. In his ministry we can assume he worked out of the fruit of the Spirit. We will pay attention to how that plays out in the events around Jesus (and Peter) walking on the water.

Pastor Erick Schuringa will present Sunday’s message titled “Fellow Citizens”. He will be focusing on the book of Ephesians chapter 2 verses 11-22

 Right after the beloved passage about "it is by grace you have been saved" Paul deals with the real scandal of the early church - the inclusion of the outsiders (Gentiles).  This is a very different issue from our connection with the indigenous people of Canada.  However, there is an overlap on such themes as citizenship, reconciliation and peace.  We will focus on those.

Our Pastoral Intern Brady DeBoer will present the third message in the Daniel series. He will be focusing on the book of Daniel Chapter 6.

Daniel's integrity causes jealousy among his political rivals and they use his faithfulness to God against him. They trick the king into condemning Daniel to a horrible death of being eaten by lions! Will Daniel allow them to get away with this? Will God?

Pastoral Intern Brady DeBoer will present the second message in the Daniel series entitled “Celebrities or Saints?”. He will be focusing on the book of Daniel Chapter 3.

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego's faithfulness to God is tested by a difficult command from the king. Will they build up their own image or will they reflect God's image?

Pastoral Intern Brady DeBoer will present the first message in a 3-Part series on the book of Daniel. He will be focusing on Daniel chapter 1

Part 1 - Daniel and his three friends are taken from their homes and brought to Babylon where they are forced to learn a whole new life. Has God given up on them? We will also be celebrating Holy Communion in the service.