We usually think of comfort as a good thing. But can comfort be confining? Even stifling? Even dangerous to discipleship? Maybe especially when concern for our comfort moves us to obsess about purity. Turns out the Pharisees are alive and well…and too often they are us! But our hope comes from a watery source.

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 doctrine of the trinity may not seem like the most appropriate scriptural theme for a day of action. But in our gospel Jesus names it as central to one of the most action-oriented passages of scripture…The Great Commission. And so as we celebrate the ELCIC Day of Action we celebrate the Holy Trinity as the source and goal of our life and mission as a church. Welcome to guest preacher and presider Pastor Marlys Moen.

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.

We all know what it feels like to be thirsty. But just not for water. For so many other things in life. For which the world is only too willing to offer us superficial refreshment. But on this day of Pentecost we reminded both by Jesus’s words and an amazing story of where true satisfaction for our thirst can really be found.

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 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.