We do it every Sunday… but what is worship? Worship is far more than attending a church service; it is our wholehearted response to who God is, recognizing His holiness, worth and love with our …

The sermon title is “Living in Covenant as God’s chosen people.” We’ll review the membership covenant for our community. More than a list of rules or expectations; the way we b…

At its simplest form, a covenant is an agreed upon set of expectations in a relationship; it defines what “proper behaviour” is. As we consider our life in “a community of Christ&#82…

Most of us have experienced the excitement of discovering something so good that we immediately wanted someone else to experience it too. It might be a restaurant, a book, a scenic place or a life-cha…

For much of the summer we’ve been looking at Prayer as the posture of the Acts church. This Sunday we will move from talking about prayer to praying. Pastor David has challenged us to pray …

Sometimes I forget that God doesn’t wait for me (us) to launch a program before he can work in people’s lives. He is at work all the time. In Acts 10 a story is told from two points of vie…

Acts 12 tells the story of an impossible situation that even the praying church could not understand: Herod executed James and held Peter in prison for trial (and, presumably, execution). An angel fre…

Continuing our brief look at a few experiences in the first church, we continue to see their habit and pattern of prayer first, then programs. In Acts 6, the growing church faced a problem in its food…

It is often said that the God of the Old Testament appears to be a God of wrath, while the God of the New Testament seems to be a God of love. How do we reconcile these seemingly different portrayals?…

I (David) have loved Jesus’ image of vine and branches. I have loved his teaching about abiding in him, and remember his invitation to “come to me all who are weary and I will give you res…

Sharing God’s stories helps us remember how faithful He is. When we pause to reflect on what God has done whether it’s in our lives, in the lives of people around us, and even in ordinary everyd…