This morning, as part of our September sermon series exploring biblical images of Christian community, Leigh shared with us what it meant to be a Holy Nation. He led off with the idea that a Holy Nation is defined as a community of people who are set apart and made whole by God with a […]
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We are now into our third week of our September series exploring different images of church and community, as found in Scripture. This week, Rev. Augustin explores what it means to be a member of the Royal Priesthood (I Peter 2:9). The priest, originally, was appointed by God to intercede on behalf of the people. It
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This week, Alpha shared a meditation on what it meant to be “the people of God”. Speaking from 1 Peter 2:4-12, he talked about how the peculiar people of God are simultaneously world-hated and world-blessings. Alpha has made his Prezi presentation available here: People of God: Peculiar Enough for You? on Prezi LW
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This week, to kick off our September Sermon Series: Bibilical Images of Church and Community, John shared with us a meditation on what it meant to be the community of God – or, as the biblical picture depicts us, “the Body of Christ.” John shared many interesting insights – interspersed with his own personal stories – about what
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Following feedback from our recent church camp as well as how we are growing as a church family, we are going to embark on a sermon series this September exploring the various biblical pictures that God uses to describe His people – the Church. September Sermon Series: Bibilical Images of Church and Community 2 Sept: The
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Today, we commemorated Missions Sunday with a powerful time of sharing by our friends from United Voice Malaysia. United Voice is the first society in Malaysia that is led by persons with learning disabilities which was registered in July 2005. The members of UV include persons with Down Syndrome, Autism, Attention Deficit Disorder, Global Developmental
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Today was bittersweet for all of us. We had the blessing of having our good friend Rev. Dr. Phil Baker preach a powerful encouragement on how Christians need to be in Community (based on today’s Lectionary readings). Christians without a community, he said, is a contradiction of terms. But, “It takes hard work to develop
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Thanks Alpha (@alphalim) for your sermon titled, “Who Looks Out For You?”; talking about Jesus the Good Shepherd from John 10:11-18. Alpha’s Prezi sermon slides are here:Who’s Looking Out for You? on Prezi LW
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This morning, Pastor Augustin shared a challenging message asking us to consider our identity as Christians. He talked about how we need to consider the challenge of today’s Gospel reading (John 12:20-33): to be like seeds that die in the ground before they are able to bring forth great harvest. He also shared from the
Preaching from today’s readings (Exodus 20:1-17; I Corinthians 1:18-25; John 2:13-22), Pastor Augustin shared about how: In the Old Testament reading, we learn about God’s covenant “demands” to His people in the form of the 10 Commandments, which eventually led to a system of worship rituals centered around sacrifice. By the time of the Jesus,
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