This Sunday we reflect on the story of Christ’s ascension which was commemorated in the festival of Ascension Day this past Thursday. Which may be one of the less popular festivals on the church calendar, at least for us. And there may be many reasons for that. One being its danger. 

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.

Idols are kind of a big deal in the Bible. God doesn’t like them. And so the first commandment warns us against them. But that doesn’t stop us as humans from finding them and using them in our search for love, life, and belonging. So thank goodness today that we celebrate a baptism. For nothing breaks the grip of an idol on our life more powerfully than the word and the water of the font. Come, see, remember, and be freed.

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.

This week we enjoy a sermon on John 14:1-14 from guest pastor Jane Gingrich, spiritual health practitioner and Lutheran pastor from Kamloops. Jane reflects on how our lives are so often like that of the disciples on the last night of Jesus’s life. And yet Christ’s promise is as much for us as it was for them…”Do not be afraid.”

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.

Joy was one of the last things Jesus prayed for his disciples to receive before going to his Passion. Joy, you could say, was serious business for Jesus. And it still is, given the way our tendencies as faith communities can get in the way of God’s people experiencing joy. So what can Jesus’s talk about sheep and shepherds and sheepfolds teach us about joy today?

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 story are you living by? The story of a world so broken it’s hard to imagine hope? The story of some failure or disappointed dream in your personal life? Is it the story held in a memory that keeps you moored to the past? The story of the walk to Emmaus asks us just that question. And gives us a new story that just might be the key to opening the door to true Easter hope.

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.

This week our service will be a video recording of the recent World Day of Prayer service prepared by the women of Nigeria. In this season of resurrection hope listen for the witness of these faithful women to the hope they find in their faith amidst some soul-crushing challenges. They are stories that will inspire strength and determination in us all.

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.

Easter Sunday sometimes feels like a “happily ever after” ending to a dramatic story. But taking another look maybe the resurrection doesn’t wrap things up quite as neatly as we think. Maybe it leaves a fair bit of unfinished business. Which sounds familiar. So what’s the good news for people like us whose lives are always works-in-progress?

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.

Were you there? Singing the well-known spiritual by that name is one of my most haunting and indelible memories of Good Friday growing up. And no, we weren’t there. But the unfathomable mystery of this day is that God is here. With us. In every tragedy, brokenness, and darkness of our world. With a love whose depth confounds us and holds us in its unbreakable embrace.

We gather at 10:30 AM this morning to hear the story of our Lord’s Passion as we enter into the mystery and profundity of Good Friday. Today’s service will also be live-streamed on our YouTube channel.

As we begin our journey through the three days tonight we read scriptures that speak to us of interruptions. Most of us are not usually fond of interruptions. They often prevent us from doing what we want to do, going where we want to go, or saying what we want to say. Unless it’s God behind the interruptions. Then they just might save our life.

We will gather at today 6 pm for a dinner of soup and bread. During dinner you are invited to participate in the foot-washing. We will then gather for worship (both in-person and live-streamed on our YouTube channel) at 7 pm including Holy Communion and the stripping of the altar.

Maundy Thursday

We will gather at 6 pm for a dinner of soup and bread. During dinner you are invited to participate in the foot- washing. We will then gather for worship at 7 pm including Holy Communion and the stripping of the altar.

Good Friday

We gather at 10:30 am for a service of Tennebrae in which candles are extinguished during a dramatic reading of the passion story.

Easter Sunday Celebration Service

We will begin our morning of celebration of our Lord’s resurrection with an Easter Continental potluck breakfast from 9 to 10 am. All are invited to bring finger-food style items to contribute (like croissants, muffins, cheese, kolbassa, cut up ham, fruits, mini quiche, hot cross buns, veggies… etc.) There will also be an Easter Egg Hunt for the kids. This will be followed at 10:30 am with a Family Celebration Service. Don’t forget to bring flowers from your garden to decorate the cross.