Weston Park Baptist Church

This Sunday we continue our Faithful in Babylon series with Daniel 3 and the story of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. The passage asks what faithfulness looks like when everyone else is bowing and when obedience to God comes with a real cost.

Today we are taking time to publicly give thanks and affirm Pastor Shara Benavidez in her role at Weston Park as Children & Family Ministries Pastor.

It is our pleasure to have Rev. Dale Rose as our guest preacher this Sunday. Dale has pastored several church in CBOQ and most recently as Associate Pastor at Yorkminster Park Baptist Church, Toronto. It was at Yorkminster Park that Shara got to know Dale and his wife, Donna, and indeed Pastor Dale officiated the wedding of Shara and Moji at Yorkminster Park. It is a pleasure to have Dale and Donna with us this morning.

Sequestered in Babylonian exile Daniel continues to look to "Elohim" to be his God. Even while Daniel serves the great king Nebuchadnezzar as a faithful counsellor he never allows the Babylonian gods to replace his loyalty to Jehovah. In our passage today we hear of Daniel's fervent relationship with "the God of Heaven" even as he lived in a wildly, different religious and cultural milieu.

Psalm 138 is a psalm of gratitude for Gods care in troublesome times. Life presents us with many challenges but God is faithful throughout them all. The Psalmist declares that the journey of faith is not an easy road but Gods steadfast love and faithfulness carries us along amidst all of the pitfalls that come our way.

Failure is not the end of the story when Jesus calls us to follow Him again.

This Sunday, were excited to hear from our Youth Director, Noah Virgo, and one of our Young Adults, Wesley Hyatt as they share in the preaching of Gods Word. Both have been growing as young leaders within our church and have served faithfully throughout the summer. Were grateful to see God developing and using the next generation of leaders at Weston Park.

Jesus invites us into healing, transformation, and new life.

Faith begins when we honestly cry out to Jesus.

Jesus meets us even in the middle of fear and uncertainty.