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This week, we welcome a special guest speaker from Mennonite Central Committee (MCC), Stephen Roy. Stephen shared a teaching with us about how making peace shows that we are children of God as God is a God of peace and not a God of violence.

Please find the slide deck for this week's teaching here.

Home Church Questions:

1. What stood out to you from this week's teaching?

2. Read Matthew 5:9 (preferably in multiple translatio...

Hebrews 13:1-6 (NLT)

Keep on loving each other as brothers and sisters. Don’t forget to show hospitality to strangers, for some who have done this have entertained angels without realizing it! Remember those in prison, as if you were there yourself. Remember also those being mistreated, as if you felt their pain in your own bodies.

Give honor to marriage, and remain faithful to one another in marriage. God will surely judge people wh...

Today, Dave Blow shares on the sixth Beatitude: "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God." What does it meant to have a "pure" heart, exactly? Does our ordinary understanding of that term line up with Jesus's overall emphasis here in the Sermon on the Mount?

Please find the slide deck for this week's teaching here.

Home Church Questions:

1. What stood out to you from this week's teaching...

Philippians 2:1-5 (NIV)

Therefore if you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any common sharing in the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind. Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own intere...

This morning, Dave Blow continues in our study of the Sermon on the Mount with a message on mercy. We often like the idea of mercy until things get too real. What would it mean to not only be a merciful person, but a merciful community?

If you would like to see the two clips that were played during the teaching time, you can find the first clip here and the second clip here.

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John 8:31-36 (NLT)

Jesus said to the people who believed in him, “You are truly my disciples if you remain faithful to my teachings. And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

“But we are descendants of Abraham,” they said. “We have never been slaves to anyone. What do you mean, ‘You will be set free’?”

Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, everyone who sins is a slave of sin. A slave is not a permanent member of t...

This week, we pause our study of the Sermon on the Mount for our Community Sunday gathering. Each first Sunday of the month we gather for worship, communion, a time of fellowship over refreshments, and a short reflection. Today, Dave offers a reflection about the value of participating in a church community and we hear from Cheryl Stam about her experience joining the Welcome team.

Please find the slide deck for this week's tea...

Psalms 41:1-3 (NIV)

Blessed are those who have regard for the weak;
    the Lord delivers them in times of trouble.
The Lord protects and preserves them—
    they are counted among the blessed in the land—
    he does not give them over to the desire of their foes.
The Lord sustains them on their sickbed
    and restores them from their bed of illness.

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Today, Dave Blow continues in our series on the Sermon on the Mount with a teaching on the fourth beatitude: hungering and thirsting for righteousness.

Please find the slide deck for this week's teaching here.

Home Church Questions:

“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.” Matthew 5:6 (NIV)

1. Where did you notice restlessness or longing this week—in yourself or in the world around you?

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Hebrews 4:14-16 (NLT)

So then, since we have a great High Priest who has entered heaven, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to what we believe. This High Priest of ours understands our weaknesses, for he faced all of the same testings we do, yet he did not sin. So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive his mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we need it most.

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This morning, Dave Blow shared a teaching on the next two Beatitudes: "Blessed are those who mourn..." and "Blessed are the meek...". Jesus is telling us that those who mourn deeply understand the cost of violence and those who grieve the world's pain are less eager to add to it.

Please find the slide deck for this week's teaching here.

The audio from the clip featuring Amy Grant appears in the recording...

John 1:1-5, 14, 16-18 (NIV)

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, t...

This week, Dave Blow continues our teaching on the Sermon on the Mount with a dive into the first Beatitude, "Blessed are the poor in spirit." What does this mean, exactly? And how should it affect the way that we live?

Please find the slide deck for this week's teaching here.

Home Church Questions:

1. What stood out to you from this week's teaching?

2. When you hear the phrase "poor in spirit", what feeli...

Psalms 98:1-3 (NIV)

Sing to the Lord a new song,
    for he has done marvelous things;
his right hand and his holy arm
    have worked salvation for him.

The Lord has made his salvation known
    and revealed his righteousness to the nations.

He has remembered his love
    and his faithfulness to Israel;
all the ends of the earth have seen
    the salvation of our God.

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Today, Dave Blow began our first teaching series of 2026, which will be about Christ's Sermon on the Mount, by looking at the Beatitudes and what it means to be "blessed". What does the Kingdom of God look like? What does it mean to be #blessed?

Please find the slide deck for this week's teaching here.

Please find the video clip from Seinfeld here.

Home Church Questions:

1. What stood out to you from this week'...

Psalms 18:1-4 (NIV)

I love you, Lord, my strength.

The Lord is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer;
    my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge,
    my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.

I called to the Lord, who is worthy of praise,
    and I have been saved from my enemies.

The cords of death entangled me;
    the torrents of destruction overwhelmed me.

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Merry Christmas, everyone! Dave Blow shared this final Advent reflection at our Christmas Eve service. This will be our last post for 2025. We will be back with new teachings on January 4th. As always, we will be meeting in the Newmarket SilverCity at 10:00AM. All are welcome!

While there will not be any Home Church meeting this week, consider these questions for personal reflection:

1. What stood out to you from this Christmas Eve r...

Luke 2:8-14 (NIV)

And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, “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 Saviour has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord. This w...

Today is the fourth Sunday of Advent, but includes our third Advent message. This morning, Will Dyer shared on the Advent theme of Joy. Please note that our fourth and final Advent message will be delivered on Christmas Eve at 4:30PM in the Bethel CRC building on Davis Drive (the church on the north side at Lorne Avenue). We look forward to seeing you there for carols, readings, and a message about the final Advent theme of Love.

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