Our mission is:
"To reach all people with the message of forgiveness and eternal life through Jesus Christ, and serve one another in Christian Love"
in Grande Prairie and North Kleskun (Sexsmith) Alberta, in partnership with Emmaus Lutheran Church.
"To reach all people with the message of forgiveness and eternal life through Jesus Christ, and serve one another in Christian Love"
in Grande Prairie and North Kleskun (Sexsmith) Alberta, in partnership with Emmaus Lutheran Church.
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WORSHIP SCHEDULE
Faith 10:00 am Christian Education 11:00 am Worship Service 9610 108th Avenue Grande Prairie, Alberta T8V 1N3 780.532.7612 Contact us here Click here for directions 
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Sunday's Sermon: "As a Hen Gathers Her Brood" Text: Jeremiah 26:8-15;Philippians 3:17-4:1; Luke 13:31-35
“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem… How often I would have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wing, but you would not.”
Can you parents can empathize with this passage? I bet those of you with especially rebellious children definitely can. Who have offered their hands, their house, their wallet, their time, prayers, and energy. Yet there is no return on the investment, there is no guarantee that they will receive the free care you offer—how ridiculous of them!? How stupid could they be, to turn away such care!? How dumb could the Israelites be? They knew how God worked, speaking His Word through His messengers, His prophets. God speaks for their good, even if it sounds bad at the time—that’s just to bring them back to Him! Yet like in Jeremiah’s time, so in Jesus’; they loved hearing God’s word when it simply affirmed them as the perfect ones, His chosen nation; as soon as Word came to them that they weren’t quite so perfect, they presume that the speaker is wishing ill upon them, rather than conveying the real disapproval of the true God, His lack of affirmation of their selfish, sinful ways. (Continue) |
9610-108 Avenue, Grande Prairie, Alberta T8V 1N3
780-532-7612
