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  • WELCOME
    • Plan A Visit
    • Snow Days
    • Our Story
    • Mission
    • Values
  • LOVING GOD
    • Worship
    • The Bible
    • Response to Scripture
    • Disciplines
    • Prayer
  • LOVING EACH OTHER
    • Small Groups
    • Learning for Life (L4L)
    • Youth
    • Elders
    • Staff
    • Stewarding Your Gifts
    • Guess Who - Family
  • LOVING THE WORLD
    • Service & Witness
    • Garden
    • Broader Community
    • Monday Auction
    • Partners
    • Rentals
  • RESOURCES
    • Aging Series
    • Calendar
    • Daily Lectio
    • FAQ
    • Library
    • Music Cupboard
    • Visual Liturgy - Lent

​Response to Scripture

​Gathering Together as God's People
We seek in our worship to exalt the Lord and affirm together that we have given our lives to Him. We plan our worship to recognize the gifts and talents of all ages. We incorporate both the planned and the spontaneous, the traditional and the contemporary. We want our response to God to be genuine. Worship is the offering of our whole life in service to God
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3/31/2018

LENT

 
In Lent, the church retraces Jesus' 40-day season of temptation and testing in the wilderness.  Lent is a time for fresh decision-making.  It's a season in which we examine our lives with the prayer, "Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my thoughts.  See if there is any wicked way in me" (Psalm 139:23-24).  It's a time to turn from ways of living that draw us away from Christ and leave us weary, unsatisfied, less-than-human. Such decision-making is commonly called "repentance."

Lent is also a time to reflect on the way in which God gives new life.  We are invited to walk in the "newness of life" that is following Jesus in obedience.  As we experience Christ's setting-us-right love, we are empowered to share Christ's setting-things-right love with the world.

Since Sundays are always celebrations of the Resurrection they are not counted as part of Lent's 40 days. The liturgical colour is purple signifying pain and suffering, which bring grief and penitence, and ultimately new life in Christ. Purple is also a colour of royalty, signifying that Jesus is our Messiah, literally our King. 

3/11/2018

FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT

 
THE SPIRIT EMPOWERED LIFE: REGENERATION
Scripture:
  • John 4:5-42​
Response to Scripture:
  • Lectio Divina
Worship:
  • We have Come
  • The Lord's Prayer
  • All to Jesus, I Surrender
  • I've Got a River of Life
  • We Will Live the Blessing

3/4/2018

Third Sunday of Lent

 
THE COMPASSIONATE LIFE: SUBMISSION, SERVICE, SUFFERING
Scripture
  • Philippians 1:27-2:11
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