This week we’ve experienced how our peace can be shattered so suddenly. How we can go from being on the mountain one moment to deep in the valley the next. So it was for Jesus’s disciples that day they saw Jesus appear in glory. But buried at the end of this story is a detail that we might easily overlook. A detail that shines a different kind of light into the drama of this well-known gospel text.

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.

Salt and light are perhaps the most famous metaphors in the whole Bible. Much has been written and preached about how to be salt and light. So it might come as a little bit of a surprise to realize that Jesus thinks we’re already there. “You are salt…and light” he says. That’s good news! The only question that remains is what are we going to do about it?

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.

The Beatitudes from Matthew’s gospel are some of the most famous, inspiring, and poetic words in all of scripture. They’re also some of the most misunderstood. And yet seen in the right light they become some of the most important words followers of Jesus can hear. In fact they just might be words that can save the world. 

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.

Christian unity…necessity or luxury? Today is the last day of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. In Coquitlam we gathered yesterday for a great unity event full of friendship, respect, and engaging dialogue. And then today along comes to Jesus to ask us, in a manner of speaking, whether that’s the best we can do. So what can Jesus, a bunch of fisherman, and a risky move teach us about being truly ecumenical?

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.

“What are you looking for?” There’s a question that can generate hours of reflection and maybe take us deeper then we often dare to go. But here’s an equally deep question: “Rabbi, where are you staying?” Maybe we write that one off too easily. And yet it contains the key to the good news and the joy that fills our gospel reading today. So come and listen to the living word that breaks open a new world.

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.

You are God’s beloved. Can anyone ever hear those words too often? So we gather today to celebrate the gift of baptism as we hear the story of Christ’s baptism. And we will take the opportunity to remember and rejoice in our own baptisms.

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 story in scripture has spawned more speculation on its details than the narrative of the Magi. What detail intrigues you? The star? Those gifts? The Magi themselves? What about the journey? That may not be the most obvious detail. But it has much to say to us as we set off on our journeys into the wilds of 2026.

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.

Christmas brings great joy. As it did in Bethlehem long ago, as Luke tells us. But Christmas has a dark underbelly as well. In the way that it challenges the powers of this world that value only their own glory. That reality too, and it’s tragic consequences, are also part of the Christmas narrative. And while it might be a piece we prefer to ignore it’s also the bad news that makes the good news so good.

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 are invited to join us as we continue to gather and celebrate the good news of our Saviour’s birth with the following services over the remainder of the Advent and Christmas seasons:

• December 21 at 10:30 am: Fourth Sunday in Advent worship service with Holy Communion and Special Music Performances.
• December 24 at 4:00 pm: Family Christmas Eve Candle-light Celebration service. An all-ages service with lots of carols, a kid-friendly message, and candlelight.
• December 24 at 10:00 pm: Christmas Eve Candlelight service with Holy Communion. A quiet evening service with carols, communion, and candlelight.
• December 25 at 11:00 am: A festive Christmas Day Celebration service with full liturgy and Holy Communion.
• December 28 at 10:30 am: Service of Favourite Christmas Carols with Holy Communion. A service to sing our favourite Christmas carols by request.
• January 4 at 10:30 am: Celebration of the Epiphany of our Lord with Holy Communion followed by a special coffee hour gathering (including our tradition of “leftover Christmas baking”).

Today we hear the second story of Christ’s birth in the Bible. Second, less well known, but no less powerful. It’s a story that gives Joseph, Jesus’s earthly father, center stage. And in so doing brings out a dimension of the Christmas gospel that can sometimes get upstaged by Luke’s shepherds and angels and manger scene. But it’s a dimension that brims with hope for all who take the time to listen.

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.