Justice for All | Justice through judging nations Sunday, May 5, 2024 Dwight Bernier Amos 1.3-2.3 History does not know a true nation of God. Every people group has had different practices that qualify as unjust according to the only one who is perfectly just. In these few verses, God reveals to several nations why He is bringing judgment against t…

Justice for All | God’s roaring for justice Sunday, April 28, 2024 Peter Smith Amos 1.1-2 God sees everything that happens and He will bring perfect justice for every wrong that has ever been committed. His words toward injustice are likened to the roar of a lion. He makes those words known through messengers that He empowers to share what is comin…

Pastor Jesus | Pastor Jesus as our Friend April 21, 2024 Jordan Weeks John 15.1-17 Pastor Jesus loved us before we loved Him. He has been a friend to sinners - all the way to death. He invites His people into all that is His and to remain and abide in Him. He doesn’t merely desire to pastor his people - but to befriend them. Friendship with Jesus i…

Pastor Jesus | Pastor Jesus as our Priest April 14, 2024 Evan Walker Hebrews 4.14-16 As our priest, Jesus knows what we are experiencing. He ministers to us from a place of experience and compassion. It is on the basis of who He is and what He has done that we can draw near to God with confidence through Jesus, our priest.…

Pastor Jesus | Pastor Jesus as Shepherd Sunday, April 7th, 2024 Dwight Bernier John 10.1-18 Jesus is the Chief Shepherd of His Church. He cares for His flock. In doing this, He often uses other shepherds that He enlists to partner with Him and entrusts to care for His people by the power of His Spirit.…

Pastor Jesus | Pastor Jesus as King (Easter) Sunday, March 31, 2024 Peter Smith Matthew 28.1-10 Who is your king? This Easter sermon aims to help us see the good news of Jesus as king and the benefits we receive by submitting to this reality.

Pastor Jesus | Pastor Jesus as Prophet Sunday, March 24, 2024 Brian Stegner Mark 1.9-11, 14-15, 21-22; 9.2-8; Acts 3.12-26 The people of God were used to listening to prophets who spoke to them on behalf of God. But now, there is one greater than the prophets. He comes with authority and uses His words to draw people into the blessing that He has b…

Pastor Jesus | Pastor Jesus as Sacrifice Sunday, March 17, 2024 Dwight Bernier Hebrews 10.1-18 For the people of God, sacrifices were a regular part of life. But when Jesus came, it was said of Him that He was the “Lamb of God” who came to take the sins of the world. He came to be a willing sacrifice. What does His sacrifice have to do with us?…

Unpolished Church | Bigger Church Sunday, March 10, 2024 Jordan Weeks 1 Corinthians 16.1-24 Paul ends his letter by helping the Corinthians see that they are part of something much larger than themselves. There are saints hurting in other places. Paul is travelling to help start new gospel outposts. Their faithfulness locally contributes to global …

Unpolished Church | Resurrection Sunday, March 3, 2024 Peter Smith 1 Corinthians 15 Everything rests on the fact that Jesus rose from the dead.

Unpolished Church | Prophetic Gifts Sunday, February 25, 2024 Dwight Bernier 1 Corinthians 14 Paul takes a lot of time to describe the gifts of tongues and prophecy and how they are to be used within the church. This is extremely important as both of these gifts are often misunderstood and misused within the gathering that is intended to be orderly…

Unpolished Church | Love Gifts in body of Jesus Sunday, February 18, 2024 Jordan Weeks 1 Corinthians 13 This is a text typically used for weddings. While not completely inappropriate, this text has to do with how the gifts within the church are to be used. Gifts should not be used for the attention to be given to the individual, but rather to build…

Unpolished Church | Abusing Communion Sunday, February 11, 2024 Peter Smith 1 Corinthians 11.17-34 Jesus instituted a way to remember Him each time that the church gathers. This involves food and can be done in a number of ways. For the church in Corinth, they had meals together - but they didn’t wait for everyone to come. Before everyone could arr…

Unpolished Church | Diverse Gifts in Body of Jesus Sunday, February 4, 2024 Dwight Bernier 1 Corinthians 12.1-31 God has given His church everything that she needs for growth. This sermon is intended to showcase the variety of gifts given because of what Jesus has done and wants to do for His Church in the world.…

Unpolished Church | Church Dress Codes Sunday, January 28, 2024 Brian Stegner 1 Corinthians 11.2-16 Why does Paul spend time dealing with what men and women should or should not have on their heads? Is this teaching for us? Are we out of line if we don’t obey these rules? Or is there something more that needs to be explored from this text?…

Unpolished Church | Winning at Life Sunday, January 21, 2024 Dwight Bernier 1 Corinthians 9.19-27 What does it mean to “win” in this life? Paul goes into great detail in this text about how he views winning and how he rearranges his life to be able to consistently win. And this calling to win is for us as well!…

Unpolished Church | Food, Culture & Idols Sunday, January 14, 2024 Trenton Walker 1 Corinthians 8.1 - 11.1 The church in Corinth had practices and questions around engaging with the culture that Paul addressed. Though we don’t necessarily have the same issues today as it pertains to food, we have the same temptation to include idolatry into our liv…

Unpolished Church | Dating & Singleness Sunday, January 7, 2024 Dwight Bernier 1 Corinthians 7 Though dating is not a biblical concept as we understand it today, Paul is helping individuals within the church understand how to pursue Jesus in the relationship status they currently hold. He does not see singleness as “second-class”, but instead highl…

Impact of Christmas | Christmas Impacts our Family Sunday, December 24, 2023 Peter Smith For some of us, the idea of spending Christmas with our family is amazing. For others, it is a horrible thought. Jesus came to give us something better than a biological family, which ultimately will end. He came to make a family of many diverse people all unit…

Impact of Christmas | Christmas Impacts our Hope Sunday, December 17, 2023 Jordan Weeks Hopeless situations are everywhere. Jesus comes to bring possibility into the hopeless. He desires to bring light into the darkness. This week, we look at some accounts of hopelessness that Jesus changed.

Impact of Christmas | Christmas Impacts our Money Sunday, December 10, 2023 Evan Walker For many, Christmas requires us to think about money. We are encouraged to be generous, buy gifts for others, and potentially go into debt to impress others with our version of celebration. But how does Jesus impact the way we view money? We will encounter sever…

Unpolished Church | Divorce & Remarriage Sunday, December 3, 2023 Jordan Weeks 1 Corinthians 7 Is it okay to divorce? Can someone remarry? Why does Paul address this here? These questions and more are handled in this passage.

Unpolished Church | Marriage Sunday, November 26, 2023 Peter Smith 1 Corinthians 7 This sermon looks at God’s intentions for marriage as Paul highlights them for the church.

Unpolished Church | Disagreements Sunday, November 19, 2023 Brian Stegner 1 Corinthians 6.1-11 Imagine church members taking one another to court. You don’t have to imagine because that is what is happening in this passage. Paul tells them that this is a matter of forgetting who they are as followers of Jesus. Their identity informs their actions.…

All Church Gathering | Together & Undivided for the Gospel Sunday, November 12, 2023 Dwight Bernier Romans 16 As Paul finishes his letter to the church in Rome, he goes to great length to address many of the people who he loves and ministers with. His example indicates the importance of the together-ness and undivided-ness of the church for the dem…

Unpolished Church | Sexual Immorality & Church Discipline November 5, 2023 Dwight Bernier 1 Corinthians 5.1-13; 6.12-20 Sexual immorality is a catch-all phrase. It encompasses anything that is bent from God’s intention for sex. In this passage, Paul addresses sexual immorality in the church and helps them see that even the world does not applaud wh…

Unpolished Church | Leaders Sunday, October 29th, 2023 Jordan Weeks 1 Corinthians 4.1-21 Paul has been accused of a lot from the church. In this passage, Paul helps them see that leaders are intended to serve, pursue humility, and care for the church. He highlights that his ministry has not been one of ease and that it has been for the glory of Jes…

Unpolished Church | Wisdom from the Spirit Sunday, October 22, 2023 Peter Smith 1 Corinthians 2.6-16 The wisdom being sought after in the city was not the wisdom that God was giving through His Spirit. Paul wants to help the church submit to the wisdom that is going to bring real life to the church and those around them.…

Unpolished Church | Gospel is Enough Sunday, October 15, 2023 Dwight Bernier 1 Corinthians 1.18-2.5 Paul went into Corinth with the gospel. He believed that was enough for the church and for the city. Though the church wanted to pursue wisdom according to the world, Paul fixed them on the gospel as the only way to actually move forward.…

Unpolished Church | Ungodly Divisions Sunday, October 8, 2023 Peter Smith 1 Corinthians 1.10-17; 3.1-23 There were divisions in the church at Corinth that had come from ungodly devotion to specific leaders and ideas. Paul helps the church understand the role of leaders and how they are given to help the church mature, not divide.…

Unpolished Church | Riches of the Church Sunday, October 1, 2023 Jordan Weeks 1 Corinthians 1.1-9 Despite what Paul is going to address with them, he begins by reminding the church of what is most true about them. They are saints. Beloved by God. And Paul is thankful for them. He spends some time in these verses to help them understand just how ric…

Sextember | Digital & Virtual Porneia Sunday, September 24, 2023 Brian Stegner Genesis 39 Porneia is an all-encompassing term to describe sex outside of God’s intentions. We are in an age where many spend a significant portion of their lives in a virtual or digital world. Sex is there as well. How do we navigate this new world we find ourselves in?…

Sextember | Poly Relationships Sunday, September 17, 2023 Dwight Bernier Genesis 29:15-30 God made a diverse amount of variety in His creation. But did He create sex to be had with a variety of people? This sermon looks at polygamy, polyamory and even polytheism as we examine God’s design for sex and marriage.…

Sextember | Abuse Sunday, September 10, 2023 Brian Alton Genesis 34 Like any good gift, sex has been abused. But the extremely difficult thing with abusing sex is that it involves another human being. This will be a delicate sermon that is aimed to bring attention to the issue and God’s offer of healing for those who have experienced it.…

Sextember | Origin of Sex Sunday, September 3, 2023 Dwight Bernier Genesis 2.15-25 There are competing views out there on who we can have sex with and how we can have sex. But who is the authority on sex? Who gets the final say? Is it us? Is it society? Is it God? Listen in as we start our 2023 Sextember series on the topic of the origin of sex.…

Born Again Sunday, August 27, 2023 Tim Hull John 3.1-21 Jesus encounters a religious official who sincerely wants to know why Jesus came. This sermon will unpack that question and walk through what Jesus meant when He said that in order to follow Jesus, one must be born again.

Summer of Loss | Repentance & Restoration Sunday, August 20, 2023 Trenton Walker Job 42 After hearing from God, Job repents completely. He turns wholeheartedly toward God. God rebukes Job’s friends and tells them to ask Job to pray for them. Then the Lord restored his fortunes after he had prayed for them. In fact, what he had after the period of i…

Summer of Loss | Lord always present Sunday, August 13, 2023 Peter Smith Job 38-41 Though Job was a man of integrity, he seemed to hide behind self-righteousness during the conversations with his friends. He became accusatory of God and demanded a trial. So, God comes and sets Him straight. When God speaks, Job is no longer speaking. He is quiet an…

Summer of Loss | Loss of respect Sunday, July 30, 2023 Brian Stegner Job 32-37 Job and his friends were regarded as wise men. But Elihu, a young man, had been listening to the conversation. He steps up and rebukes them all. His role in particular in the overall scheme of the book. He is not rebuked by God, Job, or the three friends. He speaks from …

Summer of Loss | Loss of innocence Sunday, July 23, 2023 Peter Smith Job 29-31 Job is desperately trying to find his justification. He is defending himself, and by doing so is also going against his friends (rightfully), but also God. He is desiring God to give an answer for why He is doing this against Job.…

Summer of Loss | Loss of wisdom Sunday, July 16, 2023 Evan Walker Job 28 Job has not found wisdom in his friends. He says that wisdom can not be found in the land of the living. Only God knows where wisdom is and unless He reveals it to us, we will be at a loss for our days.

Summer of Loss | Loss of Friends Sunday, July 2, 2023 Dwight Bernier Job 2.11-13; 4-27 Thankfully, in the midst of Job’s crisis, his three friends come to comfort him. But after listening to him, things quickly get out of hand. They all take their turns at beating Job down with the retributive principle. They point their fingers at Job for his wron…

Summer of Loss | Loss of health & peace Sunday, June 25th, 2023 Brian Stegner Job 2.1-10; 3 In another account between God and the Accuser, Satan asks for Job’s health. God allows it and Job goes through intense and unbelievable physical pain. What was the advice of those around him, specifically his wife? How does he respond to this loss? And what…

Summer of Loss | Loss of Family & Property Sunday, June 18, 2023 Trenton Walker Job 1 In this text, we get to see into the heavenly court. We overhear a conversation between God and the Accuser, Satan. Satan asks to destroy Job. Job experiences an inconceivable report from his servants. In one day, he loses his property and children. What would he …

Ingredients for Change | Changed by the Church Sunday, June 11th, 2023 Dwight Bernier 1 Corinthians 12 Paul uses the meta example of a body to showcase what God’s intention for the church is. In order for the body to function as it is supposed to, each member must belong, serve, gather and multiply according to how the Lord wants. The Lord made thi…

Ingredients for Change | Wisdom Sunday, June 4, 2023 Peter Smith James 3:13-18 Wisdom is usually where people start when they want to change. They go to the “self-help” section or to a counsellor. While that is not necessarily bad, this should be lower on the priority list. The question then is how should we use wisdom on our journey to change? The…

Ingredients for Change | Family (City Group) Sunday, May 28th, 2023 Dwight Bernier Mark 3:31-35 God rescues us into His family and then showcases His work to the world. The church was meant to be something more than a Sunday gathering. It is meant to show and tell of the good news of who Jesus is and what He has done for us. Therefore, we organize …

Ingredients for Change | Friends (Change Group) Sunday, May 21st, 2023 Trenton Walker Friends are not given to occupy time and space. They are given to know another and ultimately to point them to Jesus. Though there is sin and adversity that wants to choke out life, real friends help us fight sin and worship our Saviour. This sermon should go into…

Ingredients for Change | Gospel, Worship, and Listening Sunday, May 14, 2023 Brian Stegner Colossians 1.3-14 We can’t grow without the gospel. It is the gospel that bears fruit. The gospel is the power of God to salvation! There is no other power for rescue or change. The desire of God is not that we would just hear the gospel once and be saved, bu…

F[e]asting | Feasting Sunday, May 7, 2023 Dwight Bernier John 6 Feasting was a regular occurrence in the Old Testament. The people of God would stop their regularly scheduled lives to remember what God has done. As the church, we have a meal as well, which Jesus instituted on the night that He was betrayed. But, He spoke about the type of feast tha…