by Neil Ellis | Sep 27, 2020 | Sermons
Don’t Stay on the Sidelines Don’t Stay on the Sidelines Today’s passage finds Jesus having an encounter with the Chief Priests and Elders in the temple of Jerusalem. They ask him where his authority comes from and Jesus replies with a question which...
by Neil Ellis | Sep 22, 2020 | Devotionals
Bible Study – The Emotionally Healthy Church Bible Study is set to resume on Wednesday October 14 @ 10am. We have decided to remain safe and will be offering the study via Zoom. For those who are unable to connect online, copies of the study material and...
by Neil Ellis | Sep 20, 2020 | Sermons
Designed to Offend Deisgned to Offend Our passages today focus on reconciliation, the hard work of forgiveness. It might not look that way at first glance, as the passages have more finger pointing in them than words of forgiveness. However, if you dig deeper you...
by Neil Ellis | Sep 13, 2020 | Sermons
Practicing Forgiveness Practicing Forgiveness Today we continue our look at Matthew 18 and the subject of forgiveness. Peter asks Jesus how many times we must forgive and some of us make not like the answer! Jesus replies 77 times! If you’ve ever been wronged in...
by Neil Ellis | Sep 6, 2020 | Sermons
Why Do We Forgive? Why Do We Forgive? Our passages today focus on reconciliation, the hard work of forgiveness. It might not look that way at first glance, as the passages have more finger pointing in them than words of forgiveness. However, if you dig deeper you...
by Neil Ellis | Aug 30, 2020 | Sermons
Contemplative by Catastrophe It is with great delight that I introduce the Rev. Dr. Kristine O’Brien. Kristine serves as the Director at Crieff Hills – Retreat & Conference Centre, which is a ministry of the Presbyterian Church in Canada. Crieff Hills...
by Neil Ellis | Aug 23, 2020 | Sermons
Who Do You Say that I Am? Who Do You Say that I Am? Where things happen in scripture is often as important as what happens or what is said. Today we are presented with a well known passage from Matthew’s gospel. We know and remember this passage as it is where...
by Neil Ellis | Aug 16, 2020 | Sermons
What Concerns God What Concerns God Our passage from Matthew’s gospel covers a few topics and at first glance does not appear to related. However, when we dig a little deeper we find that there is a connection and it tells us something rather profound, yet...
by Neil Ellis | Aug 9, 2020 | Sermons
What’s so Bad About Being in the Boat? What’s so Bad About Being in the Boat? The story of Jesus walking on water is well known. It has been reproduced in art, spoofed in movies and used a measuring stick for our faithfullness. Why did you doubt is what...
by Neil Ellis | Aug 2, 2020 | Sermons
Operating from a Place of Grief Operating from a Place of Grief The gospel lesson from Matthew is a well known piece of scritpure. It recounts the feeding of the 5000, the only miracle of Jesus to be featured in all four gospels. We know the highlights of the story...
