A Tyrant’s Heart and a Nation’s Fate with Guest Daniel Melvill Jones

Exodus 7-10

What happens when a leader believes the land, the water, and the people belong to him? In the Exodus story, a single hardened heart brings the undoing of creation and suffering for all who depend on it. Watch how God works deliverance for those who suffer, even through the heart of a tyrant.

Daniel Melvill Jones is in the final semester of his Master of Divinity degree at Vancouver School of Theology, having previously studied at Regent College. He lives on the edge of Pacific Spirit park with his beloved wife, Annie, and their black cat, Babette; and although their apartment is crammed with overflowing bookshelves, he will still stop to check every Little Free Library he comes across.

Delayed Deliverance - Bricks without straw with Jessica Chan

Exodus 5-7:6

When we catch a glimmer of hope in Jesus, how do we keep it from being snuffed out? Lets reflect on the three things God said to Moses in his doubt: I am Yahweh, I know I made a promise to you, and I have heard your complaint.

Escaping Pharaoh’ Grind: Freedom for Faithfulness with Josh Liem

Exodus 1-4

We’re beginning a new sermon series in the book of Exodus: a story of deliverance, power, and formation that shaped Jesus’ own vision of God’s kingdom. Exodus invites us to ask not only what we long to be freed from, but what we are being freed for. Join us as we explore the God who hears the cry of the oppressed and forms a people who reflect His character in the world.

A Whisper in Herod’s Winter: Christmas as Clandestine Hope with Guest Dr. Mark Glanville

Matthew 2:1-12

As we journey through the Christmas season and anticipate Epiphany, we will spend time with the Magi in Matthew chapter 2. We will ask: what is the emotion, the tone of Christmas, in the stories themselves? Christmas is joyful, but it is not the full-blooded victory celebration of Easter Sunday. Rather the incarnation is whispered into the night. After all, the wise men slinked away, undercover, for fear of Herod. Christmas is a clandestine celebration. How can we enter into 2026 in this spirit? How can we journey into the coming year alert to the harmful ways of Herod, while whispering and embodying a different way?

Revealing Our Hidden Idols with Felix Chan

Matthew 4:1-11

This week we’ll close the year by looking at Jesus’ testing in the wilderness and how it exposes the idols we often carry - performance, approval, and control. Through Scripture and story, we’ll reflect honestly on the past year and discover how God meets us in the places we feel most challenged or overwhelmed. As we step into a new year, we’ll explore what it means to live grounded in God's enduring love and acceptance.

Christmas Eve - Meditation with Josh Liem

Christmas Eve service was Wednesday, December 24th from 5:30-6:30pm. This was a combined service with Zion, and was an evening service of carols, candles, community, and the Christmas story.

The God Who Enters the Dark with Josh Liem

Psalm 80, Isaiah 7:10-16, Matthew 1:18-25

On the longest night of the year, the final Sunday of Advent invites us to stop running from the darkness and to sit in it, with our doubts, fears, and longing. The ancient cry of Psalm 80, "Restore us, O Lord," echoes through King Ahaz's failure, Joseph's quiet obedience, and our own prayers for a world still waiting. Yet God's answer isn't a plan to extract us from the darkness, but rather to enter into it: Emmanuel, God with us.

For reflection & discussion:

1. What's one thing you're looking forward to this Christmas season, and one thing you're finding hard about it?

2. Joseph receives a word from God that doesn't remove the scandal or suffering—it just asks for obedience. Have you ever felt called to obey God even when it didn't make your life easier?

3. The sermon says, "God's answer to 'Restore us' is not to get us out of the darkness, but to enter into it himself." How does that change what you expect from God in difficult times?

4. Isaiah tells Ahaz that a pregnancy in wartime is a sign of hope. Why is caring for the vulnerable an act of trust in God? Who are the vulnerable you may be called to care for?

Tidings of Comfort and Joy with Joshua Liem

Isaiah 35:1-10; Matthew 11:2-11, James 5:7-10

Gaudete Sunday invites us into the strange Advent tension of joy in the midst of darkness. We will explore how Scripture teaches us to find joy not by escaping suffering but by paying attention: to creation rejoicing, to John the Baptist waiting in prison, and to the patient hope of the prophets. Come discover how attentive presence with God and one another opens us to a deeper, surprising joy in this season.