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Advent 2024

December 8: PEACE: A Jigsaw Puzzle Peace (Luke 2:4-14) Katelyn Entz (Online Service)
December 1: HOPE: Jesus Is Our Hope (Micah 5:2-9, Matthew 2:1-6) Keith Shields (Online Service)

Fall 2024: First Timothy

November 24: More? Or, More of the Same? (1 Timothy 6:17-21) Troy Taylor (Online Service)
November 17: With Faith Comes Great Responsibility (1 Timothy 6:1-16) Katelyn Entz (Online Service)
November 10: A Glass Can Only Spill What It Contains (1 Timothy 5:21-25) Mark Archibald (Online Service)
November 3: If I Were a Rich Man (1 Timothy 5:17-19) Keith Shields and Richard Odei-Wontumi (Online Service)
October 27: Take What You Need. Need What You Take. Become What is Needed. (1 Timothy 5:1-16) Troy Taylor (Online Service)
October 20: Walk the Talk (1 Timothy 4:11-16) Katelyn Entz (Online Service)
October 13: You Gotta Start Somewhere (1 Timothy 4:1-10) Mark Archibald (Online Service)
October 6, 2024: Worthy of Respect (1 Timothy 3:1-16) Troy Taylor (Online Service)
September 29: Walking on Stormy Seas (Matthew 14:22-36) Keith Shields (Online Service)
September 22: I Urge You to Pray. . . (1 Timothy 2:1-15) Katelyn Entz (Online Service)
September 15: Jesus is My House League Coach (1 Timothy 1:1-20) Mark Archibald (Online Service)
September 8: What is the Point? Introducing our series on 1 Timothy (1 Timothy 1:1-7) Troy Taylor (Online Service)

Spring/Summer 2024: What Does “Faith” Really Look Like? (Hebrews 11)

September 1: Daniel: Faithfulness During Transition (Daniel 1 and Hebrews 11) Katelyn Entz (Online Service)
August 25: Waiting to Receive All that God Has Promised (Elisha) (Hebrews 11, 2 Kings 4) Mark Archibald (Online service)
August 18: Elijah: Before and After (Hebrews 11:32-40, 1 Kings 17-19) Troy Taylor (Online service)
August 11: Good News of Great Joy for ALL People (David) (Hebrews 11:32-40, Psalm 145) Bruce Martin (Online service)
August 4: God’s Kingdom Comes, God’s Will Is Done (Samuel) (Hebrews 11:32-40, 1 Samuel 12) Bruce Martin (Online service)
July 28: Jephthah: Mercenary Leadership and Questionable Vows (Hebrews 11:32, Judges 11-12) Katelyn Entz (Online service)
July 21: Samson: The Original Superman (Hebrews 11:32, Judges 13-16) Katelyn Entz (Online service)
July 14: The Faith of the First Followers (Barak) (Hebrews 1-2, 32, Judges 4) Troy Taylor (Online Service)
July 7: Hallelujah Anyway (Gideon) (Hebrews 11:32-40, Joshua 7) Bruce Martin (Online service)
June 30: Real Faith. Real Action. Real Life (Rahab) (Hebrews 11:31, Joshua 2, James 2:14-26) Bruce Martin (Online service)
June 23: The Boring, Embarrassing, Spectacular Victory (People at Jericho) (Hebrews 11:30) Mark Archibald (Online service)
June 16: It’s A Trap! (Or, Faith is for People Who Are Freaking Out . . . (People at the Red Sea)) (Hebrews 11:1-2, 29) Troy Taylor (Online service)
June 9: From Prince to Prophet (Moses) (Hebrews 11:23-29) Katelyn Entz (Online service)
June 2: Your Plan. Reality. Uh Oh! (Moses’ Parents) (Hebrews 11:23, Exodus 2:1-10) Bruce Martin (Online service)
May 26 Creative Arts: Take My Bones With You (Joseph) (Hebrews 11:22, Genesis 50:22-26) Mark Archibald (Online service – Creative Arts Slide Show – Creative Writing Anthology)
May 19: When Everything is a Struggle (Jacob) (Hebrews 11:21, Genesis 32:22-32) Bruce Martin (Online service)
May 12: To Act As We Think Is Most Difficult (Isaac) (Hebrews 11:20, Genesis 25:7-26) Bruce Martin (Online service)
May 5: Abraham: A Man of Great Faith? (Selections from Genesis and Hebrews 11) Kyle Merkel (Online service)
April 28: What? A Flood? (Noah) (Hebrews 11:7 & Genesis 6:5-22) Katelyn Entz (Online service)
April 21: Enoch, and the Long Walk (Hebrews 11:5-6) Troy Taylor (Online service)
April 14: Good Brother. Bad Brother. Faithful God (Cain & Abel) (Hebrews 11:4) Mark Archibald (Online service)
April 7 Cuba Service: Faith Is Taking the First Step (Hebrews 11:1-2) Bruce Martin (Online service)

Winter 2024: Following a New Way, the Way of Jesus

March 31 Easter: “I Have Seen the Lord!” (Mary Magdalene) (John 20:1-18) Bruce Martin (Online service)
March 29 Good Friday: When We Know Who Jesus Is (The Thief on the Cross) (Online service)
March 24: The Great Shepherd, Palm Sunday Celebration with our Kids and Youth (Online service)
March 17: Zacchaeus: The Hero No One Saw Coming (Luke 19:1-10) Troy Taylor (Online Service)
March 10: A Tale of Two Sisters (Mary and Martha) (Luke 10:38-42) Katelyn Entz (Online service)
March 3: Nick @ Night (Nicodemus) (John 3) Mark Archibald (Online service)
February 25: Lazarus and the Plot to Kill a Dead Man (John 12:1-11) Mark Archibald (Online service)
February 18: Seriously? Seriously??? When Life Goes Sideways … Again (Mary‘s Story) (Luke1:46-55) Bruce Martin (Online service)
February 11: And in this corner . . . Judas! (John 13:18-38) Troy Taylor (Online Service)
February 4: Zeal. Yes? No? Maybe? (Simon the Zealot) (Luke 6:12-36) Bruce Martin (Online service)
January 28: Children of Thunder (James and John) and Commissioning for Katelyn (Luke 9:46-56) Katelyn Entz (Online service)
January 21: Lethbridge!? Can Anything Good Come From Lethbridge!? (Nathanael) (John 1:43-51) Mark Archibald (Online service)
January 14: Faithful Plodding (Andrew) (John 1:35-42) Bruce Martin (Online service)
January 7: THIS Changes Everything! Journeying with the Magi into 2024 (Matthew 2:1-12) Bruce Martin (Online service)

Advent/Christmas 2023: Good News of Great Joy for ALL People

December 31: Hope, Peace, Love, Joy … and JESUS! (Online service)
December 24, 7 p.m., Candlelight Service, The LIGHT Shines in the Darkness (Online service)
December 24, 11 a.m. All-Age Service. Finding JOY in Luke (Online service)
December 17: An Easy-Going, Half-Hearted, Hobby-Religion? I Don’t Think So! Finding LOVE in John (John 1:1-18) Bruce Martin (Online service)
December 10: Where’s the Peace? Finding PEACE in Mark. Troy Taylor (Online service)
December 3: An Unexpected HOPE: Finding HOPE in Matthew (Matthew 1:1-25) Katelyn Entz (Online service)

Fall 2023: God Is Doing Exciting Things Among Us

November 26: Why We Do What We Do: Worship (Philippians 2:5-11) Faye Reynolds (Online service)
November 19: Falling in Love Again … with God’s Church (1 Corinthians 13) Bruce Martin (Online service)
November 12: Life In the Most Unlikely Places (John 10:10) Bruce Martin (Online service)
November 5: While It Was Still Dark. . . (John 20:1-18) Mark Archibald (Online service)
October 29: Youth-led Service. Jesus is Calling, Will You Answer? Kyle Merkel (Online service)
October 22: Cuba Celebration Service. Pray – Let God Worry (Psalm 46) Bruce Martin (Online service)
October 15: No Higher Calling (1 Samuel 3:1-10) Katelyn Entz (Online service)
October 8: Bad News Everyone! God is Slow to Anger and Abounding in Love! (Jonah1-4) Mark Archibald (Online service)
October 1: What Can I Bring to the Table? (John 6:1-13) Bruce Martin (Online service)
September 24: Left Out, Kicked Out, Welcomed Home (John 9) Mark Archibald (Online service)
September 17: A Baptism Celebration and “Who Gets To Name Me” (Genesis 3:1-10) Troy Taylor (Online service, Outdoor baptisms)
September 10: God Is Doing Exciting Things Among Us. Ordination Service with Kyle Merkel and Troy Taylor (Online service)
September 3: These are the Best of Times (Lamentations 3:19-26) Bruce Martin (Online service)

Spring/Summer 2023: Encounters with Jesus (and More)

August 27: Poetry in the Dark (Various Old Testament Characters) Anna Braun (Online service)
August 20: Wading into the River of Life (Ezekiel 47:1-12) Bruce Martin (Online service)
August 13: The Mirror – My Reflection (Genesis 1:26-29, 2:4-9) Richard Odei-Wontumi (Online service)
August 6: Getting Out of Death Valley (Ezekiel 37:1-14) Bruce Martin (Online Service)
July 30: A Lucky Rabbit’s Foot Kind of God (Judges 17) Katelyn Entz (Online Service)
July 23: The Bare Essentials (Acts 19:11-20) Mark Archibald (Online Service)
July 16: A Great Cloud of Witnesses (Various Scriptures) Faye Reynolds (Online Service)
July 9: “Two Religious People Walk into a Church. . .” (Matthew 23) Mark Archibald (Online Service)
July 1: What Are We Doing Here? (Psalm 84) Troy Taylor (Online Service)
June 25: Stories from Kenya with the Blankenstyn Family (Online Service)
June 18: My Family + My Network = My Congregation (John 1:41) Richard Odei-Wontumi (Online Service)
June 11: What Does a Call From God Look Like? (from the Gospel of John) Anna Braun (Online Service)
June 4: A Message from Danae Nelson, IVCF Campus Minister at the U of L (John 6:1-15) Danae Nelson (Online Service)
May 28: Have You Seen the Church? (1 Chronicles 16:1-36) Colleen Klassen (Online Service)
May 21: Rage, Rage Against the Dying of the Light (John 11:1-44) Katelyn Entz (Online Service)
May 14: SSSSSHHHH! Keep it down! Jesus and the Sneaky Pharisee (John 3:1-21) Troy Taylor (Online Service)
May 7: How Did Judas Get It So Wrong? (John 13:18-30) Faye Reynolds (Online Service)
April 30: What Do You Know? (John 9) Stephen Reynolds (Online Service)
April 23: The Gospel According to KEVIN! (or How You Feel About Family is a Complicated Thing) John 2:1-12. Mark Archibald (Online Service)
April 16: Loving Your Neighbour (Matthew 22:37-40) Dennis Shierman (Online Service)

Winter/Spring 2023 (Lent/Easter): The Lord’s Prayer (and More)

April 9: My Lord and my God! (John 20:18-29) Mark Archibald (Online Service)
April 2: God’s Upside-Down Kingdom: a Kid’s Kingdom presentation for Palm Sunday (Online Service)
March 26: Do Not Lead Us Into Temptation (Matthew 6:13) Bruce Martin (Online service)
March 19: Celebrating our Partnership with Cuban Baptist Churches (Online service)
March 12: I Thank My God Every Time I Remember You (Forgive Us Our Trespasses …) (Matthew 6:12) Mark Archibald (Online service)
March 5: Give Us Today Our Daily (Fresh) Bread (Matthew 6:11, John 6:32-58) Bruce Martin (Online service)
February 26: Painting the Lord’s Prayer (Matthew 6:9-10) Bruce Martin (Online service)

Winter 2023: What I’m Thankful For. What I’m Excited About.

February 19: A Foreshadowing of the Resurrection (Matthew 17:1-8) Faye Reynolds (Online service)
February 12: Youth Sunday: Discipleship, Outreach, and Mission Kyle Merkel & Youth (Online service)
February 5: Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places (Luke 4:14-22) Bruce Martin (Online service)
January 29: Sing It Back to Me (Jonah 1) Mark Archibald (Online service)
January 22: If These Rocks Could Speak … (2 Peter 1:2-11) Troy Taylor (Online service)
January 15: What I’m Thankful For. What I’m Excited About (Matthew 16:13-18) Bruce Martin (Online service)

Advent/Christmas 2022: Good News of Great Joy for ALL People

January 8, 2023: Following the (Real) Star (Matthew 2:1-12) Bruce Martin (Online service)
January 1, 2023: Good News of Great Joy for ALL People in 2023, Canadian Baptist Ministries Update (Online service)
December 25: Christmas Day Service (Online service)
December 24, 7 p.m.: Christmas Eve Service (Online service)
December 18 JOY: Good News. Great Joy. All People. (Luke 2:8-20) Mark Archibald (Online service)
December 11 LOVE: Love With Us (1 John 4:7-12) Katelyn Entz (Online service)
December 4 PEACE: The Way to Peace (Isaiah 9:1-7) Bruce Martin (Online service)
November 27 HOPE: Hopeful Together. Hopefully Worng Together (Luke 2:8-11, Hebrews 10:23-25) Troy Taylor (Online service)

Fall 2022: What the Spirit Says to the Churches (Revelation 1-3)

November 20: Hot. Cold. Everything In-Between. A Letter to Laodicea (Revelation 3:14-22) Bruce Martin (Online service)
November 13: Being a Little Fish in a Big Pond. A Letter to Philadelphia (Revelation 3:7-13) Troy Taylor (Online service)
November 6: Something’s Happening Here. A Letter to Sardis (Revelation 3:1-6) Bruce Martin (Online service)
October 30: Good News of Great Joy for All People! A Letter to Thyatira (Revelation 2:18-29) Bruce Martin (Online service)
October 23: Walk in Step with the Spirit. A Letter to Pergamum (Revelation 2:12-17) Bruce Martin (Online service)
October 16: I press on … A Letter to Smyrna (Revelation 2:8-11) Bruce Martin (Online service)
October 9: Something’s Missing! A Letter to Ephesus (Revelation 2:1-7) Mark Archibald (Online service)
October 2: Light the fire again! (Revelation 1-3) Bruce Martin (Online service)
September 25: Listen to what the SPIRIT says (Revelation 1-3) Bruce Martin (Online service)
September 18: “I fell at His feet as though dead”: The intimidating JESUS of Revelation 1 (Revelation 1) Mark Archibald (Online service)
September 11: The GOD who speaks to us. (Revelation 1) Bruce Martin (Online service)

Summer 2022: It’s a Miracle …

September 4: This Changes Everything! (Luke 24:13-35) Troy Taylor (Online service)
August 28: Total Recall (John 21:1-19) Carol Heynen (Online service)
August 21: That’s who I am … or am I? (John 5:1-15) Bruce Martin (Online service)
August 14: I know that my Redeemer lives (Acts 3:1-10) Mark Archibald (Online service)
August 7: I’m not OK. You’re not OK. But that’s OK. (Luke 5:11-16) Bruce Martin (Online service)
July 31: Storms, Boats, and Ghosts (Matthew 14:22-33) Katelyn Entz (Online service)
July 24: Where are the Others? (Luke 17:11-19) Richard Odei-Wontumi (Online service)
July 17: Daughter of Abraham (Luke 13:10-17) Faye Reynolds (Online service)
July 10: “Please Sir, I want some more” (Mark 6:30-44, Mark 8:1-10) Troy Taylor (Online service)
July 3: Living in Canada and Living in the Kingdom of God (Luke 8:26-39) Bruce Martin (Online service)
June 26: It’s Bigger than You Think (John 2:1-11) Anna Braun (Online service)

Spring 2022: When the Spirit Comes

June 19: What? Them, too? (Acts 10) Troy Taylor (Online service)
June 12: We need to talk about Peter (Acts 2:14-41) Mark Archibald (Online service)
June 5: God speaks Spanish (Pentecost) (Acts 2:1-13) Mark Archibald (Online service)
May 29: Let all created things praise the Lord (Creative Arts Sunday) (Exodus 35) Bruce Martin (Online service, Art slide show)
May 22: The Spirit like a Dove (John 1:29-34) Troy Taylor (Online service)

Winter/Spring 2022: Real Life/Real Faith (1 Corinthians)

May 15: Building Bridges (1 Corinthians 16:5-24) Bruce Martin (Online service )
May 8: The Generosity Process (1 Corinthians 16:1-4) Mark Archibald (Online service)
May 1: Hope, Heaven, and the Here and Now (and Mary Poppins) (1 Corinthians 15:35-58) Bruce Martin (Online service)
April 24: Why Easter matters … (1 Corinthians 15:12-34) Bruce Martin (Online service)
April 17 Easter Sunday: Good News (1 Corinthians 15:1-11) Bruce Martin (Online service)
April 15: Good Friday Service (Online service)
April 10: Palm Sunday Celebration (Online service)
April 3: God is really among you (1 Corinthians 14) Mark Archibald (Online service)
March 27: Faith. Hope. Love. (1 Corinthians 13:11-13, 14:20) Bruce Martin (Online service)
March 20: Simple Love (1 Corinthians 13) Troy Taylor (Online service)
March 13: Jesus’ (messy) church (1 Corinthians 12:12-27) Bruce Martin (Online service)
March 6: “In remembrance of me” (1 Corinthians 11:17-33) Faye Reynolds (Online service)
February 27: Be more Rudolph (1 Corinthians 12:1-11) Bruce Martin (Online service)
February 20: More than you can handle? (1 Corinthians 10:1-13) Bruce Martin (Online service)
February 13: It Takes Discipline Just to Make it Through the Day (1 Corinthians 9:19-27) Mark Archibald (Online service)
February 6: What matters most (1 Corinthians 6:12-20) Bruce Martin (Online service)
January 30: We’re all in this together (1 Corinthians 4) Bruce Martin (Online service)
January 23: Temples, Quarrels, and Book Clubs (1 Corinthians 3) Mark Archibald (Online service)
January 16: Fools, fops, and nitwits (1 Corinthians 1:18-31) Bruce Martin (Online service)
January 9: And now for something completely different (1 Corinthians 1:1-17) Bruce Martin (Online service)

Advent/Christmas 2021: It’s ALL About Jesus

January 2, 2022: Hope, Peace, Love, and Joy in 2022 (Online service)
December 26: Hope, Peace, Love, and Joy around the world (Online service)
December 24: Christmas Eve Service
December 19: JOY in 2021? (John 15) Troy Taylor (Online service)
December 12: LOVE: He made His dwelling among us (John 1:1-18) Mark Archibald (Online service)
December 5: Let there be PEACE on Earth (Colossians 1:15-23) Bruce Martin (Online service)
November 28: A New HOPE (Assorted Scriptures) Kyle Merkel (Online service)

Fall 2021: Blessing “One Another” in our Church and Community

November 21: CARE FOR one another (Luke 10:25-37, 1 Corinthians 12) Mark Archibald (Online service)
November 14: DO GOOD to one another (1 Thessalonians 5:14-18, Luke 11:15-32) Bruce Martin (Online service)
November 7: PRAY FOR one another (James 5:13-20) Katelyn Entz (Online service)
October 31: TEACH and COUNSEL one another (Colossians 3:1-17) Bruce Martin (Online service)
October 24: ENCOURAGE one another (Cuba Celebration) (Isaiah 41:8-13) Troy Taylor (Online service)
October 17: BUILD UP one another (Romans 14-15, 1 Thessalonians 5, Jude) Bruce Martin (Online service)
October 10: LIVE IN HARMONY with one another: Til the End … Maybe (John 17) Anna Braun (Online service)
October 3: SERVE one another … in love (Galatians 5, 1 Peter 4) Bruce Martin (Online service)
September 26: SHARE one another’s burdens: For all who are weary and burdened (Numbers 11, Matthew 11:28-30, Galatians 6:2-3) Bruce Martin (Online service)
September 19: FORGIVE One Another (Ephesians 4:17-5:2) Mark Archibald (Online service)
September 12: LOVE One Another: This Is What Really Matters (John 13:1-35) Bruce Martin (Online service)

Summer 2021: The Way of Wisdom (Proverbs)

September 5: Lovin’ Labour Day (Assorted Proverbs on Work) Bruce Martin (Video)
August 29: Learned Anything Lately? (Assorted Proverbs & Matthew 7:13-27) Bruce Martin (Video)
August 22: The Gospel According to Proverbs (Proverbs 2:1-10) Katelyn Entz (Video)
August 15: Too Busy to Live (Assorted Proverbs) Troy Taylor (Video)
August 8: It’s the Good Advice that You Just Didn’t Take (Proverbs on Wise Advice & 2 Chronicles 9:30-10:19) Mark Archibald (Video)
August 1: Words Matter (Proverbs 10:19-21, 31-32) Troy Taylor (Video
July 25: Unexpected Results (Proverbs 25:20) Carol Heynen (Video)
July 18: Let there be .. Wisdom, Wonder, and Worship (Proverbs 8) Bruce Martin (Video)
July 11: Bring in the Bling because God’s the King – Financial Wisdom from Proverbs (Proverbs 6:6-11, 14:31) Mark Archibald (Video)
July 4: How to Live Your Life: A Manual of Step-by-Step Procedures for the Compleat Idiot (like me) (Proverbs 1:1-7) Bruce Martin (Video)

Spring 2021: People of Act(s)ion

June 27: Three Heroes, Forty Thugs, and Doing the Right Thing (Acts 23:12-22 – Paul, a Nephew, a Roman, and 40+ Thugs) Bruce Martin (Video)
June 20: And Now For Something Completely Different … (Acts 20:7-12 – Eutychus) Bruce Martin (Video 1, Video 2)
June 13: ALWAYS Look Behind You (Acts 16:1-5; Acts 17:10-15; Acts 19:17-22 – Timothy) Mark Archibald (Video)
June 6: When Friends Fight (Acts 15:36-41 – Paul, Barnabas, John Mark) Troy Taylor (Video)
May 30: Barnabas and the Buddy System (Acts 4:32-37 & Acts 11:19-30 – Barnabas) Mark Archibald (Video)
May 23: God Moves in Creative Ways … (Acts 10:1-35 – Peter & Cornelius) Bruce Martin (Video)
May 16: So Wrapped Up In Something (Acts 9:1-20 – Ananias) Bruce Martin (Video)
May 9: I Bet You’re Wondering How I Got Here (Acts 8:26-40 – Philip) Mark Archibald (Video)
May 2: How I Choose To React Is … (Acts 6:1-15, 7:54-60 – Stephen & Saul) Bruce Martin (Video)
April 25: Serious Business (Acts 5:1-11 – Ananias & Sapphira) Troy Taylor (Video)
April 18: The Good, the Bad, and the Godly (assorted scriptures about Peter) Bruce Martin (Video)

Winter-Spring 2021: Stories to Stir Us … (Jesus’ Parables)

April 11: CBM Stories of God’s Grace: That We May Be One (John 17:20-23) Darrel Johnson
April 4 (Easter Sunday): Being Easter People in 2021 (Matthew 28:1-7) Bruce Martin (Video 1, Video 2)
April 2 (Good Friday): Jesus is the Final Word (Luke 20:9-19) (Online service)
March 28 (Palm Sunday): Kids’ Kingdom presents “Where’s God?” (Online service)
March 21: “Wha’s like Us?” (Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus) (Luke 16:19-31) Troy Taylor (Video)
March 14: Suddenly You’re Doing the Impossible (Parable of the Sheep and Goats) (Matthew 25:31-46) Bruce Martin (Video)
March 7: “Twenty Years From Now …” (Parable of the Talents) (Matthew 25:14-30) Bruce Martin (Video 1, Video 2)
February 28: Who Do You Want To Be? (Parable of the Pharisee and Tax Collector) (Luke 18:9-14) Bruce Martin (Video 1, Video 2)
February 21: That’s Unforgivable! (Parable of the Unforgiving Debtor) (Matthew 18:21-35) Mark Archibald (Video)
February 14: Hanging on by a Thread (Parable of the Persistent Widow) (Luke 18:1-8) Bruce Martin (Video)
February 7: The Kingdom of God is a Party! (Parable of the Banquet) (Luke 14:15-24) Bruce Martin (Video)
January 31: The Taming of the Shrew(d) Manager (Luke 16:1-15) Troy Taylor (Video)
January 24: How Is Life Measured? (Parable of the Rich Fool) (Luke 12:13-34) Bruce Martin (Video 1, Video 2)
January 17: Bothering Jesus (Parable of the Friend at Midnight) (Luke 11:1-13) Mark Archibald (Video )
January 10: Now Go and Do the Same (Parable of the Good Samaritan) (Luke 10:25-37) Bruce Martin (Video)
January 3: When God Digs in the Dirt … (Parable of the Soils) (Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23) Bruce Martin (Video)

Advent/Christmas 2020: Hope, Peace, Love, and Joy to the World!

December 27: Finding Meaning in the Long In-Betweens (Romans 5:1-8) Troy Taylor (Video)
December 24: Christmas Eve Services
December 20: The Weary World Rejoices (Luke 2:8-20) Mark Archibald & Crew (Video)
December 13: Love in a Loveless Land (Luke 2:1-7) Bruce Martin (Video 1, Video 2, Video 3, Video 4)
December 6: Peace in a Peaceless Place (Luke 1:26-38) Bruce Martin (Video)
November 29: Hope in a Hopeless Time (Luke 1:5-25) Bruce Martin (Video 1, Video 2)

Fall 2020: Surprise! Faith in the Wilderness (Exodus)

November 22: Surprise! Let there be Art! (Exodus 31) Bruce Martin (Full online service, Video 1, Video 2, Video 3, Video 4)
November 15: Surprise! The Gospel According to Tom Petty: The Waiting is the Hardest Part (Exodus 32) Mark Archibald (Video)
November 8: Surprise! Ten Keys to a Better World (Exodus 20) Bruce Martin (Video)
November 1: Surprise! You Don’t Need to Burn Out (Exodus 18) Bruce Martin (Video)
October 25: Surprise! Moses and the Desert Smackdown (Exodus 17:1-7) Mark Archibald (Video)
October 18: Surprise! Celebration! (Exodus 15) Bruce Martin (Full online service)
October 11 Thanksgiving: Surprise! No Bridge Over Troubled Water – A Path THROUGH Troubled Water (Exodus 14) Bruce Martin (Video
October 4: Beyond Welch’s and Wonder Bread: The Importance of Passover and Communion (Exodus 12) Troy Taylor (Video )
September 27: Surprise! The Retirement Plan … that Doesn’t Exist (Exodus 6:28-7:7) Bruce Martin (Video 1, Video 2)
September 20: Surprise! God in the Present Tense (Exodus 3) Mark Archibald (Video)
September 13: Surprise! The Good News According to Moses (Exodus 2:1-10) Bruce Martin (Video 1, Video 2)

Summer 2020: Journeys in Genesis and Other Assorted Excursions

September 6: Amazing Grace is Great, But … (Genesis 50:15-26) Bruce Martin (Video 1, Video 2)
August 30: Give Better Than You Get (Genesis 42:1-24) Troy Taylor (Video)
August 23: “Strike Three!” What Now??? (Genesis 37, 39) Bruce Martin (Video 1, Video 2)
August 16: From Faker to Faith (Genesis 32:22-31) Faye Reynolds (Video)
August 9: Naked Noah and the Cursed Son (Genesis 9:18-29) Mark Archibald (Video)
August 2: Pushin’ the Limits (Genesis 3) Troy Taylor (Video)
July 26: When Things Go Sideways (Genesis 12:9-20) Bruce Martin (Video Part 1, Video Part 2)
July 19: Drinking from the Well of Living Water (Genesis 12:1-9) Bruce Martin (Video)
July 12: Blessed to be a Blessing (Genesis 12:1-4) Bruce Martin (Video Part 1, Video Part 2)
July 5: Eyes on Me (Matthew 14:22-33) Kyle Merkel (Video Part 1, Video Part 2, Video Part 3)
June 28: Move Along, Folks! Nothing to See Here! (Genesis 11:1-9) Mark Archibald (Video)

Spring 2020: Tested in Tough Times (1 Thessalonians)

June 21: The One Who Calls Us Is Faithful (1 Thessalonians 5:23-28) Bruce Martin (Video)
June 14: Fluent in the Faith (1 Thessalonians 5:12-22) Bruce Martin (Video Part 1, Video Part 2)
June 7: Don’t live for the end, but live with the end in mind (1 Thessalonians 4:13-5:11) Troy Taylor (Video Part 1, Video Part 2)
May 31: My Reputation’s Never Been Worse (1 Thessalonians 4:1-12) Mark Archibald (Video Part 1, Video Part 2)
May 24: What FAITH Looks Like (1 Thessalonians 3) Bruce Martin (Video Part 1, Video Part 2)
May 17: When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough … (1 Thessalonians 2:13-30) Bruce Martin (Video Part 1, Video Part 2)
May 10: Mission Impossible (1 Thessalonians 2:1-12) Troy Taylor (Video)
May 3: Superheroes and Ticket Stubs (1 Thessalonians 1) Mark Archibald (Video)
April 26: A Whole New World (Welcome [or not] to Thessalonica) (Acts 17:1-10) Bruce Martin (Video Part 1, Video Part 2)

Winter-Spring 2020: Learning Life From Jesus (Gospel of Matthew)

April 19: What Next? (Matthew 28:16-20) Bruce Martin (Video, Full online service)
April 12 (Easter Sunday): How Do We Celebrate Easter in 2020? (Matthew 28:1-10) Bruce Martin (Video Part 1, Video Part 2)
April 10 (Good Friday): Full online service
April 5 (Palm Sunday): Celebrating and Care-mongering (Matthew 21:1-11) Bruce Martin (Video)
March 29: No Thanks. I Suppose. I Will. (Matthew 26:36-46) Mark Archibald (Video)
March 22: You ARE the Messiah, the Son of the Living God (Matthew 16:13-18) Bruce Martin (Video)
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: W alk with Me: The Story of Genealogies (Genesis 4) Troy Taylor
July 29: Ehud, Jesus, and a History of V iolence (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
- Video of sermon/painting Part 1 Part 2 Part 3
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