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

October 17: BUILD UP one another (Romans 14-15, 1 Thessalonians 5, Jude) Bruce Martin (Online service)
October 10: Til the End … Maybe: LIVE IN HARMONY with one another (John 17) Anna Braun (Online service)
October 3: SERVE one another … in love (Galatians 5, 1 Peter 4) Bruce Martin (Online service)
September 26: For all who are weary and burdened: SHARE one another’s burdens (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: This Is What Really Matters: LOVE One Another (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, Online service)
August 29: Learned Anything Lately? (Assorted Proverbs & Matthew 7:13-27) Bruce Martin (Video, Online service)
August 22: The Gospel According to Proverbs (Proverbs 2:1-10) Katelyn Entz (Video, Online service)
August 15: Too Busy to Live (Assorted Proverbs) Troy Taylor (Video, online service)
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, Online service)
August 1: Words Matter (Proverbs 10:19-21, 31-32) Troy Taylor (Video, Online service)
July 25: Unexpected Results (Proverbs 25:20) Carol Heynen (Video, Online service)
July 18: Let there be .. Wisdom, Wonder, and Worship (Proverbs 8) Bruce Martin (Video, Online service)
July 11: Bring in the Bling because God’s the King – Financial Wisdom from Proverbs (Proverbs 6:6-11, 14:31) Mark Archibald (Video, Online service)
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, Online Service)

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

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 (Online service)
April 4 (Easter Sunday): Being Easter People in 2021 (Matthew 28:1-7) Bruce Martin (Video 1, Video 2, Online service)
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, Online service)
March 14: Suddenly You’re Doing the Impossible (Parable of the Sheep and Goats) (Matthew 25:31-46) Bruce Martin (Video, Online service)
March 7: “Twenty Years From Now …” (Parable of the Talents) (Matthew 25:14-30) Bruce Martin (Video 1, Video 2, Online service)
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, Online service)
February 21: That’s Unforgivable! (Parable of the Unforgiving Debtor) (Matthew 18:21-35) Mark Archibald (Video, Online service)
February 14: Hanging on by a Thread (Parable of the Persistent Widow) (Luke 18:1-8) Bruce Martin (Video, Online service)
February 7: The Kingdom of God is a Party! (Parable of the Banquet) (Luke 14:15-24) Bruce Martin (Video, Online service)
January 31: The Taming of the Shrew(d) Manager (Luke 16:1-15) Troy Taylor (Video, Online service)
January 24: How Is Life Measured? (Parable of the Rich Fool) (Luke 12:13-34) Bruce Martin (Video 1, Video 2, Online service)
January 17: Bothering Jesus (Parable of the Friend at Midnight) (Luke 11:1-13) Mark Archibald (Video, Online service)
January 10: Now Go and Do the Same (Parable of the Good Samaritan) (Luke 10:25-37) Bruce Martin (Video, Online service)
January 3: When God Digs in the Dirt … (Parable of the Soils) (Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23) Bruce Martin (Video, Online service)

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, Full online service)
December 24: Christmas Eve Services
December 20: The Weary World Rejoices (Luke 2:8-20) Mark Archibald & Crew (Video, Full online Service)
December 13: Love in a Loveless Land (Luke 2:1-7) Bruce Martin (Video 1, Video 2, Video 3, Video 4, Full online service)
December 6: Peace in a Peaceless Place (Luke 1:26-38) Bruce Martin (Video, Full online service)
November 29: Hope in a Hopeless Time (Luke 1:5-25) Bruce Martin (Video 1, Video 2, Full Online Service )

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, Full online service)
November 8: Surprise! Ten Keys to a Better World (Exodus 20) Bruce Martin (Video, Full online service)
November 1: Surprise! You Don’t Need to Burn Out (Exodus 18) Bruce Martin (Video, Full online service)
October 25: Surprise! Moses and the Desert Smackdown (Exodus 17:1-7) Mark Archibald (Video, Full online service)
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, Full online service)
October 4: Beyond Welch’s and Wonder Bread: The Importance of Passover and Communion (Exodus 12) Troy Taylor (Video, Full online service )
September 27: Surprise! The Retirement Plan … that Doesn’t Exist (Exodus 6:28-7:7) Bruce Martin (Video 1, Video 2, Full online service)
September 20: Surprise! God in the Present Tense (Exodus 3) Mark Archibald (Video, Full online service)
September 13: Surprise! The Good News According to Moses (Exodus 2:1-10) Bruce Martin (Video 1, Video 2, Full online service)

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

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, Full Online Service)
June 14: Fluent in the Faith (1 Thessalonians 5:12-22) Bruce Martin (Video Part 1, Video Part 2, Full online service)
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, Full online service)
May 31: My Reputation’s Never Been Worse (1 Thessalonians 4:1-12) Mark Archibald (Video Part 1, Video Part 2, Full online service)
May 24: What FAITH Looks Like (1 Thessalonians 3) Bruce Martin (Video Part 1, Video Part 2, Full online service)
May 17: When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough … (1 Thessalonians 2:13-30) Bruce Martin (Video Part 1, Video Part 2, Full online service)
May 10: Mission Impossible (1 Thessalonians 2:1-12) Troy Taylor (Video, Full online service)
May 3: Superheroes and Ticket Stubs (1 Thessalonians 1) Mark Archibald (Video, Full online service)
April 26: A Whole New World (Welcome [or not] to Thessalonica) (Acts 17:1-10) Bruce Martin (Video Part 1, Video Part 2, Full online service)

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, Full online service)
April 10 (Good Friday): Full online service
April 5 (Palm Sunday): Celebrating and Care-mongering (Matthew 21:1-11) Bruce Martin (Video, Full online service)
March 29: No Thanks. I Suppose. I Will. (Matthew 26:36-46) Mark Archibald (Video, Full online service)
March 22: You ARE the Messiah, the Son of the Living God (Matthew 16:13-18) Bruce Martin (Video, 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: 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