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
