We are together in person this coming Sunday. We are meeting in our hybrid mode - in the room at Emmanuel Mennonite Church and simultaneously on zoom. We'd love for you to join us either way.
The next beatitude is appropriate to the moment: Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. Matthew 5:9 and James Lam will be speaking.
Coffee will be pouring at 10:20am, please bring your own mug, it's one way we love our planet.
Contact the office for an invite.
We will have sung worship together, led by Steve Mitchinson and Brenda Janz. The song list will be up on Friday or Saturday. In the meantime, these are the songs for last weekend: The lyrics are on our sung worship page and a playlist on YouTube or Spotify.
Welcome to the podcast!
The episodes contain the visio divina/lectio divina/guided meditations/prayers, communion, and messages from our weekly gatherings. We hope that you'll join us live on zoom or in person but if you aren't able to do that then we have the audio only podcast or Vimeo where you can watch the message part.
LISTEN:
Everything except announcements, sung worship, interview, and Q&R
Episode 246. The Sermon on the Mount, Introduction with Bradley Jersak
Episode 247: Blessed are the poor in spirit
Episode 248: Blessed are those who mourn
Episode 249: Blessed are the meek
Episode 250. Blessed are those who hunger
Episode 251. Blessed are the merciful
Episode 252. Blessed are the pure in heart
WATCH:
The message portion of our gathering is available to watch on Vimeo.
Jan 11, 2026: The Sermon on the Mount, Introduction with Bradley Jersak (including Q&R)
Jan 18, 2026: Blessed are the poor in spirit
Jan 25, 2026: Blessed are those who mourn
Feb 1, 2026: Blessed are the meek
Feb 8, 2026: Blessed are those who hunger
Feb 22, 2026: Blessed are the merciful
March 1, 2026: Blessed are the pure in heart
Extras
FROM THE ARCHIVES -
Because of Love!
Burden Bearing in Difficult times
VISIO DIVINA:
The images used for visio are on the Pastor's blog if you would like to revisit them.
LGBTQ+ Resources
Keep popping back here as this is an ever evolving list of resources
We will be celebrating Pride Sunday on the last Sunday in September. Stacey (see below) will be our guest speaker that week. There will be cake and other fun extras. We hope you can join us.
A little back story: On Sunday, October 3, 2021 we marked our churches decision to be an inclusive, welcoming and affirming community of people who are making it our business to live out our faith in love.
Stacey Chomiak is an LGBTQ Christian Speaker, artist, author and art director and was our guest speaker and we loved hearing her story.
If you were not able to join us that week, here's a recording of the gathering. It was wonderful. You can watch on Vimeo or find that episode by date on our podcast.