Peace Christian Community

This Word Sunday, Jeff is introducing our series on the Holy Spirit.

This week, Jay is leading us in a reflection on finding Peace at Christmas.

This week, it's another Word Sunday. Two weeks in a row!? What's even going on? This week Jeff's going to be shifting from inspiration to talk about the interpretation of scripture.

This week, Jeff is talking about the Bible -- where it comes from, why it can be hard to read, and how God speaks through it. All in 25 mins or less! (Actually, we're going to be continuing this topic over to next week as well).

This Word Sunday, Jeff is pulling together several of the foci we've been exploring through the fall -- the spiritual disciplines of slowing, rest, prayer, sabbath, and others. How can these disciplines help us to live out the life that Jesus has given to us?Philippians 2:12-13Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed—not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence—continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose.

We're celebrating the third week of Advent this Sunday with a focus on Joy. Jeff spoke about the bewildering promise that the angel makes to the shepherds in Luke 2.Luke 2:10-12"Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord. This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger."

This Word Sunday, Lori wraps up our series on prayer, focusing this time on silent prayer or contemplative prayer and the tools that are available to help us relate to God in this ancient way.Psalm 131:1-2My heart is not proud, Lord,    my eyes are not haughty;I do not concern myself with great matters    or things too wonderful for me.But I have calmed and quieted myself,    I am like a weaned child with its mother;    like a weaned child I am content

This Word Sunday, Jay continues our series on prayer, focusing on the ancient (and still very current) practice of praying the Scriptures.

This Word Sunday, Ruth kicks off a short series on prayer -- specifically, on praying with the church and the use of written prayers.

Nils speaks with us about how, along with our hearts, Jesus changes our actions.

This Word Sunday, Jeff talked about how Jesus changes our hearts, moving us from a place of distance from God to a place of participating in what God is doing.

This Sunday, Doug spoke with us about the scandal of resurrection as part of the Easter Service.

This Sunday, as we celebrate Palm Sunday together, Ruth will be talking with us about how Jesus' triumphal entry shows us the light that is shining in the darkness.

This Sunday, we're talking about Faith and Film. Jamie spoke about the recent (Oscar-nominated) film, The Zone of Interest, and how it relates to us today on the topic of facing the issues of our world. You don't have to have watched the movie beforehand as Jamie will give us the context we need; however, if you are curious, the trailer for the movie can be watched here: https://youtu.be/r-vfg3KkV54?si=zpp8jq8eiwVBHeoA

It's our last Word Sunday looking at the question of what it means to follow a cosmic Jesus in the real world. This week we continue reading in John’s Jesus-biography (John 1). Erin will help us explore how the cosmic-ness of Christ impacts both our encounters and how we show up in the real world.

We're continuing to explore Cosmic Jesus in the Real World -- a short series grappling with the real world implications of Jesus's divinity. This Sunday, Jay will read a few more sentences in John’s Jesus-biography, and he’ll ponder why Cosmic Jesus in the Real World was unrecognized and unwanted.

This Sunday, we're talking about "Cosmic Jesus in the Real World" and looking at some of the wild and confusing passages in John 1 (and Colossians 1). It gets pretty weird. Although Jesus's life is a remarkable example to us, the early church understood that their encounter with Jesus was an encounter with much more than an example: it was a revelation of reality.

It's Advent, and we're talking about the stories of Jesus' birth in the Bible. The historical, weirdly mundane reality of Jesus' incarnation is significant because of its revelation that God has really chosen to be with us in this world. As the angels told the Shepherds: "Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord."

This is the third part in our series about Jesus and who he relates to. Over the course of the series, we'll be looking at how Jesus interacted with his friends, how he interacted with his detractors, and how Jesus interacted with everyone else. The focus this time around is on those who opposed Jesus. His loving and forgiving response to the very people who put him to death is one that "does not compute" and seems impossible -- but it nonetheless compels us forward.

This is the second talk in a three-part series about Jesus and the people he interacted with. Over the course of the series, we'll be looking at how Jesus interacted with his friends, how he interacted with his detractors, and how Jesus interacted with everyone else. This talk focuses on Jesus and his friends: specifically, that Jesus seemed to always be on the lookout for new friends and was constantly wanting to bring people in to what he was doing.

This is the first talk in a three-part series about Jesus and the people he interacted with. Over the course of the series, we'll be looking at how Jesus interacted with his friends, how he interacted with his detractors, and how Jesus interacted with everyone else. This talk focuses on the last of these: the heart of service that Jesus brought to his interactions with people during his ministry and that he invites us to have as well.

Looking ahead to the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on September 30, we heard from Ben Peltz this week. Ben is a Campus and First Nations Ministry Leader with Vision Ministries Canada, chaplain at Trent University, and a pastor to a church in Curve Lake First Nation. Ben spoke with us about his experiences with Indigenous ministry and the lessons he has learned that are of benefit to the wider church.

The last message in a series on how God expresses the fruit of the Spirit. What does it mean when the Bible tells us that Jesus "made himself nothing"? God may not be "tame," but is God self-controlled? Philippians 2:6-11 helps us out!

The first in a series on how God expresses the fruit of the Spirit. When we talk about the fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23), the Spirit whose fruit we're talking about is the Spirit of God. So: God is loving, God is joyful, God is peaceful, God is patient, God is kind, God is good, God is faithful, God is gentle, and God is self-controlled. This is what God is really like -- and we know this because we can see all these characteristics in the Person of Jesus.

Reflections on how the entry of Jesus into Jerusalem is a picture of the disruptive power of love in the world.

Nils Reuter (President at Mount Carmel Bible College) presented an overview of recent research on why young adults leave the church and some reflections on how the church can respond.