Just imagine that after 400 years, you, your family and your nation, has been freed from slavery. You start your journey and God shows up leading you in a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night. But God leads you down south rather than the road to the Promised Land. You are now camped by the Red Sea. But the Egyptians decided they want you back as their slave. So, they are coming in hot pursuit with the full force of their military. You are sandwiched between the sea and Egyptian charioteers. If you want to find out what happens next, then please read Exodus 14-15 as this is what we will be studying this Sunday. It is one of the most important and oft-told stories in the Bible and it serves as a reminder of what God can do when we are between a rock (or sea) and a hard place.

This Sunday we will hear from Pastor Jason on Exodus 13 on God’s requirement for the Israelites to consecrate their firstborn. In ancient times and in some cultures still today, the hope and future of the family rested on the firstborn. Are you a firstborn laden down with responsibility? Or are you somewhere else in the birth order and feel a little resentment toward the firstborn for their bossiness? Good News! No matter where you are in the birth order, Jesus is a greater firstborn who is a good example and responsible brother for you, without making you feel put down or micromanaged. Giving the first to the Lord in Exodus 13 points us to Jesus.

On Sunday we will be studying Revelation 5:6-12; that the Passover Lamb has risen from the dead giving us new life and renewed focus to worship Him alone. I hope you will join us and invite others to remember and worship God’s Passover Lamb and know that His blood covers all our sins. Happy Easter! Christ has risen!

Imagine observing Passover for the first time! You are in Egypt after hundreds of years of seeing your people in slavery. You wondered whether God had forgotten about you but then He showed up in power sending nine plagues defeating the Egyptian gods. Now, Moses tells you to prepare to leave Egypt. But first you need to make unleavened bread and slaughter a lamb putting blood on the mantle of your door because God is sending the angel of death to kill all the firstborn in Egypt who aren’t covered by the blood. And to this day, the Jews celebrate Passover. In fact, Jewish children will ask four questions on Passover night:

    1) Why is only matzah (unleavened bread) eaten?

    2) Why are bitter herbs consumed?

    3) Why is food dipped twice?

    4) Why does everyone recline?

Do you know the answers? Does your family know the answers? And do you know what the Passover points to Christ? Come this Sunday to find out as we study Exodus 12.

It’s here! Our Annual Celebration! This is a time when we thank God for all He did this past ministry year and look forward to the coming year. 

One of the charges people often make of God is that He is harsh and cruel. He just powers up over people. They say something like this: “Why would God send innocent people to hell for all eternity?” If Pharaoh during the time of the Israelite slavery in Egypt is an indicator of God’s interactions with people who reject Him, then let’s remember that God gave Pharaoh and the Egyptians 10 opportunities to repent. And now God takes the firstborn sons from Pharaoh and the Egyptians. You will recall from Exodus 1 that an earlier Pharaoh and the Egyptians had killed many of the Hebrew baby boys. But God was not a vengeful God. Why? Come out this Sunday to discover more about God as we open up His Word to Exodus 11.

It is hard to lose and painful to watch those who lose. It reminds me of another group that lost every time. Those were the ancient Egyptian gods. They lost every spiritual battle to the plagues that God sent to Egypt so that the Egyptians would let God's people go. This Sunday, Pastor Kyle will help us better understand God's perspective on the winners and losers in Exodus 8-10. Let’s remember that with God, we are always on the winning side!

Back in 2019, you sent Lori and me to Togo, West Africa, to see how clean water projects turn people far from God into receiving Christ as Saviour and Lord, and how new churches are planted. It is not a stretch to see how clean water leads to the message of Jesus giving living water. In Canada, we often take clean drinking water for granted. However, this is not the case in most parts of the world. It certainly was not the case in ancient Egypt when the Israelites were slaves there. The ancient Egyptians believed the Nile River was a god and a source of life. Imagine how they must have felt when God told Moses to turn the Nile River water to blood. What was God doing? Come this Sunday and find out as Pastor Aaron unpacks Exodus 7:14-24 beyond what you studied at home and in your small group. See how this leads us to the Lord’s Supper as we believers partake together.

This week Pastor Steve will teach us from Exodus 7:1-13 about how Moses had an audience with a very famous and powerful person, but that Moses had already met somebody more important and carried His message. Have you met the God of the universe and are you carrying His message?

Happy Family Day weekend! What are some of your favourite promises of God? I would love to know. Please email me at [email protected]. This Sunday, we’ll look at Exodus 6 as Pastor Kyle unpacks God’s promise of deliverance to His people, the Israelites.