As we will be worshipping at St. Laurence Anglican Church (825 St. Laurence St., Coquitlam) at 10:30 AM! It will be another wonderful day of joint worship and fellowship and joy with our joint Sunday School Christmas pageant.
In the story of God’s calling of Mary to be the mother of Jesus (which we don’t read this Advent) the angel Gabriel says, “nothing will be impossible with God.” But somethings sure feel impossible, even for God. Like the prospect of a big, healthy tree cut off at the roots ever growing back again. And yet that’s exactly the image Isaiah uses to proclaim hope to the exiled people of God. And so, in a weird kind of way, is it also how John the Baptist proclaimed hope to a different generation. And to us.
Today’s worship service will be live-streamed on our YouTube channel at 10:30 am. Join us live, or watch the video here at a later time.
The bulletin for the service can be downloaded here.
Maybe you are one of those people who doesn’t need an alarm to wake up in the morning (thats not me!) But the truth is we all need a spiritual wake up call more than now and then. Our gospel wants to wake us up to the expectation of Christ coming again. But maybe there’s a lot more we need to wake up from, and wake up to. Can baptism be the alarm we all need…every day?
Today’s worship service will be live-streamed on our YouTube channel at 10:30 am. Join us live, or watch the video here at a later time.
The bulletin for the service can be downloaded here.
Christ the King Sunday may be one of the more obscure festivals in the church, but it’s probably one deep down we are attracted to you. After all, who doesn’t like the idea of having a king on their side. Especially one with divine power. Maybe, however, for just that reason it’s one of the more problematic festivals for us. For the Christ our gospel presents us with today hardly looks like one who’s on our side.
Today’s worship service will be live-streamed on our YouTube channel at 10:30 am. Join us live, or watch the video here at a later time.
The bulletin for the service can be downloaded here.
Maybe no question has occupied the minds and imaginations of theologians and ordinary Christians more over the centuries than the question of suffering. We are always straining to go back behind every experience of suffering to try and understand where it came from and why. But in our gospel today Jesus shifts our perspective and wants us to look forward. Maybe it’s there, he suggests, that we can find more satisfying insight on this age-old conundrum.
oday’s worship service will be live-streamed on our YouTube channel at 10:30 am. Join us live, or watch the video here at a later time.
The bulletin for the service can be downloaded here.
Is there a subject that generates more curiosity in Christians than heaven or eternal life? Probably not. Even Jesus had to endure people looking for details. Although the delegation of Sadducees he entertains in our gospel today had more than curiosity on their hearts. Still, his answer is a universal one. Our guest video sermon today explores that answer in detail and ends up proclaiming the good news to be found even in Luke’s account of this testy exchange.
Today’s worship service will be live-streamed on our YouTube channel at 10:30 am. Join us live, or watch the video here at a later time.
The bulletin for the service can be downloaded here.
All Saints Sunday is often a Sunday to celebrate those loved ones who have died in the faith and for whom we give thanks. That will be part of our worship at Good Shepherd this day. But Jesus in our gospel wants us to be a little more forward looking. Although given the life he maps out for us we might wish to stay focussed on the past. Just what does Jesus have in mind for his team of saints?
Today’s worship service will be live-streamed on our YouTube channel at 10:30 am. Join us live, or watch the video here at a later time.
The bulletin for the service can be downloaded here.
To anyone who isn’t Lutheran Reformation Sunday might seem like a strange festival. When else in the church calendar do we celebrate an historical event that isn’t biblical? And to be sure, Reformation Sunday can sometimes become more a celebration of Lutheran culture than anything else. But there’s a theological treasure this day proclaims. One revealed today through a simple story Jesus tells about an arrogant Pharisees and a grovelling tax collector.
Today’s worship service will be live-streamed on our YouTube channel at 10:30 am. Join us live, or watch the video here at a later time.
The bulletin for the service can be downloaded here.
It’s our 65th birthday and we have a wonderful party planned. As if we didn’t get enough opportunity to give thanks last week we will do it some more this Sunday. And while feeling thankful for the past might seem easier these days than feeling confident about the future, our scriptures today urge us to not lose heart and to continue in what we have firmly believed. Oh yeah, and to pray always. Good advice!
Today’s worship service will be live-streamed on our YouTube channel at 10:30 am. Join us live, or watch the video here at a later time.
The bulletin for the service can be downloaded here.
Saying “Thank You” is something we were all taught to do even before we hit Kindergarten. And yet somehow gratitude becomes a complicated practice the farther along our journey in life we travel. Our gospel, however, tells the story of one for whom giving thanks was simple and powerful. So what was his secret?
Today’s worship service will be live-streamed on our YouTube channel at 10:30 am. Join us live, or watch the video here at a later time.
The bulletin for the service can be downloaded here.