We believe God’s word is powerful. At least most of the time. But then there are those days when we’re not sure, and faith can be a struggle. So can there be good news in an unsettling story of a crazy farmer and his absurd farming techniques? Jesus thinks so.

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.

As Coquitlam celebrates its Pride Festival this weekend we join the party with a pride-themed worship service, featuring a wonderful message from ELCIC pastor Adam Snook. “The church’s story is a love story” he says. And so it is. The story of a  love that welcomes all into its gracious rest. And the story of a love that challenges all to grow beyond attitudes and behaviours that limit God’s vision for the beloved community.

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.

Welcome is one of the friendliest words in the English language. We all know how good it feels to be welcomed. And being welcoming has its rewards as well. Although in that case the rewards go far beyond what usually comes to mind for us. Our scriptures today want to push us to explore, “What are the real rewards of being welcoming?”

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.

If you remember growing up and moving out of the family home, that might help you get inside Jesus’s heart-stopping words in our gospel today. And if you don’t maybe thinking about baptism will help. Truth be told, there’s no easy way of grasping Jesus’s instructions to his disciples in this text. But there is good news in there…somewhere!

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 not money that makes the world go round. It’s compassion. Compassion like Jesus shows today to a crowd of people, helpless and harassed. And then he sends his disciples, and us, out with the same mission. But is there more to compassion than meets the eye?

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 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.