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Winter 2020: Learning Life From Jesus (Gospel of Matthew)
- April 12 (Easter Sunday):
- April 10 (Good Friday): Full online service
- April 5 (Palm Sunday): Celebrating and Care-mongering (Matthew 21:1-11) Bruce Martin (Full online service)
- March 29: No Thanks. I Suppose. I Will. (Matthew 26:36-46) Mark Archibald (Full online service)
- March 22: You ARE the Messiah, the Son of the Living God (Matthew 16:13-18) Bruce Martin (Full online service)
- March 15: Cuba Celebration
- March 8: Life: Past, Present, Future (Matthew 9:9-13) Bruce Martin
- March 1: Jesus says: "Do it Yourself!" (Matthew 14:13-21) Mark Archibald
- February 23: What the Kingdom of Heaven Looks Like (Matthew 8:1-17) Bruce Martin
- February 16: Follow Me! What Does That Mean for Me? (Matthew 4:18-22) Bruce Martin
- February 9: The Kingdom of Heaven is Coming: So What? (Matthew 4:12-17) Bruce Martin
- February 2: The Third Temptation of Christ: The Long Way 'Round (Matthew 4:8-11) Troy Taylor
- January 26 - The Second Temptation of Christ: God HAS To do It For ME! (Matthew 4:5-7) Bruce Martin
- January 19 - The First Temptation of Christ: The Good(?) Life (Matthew 4:1-4) Bruce Martin
- January 12 - Jesus at the Jordan: Being God's Beloved (Matthew 3:13-17) Bruce Martin
- January 5 - John the Baptist: Something for Everyone! (Matthew 3:1-12) Mark Archibald
- December 29 - Good News (Or Not) for the Wise Men (Matthew 2:1-12) Mark Archibald and Troy Taylor
Advent and Christmas 2019
- December 24 - Christmas Eve Services: Young Families @ 6 pm; All Ages @ 7 pm
- December 22 - Good News of Joy (or Not?) for Mary (Luke 1:26-38) Bruce Martin
- December 15 - Goods News Comes at Unexpected Times, to Unexpected People, in Unexpected Ways (Luke 1:5-25) Mark Archibald
- December 8 - Good News of Peace (or Not?) for Joseph (Matthew 1:18-25) Bruce Martin
- December 1 - Good News of Hope (or Not?) for the World (Isaiah 9:1-7) Bruce Martin
CBWC Sunday
- November 24- Shoed for the Gospel of Peace (Ephesians 6:1-20) Faye Reynolds
Fall 2019 - Good News: God's Hope for our World
- November 17 - The Good News is Jesus (Colossians 1:15-23) Bruce Martin
- November 10 - The Good News of Belonging (Acts 2:36-47) Bruce Martin
- November 3 - The Good News of the Church (John 20:19-23) Troy Taylor
- October 27 - The Good News of Purpose (Mark 5:1-20) Mark Archibald
- October 20 - The Good News of Hope (Psalm 33:12-22) Bruce Martin
- October 13 - The Good News of Grace (Luke 5:17-26) Bruce Martin
- October 6 - The Good News of Forgiveness (Luke 5:27-32) Bruce Martin
- September 29 - God So Loved the World - So What? (The Good News of Abiding Presence) (John 3:1-17) Bruce Martin
- September 22 - Open Door Policy (The Good News of Loving Acceptance) (Luke 10:25-37) Troy Taylor
- September 15 - Good News! (Luke 4:14-21) Bruce Martin
Summer 2019 - Cultivating our Spiritual Lives
- September 8 - Words to Worship By (Psalm 148) Bruce Martin
- August 25 - Make the Effort (2 Peter 1:3-11) Carol Heynen
- August 18 - Awkwardly Compelling (John 14:1-24) Troy Taylor
- August 4 - "Be Still" - I"ll Get Right On That! (Psalm 46) Bruce Martin
- July 28 - A Spiritual Check Up (Psalm 15) Richard Odei-Wontumi
David: A Person after God's Own Heart
- June 30: Roots and Thorns, Politicians and Citizens (1 Kings 2:1-4; 2 Samuel 23) Mark Archibald
- June 23: My Rock, My Saviour (2 Samuel 22) Stephen Reynolds
- June 16: Let's Hear it for the Whistleblower (2 Samuel 11 & 12) Mark Archibald
- June 9: Good Grief? (2 Samuel 1) Bruce Martin
- June 2: Facing our Fears (1 Samuel 21) Bruce Martin
- May 26: Conspiracy Theories and Nude Prophecies (1 Samuel 19) Mark Archibald
- May 19: Everything Money CAN'T Buy (1 Samuel 18:1-4) Bruce Martin
- May 12: Facing Our Goliaths (1 Samuel 17) Bruce Martin
- May 5: Mirror, Mirror on the Wall (1 Samuel 16, 1-13) Bruce Martin
John: Advent through Easter
- April 28: Reasonable Doubt (John 20:11-30) Troy Taylor
- April 21: What If? (John 20:1-18) Bruce Martin
- April 14: Kids' Easter Production
- April 7: Who is Jesus? (John 18:28-19:16) Bruce Martin
- March 31: Two comparisons (John 18:1-11) Stephen Reynolds
- March 24: Cuba Ministry Celebration Service (John 17)
- March 17: A Slave is not Greater than the Master (John 15:18-16:4) Bruce Martin
- March 10: Put Your Life on the Vine (John 15:1-17) Mark Archibald
- March 3: Life in the Spirit (John 14:15-31) Bruce Martin
- February 24: Got Questions? Great! (John 14:1-7) Bruce Martin
- February 17: Believe it or Not, Jesus Knows What He's Doing (John 13:1-17) Mark Archibald
- February 10: Tomorrow Never Dies (John 11:1-44) Bruce Martin
- February 3: Why Do I Need a Shepherd? (John 10:10-30) Bruce Martin
- January 27: Which Road Will I Choose? (John 10:1-10) Bruce Martin
- January 20: Who is Your Real Father? (John 8:31-59) Stephen Reynolds
- January 13: To See or Not to See? That Is the Question (John 8-9) Bruce Martin
- January 6: I Am Bread (John 6) Troy Taylor
- December 30: The First Sign of Something New (John 2:1-11) Bruce Martin
- December 23: A World Turned Upside Down (John 3:1-21) Bruce Martin
- December 9: A New Hope (John 1:1-14) Bruce Martin
- December 2: The Light Shines in the Darkness (John 1:1-5) Bruce Martin
Fall 2018: This We Believe (Core Christian Commitments)
- November 25: The Spirit in which Church Happens (Ephesians 4: 7-16) Bruce Martin
- November 18: Connected to God's Work (Canadian Baptist Ministries, Cuba Misssion)
- November 11: Wrestling with the Hard Questions (Galatians 5:13-25) Bruce Martin
- November 4: A Rich Heritage (Canadian Baptists of Western Canada) (2 Timothy 1, 1-14) Faye Reynolds
- October 28: Good News/Baptism: When the Jailhouse Rocks (Acts 16:16-34) Bruce Martin
- October 21: This Crazy Little Thing Called Church (Ephesians 4:1-6) Bruce Martin
- October 14: Soul Liberty: What Is It and Why Does It Matter? (Romans 14) Stephen Reynolds
- October 7: Someone Always Pays a Price: Sin, Forgiveness and the Crucifixion (1 John 5:2-2) Mark Archibald
- September 30: How Do I Know God? (The Bible and wise mentors) (2 Timothy 3:1-17) Bruce Martin
- September 23: Life in the Spirit (John 14-16) Bruce Martin
- September 16: WHO We Are All About: Jesus (Philippians 1:1-11) Bruce Martin
- September 9: There is Nothing Permanent Except ... GOD (Psalm 145) Bruce Martin
Summer 2018: The BIG Little People of the Bible (some lesser known but important people in Scripture)
- September 2: Excitement and Trepidation (Philemon) Bruce Martin
- August 26: Collateral Damage: The Women in Samson's Life (Judges 13-16) Anna Braun
- August 19: Stew, Soil and a Soft Heart (Luke 8:1-15) Bruce Martin
- August 12: Come and See (John 1:35-51) Richard Odei-Wontumi
- August 5: Walk with Me: The Story of Genealogies (Genesis 4) Troy Taylor
- July 29: Ehud, Jesus, and a History of Violence (Judges 3:12-20) Mark Archibald
- July 8: The Two Lost Sons (Luke 15:11-32) Troy Taylor
- July 1: Lydia: Citizenship in the Kingdom (Acts 16:11-16) Bruce Martin
Spring 2018: James - Real Faith in the Real World
- June 24: James: Finishing Well (James 5:13-20) Bruce Martin
- June 17: James: Optimistic Patience (James 5:7-12) Troy Taylor
- June 3: James: To Know the Good and Do It (James 4:7-17) Bruce Martin
- May 27: James: A Wake Up Call (James 4:1-10) Bruce Martin
- May 20: Wisdom: What it Ain't. What it Am. (James 3:13-18) Mark Archibald
- May 13: James: "Where Did That Come From?!" (James 3:1-12) Mark Archibald
- May 6: James: Walking the Talk (James 2:14-26) Bruce Martin
- April 29: James - We're All In This Together (James 2:1-11) Bruce Martin
- April 22: James - Building a Life that Actually Matters (James 1:19-27) Bruce Martin
- April 15: James - Been There, Done That (James 1:1-18) Bruce Martin
Lent/Easter 2018: Jesus, Suffering Servant, Coming King
- April 8: Good News for ALL Nations - Cuba Celebration Service
- April 1: Easter Sunday - You Will Go Out in Joy (Isaiah 55-60) Bruce Martin
- March 25, 2018: Palm Sunday Kids' Programme
- March 18, 2018: Lent - For a Brief Time (Isaiah 54:1-20) Stephen Reynolds
- March 11, 2018: Lent - My Mid-Life Crisis? (Isaiah 53:7-12) Bruce Martin
- March 4, 2018: We All Have Done This ... (Isaiah 53:4-6) Bruce Martin
- February 25, 2018: Out of Dry Ground (Isaiah 53:1-3) Faye Reynolds
- February 18, 2018: Lent - Is there any Good News? (Isaiah 52) Bruce Martin