Sermons

May 6, 2012  Parables: a thrown together sermon    Matthew 13:10-17; Proverbs 3:13-26; Matthew 13:45-46

April 29, 2012  Do you love me?   John 21:9-19, I Corinthians 13:13, Deuteronomy 13:1-5

April 22, 2012 Jesus’ last earth day John 21:1-14, John 6:1-14

April 15, 2012 Baptism   Baptism: What you can expect  Luke 24:13-35

April 8, 2012  Easter reflections

April 1, 2012  Palm Sunday sermon by Murray Thiessen

God and the Spiritual Life Series

March 25, 2012 Beyond words: silence and the spiritual life  Psalm 131, Psalm 46:10, Ecclesiastes 3:1-8, Isaiah 30:15

March 18, 2012  Undesignated giving: a reflection  Luke 6:30-38, 2 Corinthians 9:6-8, Acts 20:35, Galatians 2:20

March 11, 2012  A sermon preached by Alan Minarcik: The God of Shock and Awe and Wonder and Disbelief                  Job 18:1-15, Genesis 18:1-15, Acts 10:1-15

March 4, 2012 Connecting with Jesus   Luke 13:10-17, Luke 18:10-14, I Thessalonians 5:7

February 26, 2012  Breath of God/Spirit of God  Genesis 1:1-2, John 3:1-16, John 3:5-12, 20:19-23, Acts 2

February 19, 2012 Tuning into the Lord’s song Matthew 7:7,8, Psalm 37:1-9, Psalm 137

February 12, 2012  Mountaintop experiences and the spiritual life Exodus 3:1-12, Luke 9:28-36

All Creatures of our God Series

February 5, 2012 Animals as companions and helpers Texts:  2 Samuel 12:1-6, Job 12:7-10

January 29, 2012  Who cares? God and the extinction of species Genesis 2:4-25, Psalm 104, Psalm 72:8

January 15, 2012 Faithful Christians think about eating animals Genesis 1:27-31, Genesis 9:1-3, Isaiah 11:6-9, Romans 8:19-23, 14:1-4,13-21

January 8, 2012  A community for the prevention of cruelty to animals?  Numbers 22:1-35

Advent Sermons

December 18, 2004   The season of light in the season of darkness   Luke 1:67-79, Matthew 5:14-16

          December 11, 2001 The reluctant family man Matthew 1:18-25  A sermon by Jason Dyck

December 4, 2011  Are the lights on at home?  Luke 1:5-25

November 27, 2011 Picturing Mary’s faithfulness Luke 1:26-38, 46-55, 2 Corinthians 4:6

Aging Gracefully Series

November 20, 2011  Chilly Jordan  Ecclesiastes 12:1-8

November 6, 2011 Clay Jars 2 Corinthians 4:5-18, Isaiah 46:3-13

October 30, 2011It’s not over till it’s over Genesis 18:1-15, Genesis 21:1-7, Genesis 17:17, Psalm 92

Being a Community Series

October 23, 2011 Being a blessing community, Deuteronomy 30:11-20  Baby dedication sermon

October 16, 2011  Being a humble community, Luke 18:9-14, Micah 6:8

October 9, 2011  Thanksgiving  & Baptism   Being a thankful community, Matthew 3:13-17, I John 4:7-12, Colossians 3

October 2, 2011  Growing our compassion A sermon by Laura Mullet-Koop, Matthew 14:1-23

September 18, 2011 Being a compassionate community Romans 12:9-16, John 11:1-44, Hebrews 13:3

September 11, 2011  Being a welcoming community  Deut.10:19,  James 2:1-8, Heb. 13:1-6, Luke 7:44-46, Matt.25:35-40

 August 28, 2011 Sound the retreat! Mark 1:9-34, Psalm 70:1

August 21, 2011  Help yourself: visual aids and Christian faith, I Samuel 7:7-13, Exodus 20:4-6, Leviticus 19:27

Christians in a Post-Christian World Series

August 14, 2011  Gerald’s last sermon    A sermon by Gerald Ens, pastoral intern. Matthew 14:22-33

August 7, 2011 Handling holy books  Luke 4:16-30, Psalm 119:97-112, Job 38:29-30

July 17, 2011  Location, location, location!  Mark 5:1-20

July 10, 2011  Put on the armour of light by Gerald Ens, pastoral intern, Romans 12:9-13:12

July 3, 2011  Caesar is (still) not Lord by Gerald Ens, pastoral intern, Romans 1:1-7

June 19, 2011 That’s different: my journey with God!  by Carol Penner
Scriptural Signposts and a World of Difference – My Life as a Christian in a Plural Society by Gerald Ens, pastoral intern

June 12, 2011  Wind and Fire: A Pentecost Sermon, Acts 2

May 29, 2011  Hey! Broken World! Meet the risen Christ!  a sermon by Gerald Ens, pastoral intern

May 15, 2011    Believing Thomas    John 20:22-31, John 11:16, Psalm 22:1-2, Mark 9:14-29

May 8, 2011  Living and Breathing Jesus John 20:11-23, Genesis 2:7, Ezekiel 37:9

Easter sermon April 24, 2011  Are we there yet? John 20:1-18

Confessing in Lent Series

April 10, 2011  Choosing a title Luke 15 (The Prodigal Son story)

April 3, 2011  No private appts. with John B., Luke 3:1-17

March 27, 2011  Doing something about those bad guys, Jonah 1:1-3, 3:1-10

March 20, 2011  Searching for sorries Genesis 37:12-35, 50:15-21

March 13, 2011  What! What!, 2 Samuel 11:27b, 12:1-13

March 6, 2011 Forty good reasons to confess! , James 5:7-20, Leviticus 16:20-22(preparing for Lent)

February 27, 2011  Lord willing!

February 20, 2011  Born again as the quiet in the land

January 23, 2011 World Fellowship Sunday From Generation to Generation

January 16, 2011 A sermon by Mark Neufeld How God Sees Us

January 9, 2011 What are you looking for?

Epiphany January 2, 2011 An Epiphany Sermon: Mary’s Diary

Advent 2 December 5, 2010  Living Adventageously

Advent 1 November 28, 2010  In the adventure

Eternity Sunday November 21, 2010  An ear-opening experience

Peace Sunday November 7, 2010  Peace on the home front

October 31, 2010 Hallowe’en Sermon  Changing from the outside in

First Mennonite and the New Reformation

October 17, 2010 #3 Finding the baby in the new reformation

October 3, 2010  #2.The First…Church

September 26, 2010  #1. A New Recipe for Church

August 22, 2010  Church & State: Then and Now 2

August 15, 2010 Church and state: then and now

August 8, 2010  Baptism  Light on the Mountaintop

July 18, 2010  Altars in a Mapless World

June 20, 2010 Communion Sermon Getting Ready for a Miracle

Our God in Troubled Times

May 2, 2010  Acts of God?  Our God Acts  Trouble1

May 9, 2010  Relationship Troubles in the Book of Life
(A Mother’s Day Sermon) Trouble2

May 16, 2010 Songs in the Night Trouble3

May 23, 2010 Our God when the Cupboard is Bare Trouble4

May 30, 2010  God was there Trouble5

April 25, 2010  Oaths and Mennonites: Taking Jesus’ words to heart   Exodus 22:10-11, Matthew 5:33-37

Enhance:  Living for God in a high-tech world

February 21, 2010 Accessing world wide webs

February 28, 2010  TTYL? God chooses face-time

March 7, 2010  Living faithfully with multi-tasking tools

March 14, 2010  Part A   Virtual Reality and Gods Good Earth Part B  God’s caretakers look at techno-garbage

March 21, 2010  ichoices in iworld

January 3, 2010 Scripture; a door that’s right for you

Joseph Sermon Series

January 10, 2010  What’s wrong here? Where is God in the story?

January 17, 2010 Choose Life!

January 24, 2010 Joseph and forgiveness: a work in progress

January 31, 2010 What’s missing in the story?

Walking in Darkness:  Advent Sermons 2009

November 29, 2009  A Walk in the Dark: Joseph in Advent

December 6, 2009  Yieldedness: John the Baptist walks in darkness

December 13, 2009  Before and after moments in the gospel of Luke

Eternity Sunday Sermon November 22, 2009  Icons as Gateways to God

Living Faithfully on God’s Blue Planet Series

August 16, 2009 Attention! Genesis 1:20-31, Is. 11:6-9

August 9, 2009 A sermon about trees by pastoral intern Stephanie Dueck  Psalm 104:4-24, Col. 1:15-23

August 2, 2009 No lines on God’s pretty blue planet Ephesians 3:13-22, Ps. 8:1-4

Body Sermon Series

July 12, 2009  Breaking down the pretty/ugly altars

July 19, 2009  Breaking down the million choices altar

July 26, 2009 The Great Commandment and the drive for intimacy

June 21, 2009 Baptism Sermon: Being Upper Room People

May 3, 2009  Child Dedication for Simeon  Treasure this in your heart

Church Membership Series

October 5, 2008  In the communion zone  Ephesians 3:4-20

September 28, 2008 Comparing elbows and noses Church polity in different denominations Colossians 1:15-20

September 21, 2008 They will know we are Christians by our love  Ephesians 2:1-10, 5:1-20

September 14, 2008  Disciples in a discipline  I Peter 2:1-5, 9-12, Matt. 28:16-20

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Third Advent Sermon, 2007 Topsy turvy world  Luke 1:5-38, 46-55