Sunday, December 14, 2025
SUNDAY'S sermon
Sunday, December 14, 2025
Mary and Joseph find themselves waiting in a very unique wilderness. It is different than Elizabeth and Zechariah's waiting in the wilderness of barrenness, which is also different from the various kinds of waiting we must do. What's not different in all of our waiting is how God tends to show up and speak into our wilderness moments. The question is less will God show up and speak into our wilderness moments and more “Will we hear or notice Him when He does? God’s invitation for us is to prayerfully listen while we wait.
Looking back at Psalm 40:1-3, a prayer and song that Mary and Joseph would have surely known by heart, we see the many ways God does "incline and hear our cries." How He "lifts us out of the pit and mud" and "sets our feet upon [the] solid rock that is Jesus Christ. And when that happens we also find He's put "a new song in our mouths."
Psalm 40:1-3
Matthew 1:18-25
Luke 1:26-38
Sermon: “Wilderness of Waiting: Waiting for The Wedding”
Scripture Readings:: Psalm 40:1-3; Matthew 1:18-25; Luke 1:26-38
advent series
The wilderness of waiting
This Advent, our worship and teaching will center on the theme of Waiting—honoring both the anticipation of Jesus’ first arrival and the faithful longing for His return. Each week we will explore moments of waiting from Zechariah and Elizabeth’s long-awaited hope, to Mary and Joseph’s quiet trust, to Simeon’s patient expectation for the “consolation of Israel”.
This series invites us to reflect on how waiting is woven into the story of Christ’s coming and how we too, are called to be people who wait with hope.
Sermon series
gentle and lowly
september 14, 2025 - march 22, 2026
Christians can easily feel that Jesus is perpetually disappointed and frustrated, maybe even close to giving up on them. They know what Christ has done for them—but who is He? How does He feel about His people amid all their sins and failures?
In Matthew 11, Jesus describes himself as “gentle and lowly in heart,” longing for his people to find rest in him. This book reflects on His words, diving deep into Bible passages that speak of Christ’s affections for sinners and encouraging believers as they journey, weary and faltering, toward heaven.
Join us as we take a closer look at the heart of Jesus - gentle, lowly, and full of grace.
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Resource mentioned sunday, june 29
Global displacement and refugee crisis with myal Greene
conversing with mark labberton
“More of the church is committed to their immigrant neighbours than the media or politicians would like the public to believe.” (Myal Green, from the episode)
Myal Greene (president and CEO of World Relief) joins host Mark Labberton to discuss the global humanitarian crises, refugee resettlement, and the church’s responsibility to respond with courage and compassion. From Rwanda's post-genocide reconciliation following 1994 to the 2025 dismantling of humanitarian aid and refugee programs in the US, Greene shares how his personal faith journey fuels his leadership amid historic humanitarian upheaval. Rooted in Scripture and the global moral witness of the church, Greene challenges listeners to imagine a more faithful Christian response to suffering—one that refuses to turn away from the world’s most vulnerable. Despite the current political polarization and rising fragility of moral consensus, Greene calls on the church to step into its biblical role: speaking truth to power, welcoming the stranger, standing with the oppressed, and embodying the love of Christ in tangible, courageous ways.
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