This passage in 1 Peter tells us that if we have come to faith in Jesus Christ, we have experienced the same birth, we express the same love, and we enjoy the same nourishment as members of the same spiritual family. And then Peter goes on to describe this supernatural phenomenon called the church! It’s amazing…and encouraging.

Believers are born again through God’s eternal word, the gospel, and then nourished by the same Gospel to help them grow up into maturity. The apostle Peter also speaks to the issue of loving one another and growing together as the family of God as we grow.

How do we advance spiritually in a world that is full of stress and pressure and pain? How do we live a life full of hope in a world full of problems? Peter makes several suggestions in this challenging but inspirational passage in 1 Peter 1:13-21.

Peter’s aim in 1:10-12 is to intensify our gratitude for the infinite value of this great salvation that we enjoy. He does this by giving us 4 amazing facts concerning this salvation that fill us with hope and expectation and praise.

Suffering and pain are key themes that Peter deals with in his first letter. But so is hope. We can be full of hope even in the midst of turmoil and suffering and personal pain. Pastor Garth launches the first message in our new series on 1 Peter called FULL OF HOPE.

As we look back on the last year of our lives, and our journey with The Gathering, we can hardly believe all the great things God has done for us. Through Ps. 126 we trace the blueprint God has drawn for our new church.

January 1 of every New Year is ground zero for us. As we stand on the starting line of another New Year let’s make sure we have our priorities straight!

With a great sense of urgency and excitement, the shepherds said, “Let’s get to Bethlehem as fast as we can! We have to see this thing the Lord has told us about.” That was the first Christmas rush, and Pastor Garth helps us to see the urgency of sharing the good news with others at Christmas.

Pastor Garth unpacks the two-line Christmas carol sung by the angels on the night Jesus was born. It may surprise you to hear what this carol really means for us.

The very first Christmas greeting was not a Christmas card delivered by Canada Post or UPS. It was a greeting of 59 words, spoken by an angel, to a bunch of shepherds, who lingered in the presence of the angels long enough to hear the Good News announcement!