PGIMF Worship Services

Yoel Masyawong (AMBS) spoke on "Knowing, Being, Doing" based on 1 Samuel 3:1-10.

Rosie Perera spoke on "Freedom from Quiet-Time Guilt". After the service, a refugee sponsorship information session was held (the video recording of that will be made available soon to members & adherents).

Paul Thiessen spoke on "Pentecost Reflections: New Light Shines". Communion was served.  

On Sunday, May 3rd, 2026, Santosh Ninan spoke on, "Liberty through Truth". There are three themes that Santosh explores: personal deception, religious deception, and liberty through truth. Personal deception is when doubt is placed by the enemy. Words are twisted, and meanings changed, and we ask if God really did say that. Satan plants the seed of doubt before he counters what God said. We misunderstand God's character, our identity, and our relationship with him and each other. Religious deception is when the gospel is changed and diluted—transformed from what it was. In a 2005 book Soul Searching: The Religious and Spiritual Lives of American Teenagers by Christian Smith, the author points out that Moralistic therapeutic deism (MTD) is the new gospel. MTD states that as long as we are nice to eeach other and feel good, we don't need to think about God much. We create our own form of Christianity and utopianism, put ourselves above God in authority and power, and put ourselves at the center of the world. It sounds good, but it's not what Jesus taught, nor is it what will save us. The lie might be easy, but the end is death. Truth might be hard, but the end is life.  There is no salvation except through Jesus, who saves through the truth and the cross. Sin can't stand the presence of the holy God, and we have all fallen short. The wages of sin is death, but Jesus speaks to God on our behalf. The defence? Double Jeopardy: The punishment for our crimes was already done by Jesus's death on the cross, and one cannot be prosecuted for the same crime twice. Deception will enslave you, but truth will set you free. [JL]

On April 26th, 2026, Young Tae Choi gave a sermon on "My POIEO Story: A Journey of Nurturing Artists and Restoring Humanity".

On April 19th, 2026, Jackie Wyse-Rhodes gave a sermon on "Practicing Wilderness Solidarity with Miriam".

On Sunday, April 12th, 2026, Lydia Cruttwell spoke on, "Touch Me and See: Encountering the Resurrected Christ". The Jewish people had resurrection stories even before Jesus. They had stories of ghosts who could move through walls and stories of seemingly-dead people who came back to life. Jesus' resurrection was different, however. He had a body that the disciples could touch, but he could also appear and disappear at will. He was both physical, and spirit-like. His body was both old and new. And the disciples were in joyful disbelief—the type one feels when seeing people do good despite all the bad in the world. Before Jesus returned to heaven, he prepared his disciples for the next step: he opened their minds with proof and scriptures, instructed them to proclaim his name to all nations, and told them to wait in Jerusalem until he returns with the Holy Spirit. Acts continues what Jesus told his disciples—it's the sequel, and we are part of it. [JL]