Romans 8:18-27 Last Saturday, and really the whole weekend, was a wonderful celebration I am still living with – the wedding of my daughter Lorena to Hannah Brubacher Kaethler up at Silver Lake Mennonite Camp. It was a great weekend, perfect weather, and a special one for me as a father. My heart […]
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Kevin Derksen Scripture: Romans 12:1-2, Mark 8:14-25 In my early days as a pastor here I was given a book that has since become one of my favorites. It’s a collection of stories and reflections on congregational ministry called This Odd and Wondrous Calling (Martin Copenhaver and Lillian Daniel, Eerdmans, 2009). This is
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Pentecost and Membership Sunday Scripture: Acts 2:1-4, Ephesians 4:1-6 If you were to ask me how the Holy Spirit has worked in my life, I’d probably have a tough time answering. On the one hand, there’s too much that I could point to – how do you narrow it down? I trust that
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Ruth 1 Sometimes I marvel at the beauty of how certain Biblical texts and worship themes and the life of a congregation all happen to come together and speak on a Sunday morning. Way back when, when we were putting together this worship series on “The Things That Nourish” we looked ahead to
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Scripture: Genesis 28:10-22 One of my most treasured memories is of a day many years ago when Pam and I were in Vancouver with a little three-month old Charlie. We had been visiting relatives in Abbotsford an hour away, and had come into the big city so Pam could catch a show with
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1 Peter 2:4-10; Hebrews 12:1-3 I remember when I first became aware of and excited about the Hebrews 12 passage and images we just heard. I was a high school youth if you can believe it. It was the theme verse for a cross Canada Youth Assembly called Great Trek, with its theme
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