Welcome to Immanuel…
Training people to love like Jesus and bring hope, healing and wholeness to the world.
Sunday services @ 10 AM
Sunday April 28th, 2024
“Jesus’ Parables; Bread for the Journey”
The Nature of the King & the Kingdom
Luke 15:1-32 - “The Lost Things”
Hearing the familiar parables of Jesus is like slipping on an old sweater, or sitting back in a cozy chair we’ve had in our home longer than we can remember. Yet when Jesus was asked why he taught in parables He said,
“The reason I speak to them in parables is that ‘seeing they do not perceive, and hearing they do not listen, nor do they understand.’
With them indeed is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah that says: ‘You will indeed listen but never understand, and you will indeed look but never perceive. For this people’s heart has grown dull, and their ears are hard of hearing, and they have shut their eyes, so that they might not look with their eyes, and hear with their ears and understand with their heart and turn — and I would heal them.’ Matthew 13:13-15
That’s a challenging start for our next sermon series. Yet, if the Beatitudes described the spiritual journey along the perplexing path of discipleship in Christ, then the parables are the bread for the journey. But they will involve some digging, planting, sifting, sorting and careful thought. And most of all, an openness to hear what Jesus is trying to teach us.
Let us pray…
Please join us at 9:30 - coffee will be ready! Bring a mug :)
Upcoming 10 am Services
Pastor Joe Abbey-Colborne
May 5 - GEMS Sunday, The Labourers in the Vineyard
May 12 - Four Soils (the Sower)
May 19 - Pentecost; The Wind, The Leaven, Growing Seed & Mustard Seed
God is in the business of transforming — recreating, rebuilding, and renewing all kinds of things: lives, friendships, marriages, organizations, cities, tribes, and nations. He invites us to participate with him in this. He calls it “following him." We call it our mission.
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Navigating COVID-19
During the pandemic, Immanuel staff and volunteers have found many ways to foster connections with our congregation and community.
From sharing community concerns, praying with and for each other, making calls and texts, delivering flowers to our shut ins and printed emails to those without internet, to dropping off gift bags to our Sunday School kids – many people have been involved in ensuring the Immanuel community stays connected to each other during this time.
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Beliefs and Values
Our church name is Immanuel which means “God with us.” Our name is one of our foundational beliefs – that God is with us in everything that happens. Immanuel is one of the names of Jesus, God’s own Son, who came into this world . . .
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Immanuel is part of the Christian Reformed Church of North America. You can learn more about our denomination by visiting the Christian Reformed Church’s website.
Worship at Immanuel
Worship at Immanuel is a time for our community to gather together to bring praise to God, to share our lives and stories with each other, and to hear what God has to say to us through the Bible. Our hope is that worship mirrors our relationship with God, and so gives us opportunity as a community to pray, sing, reflect, lament, offer, listen, and respond to the challenges of the Bible. Through the Holy Spirit, we pray that our worship will transform our lives so that we grow in our relationship with Jesus Christ our Saviour.
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“Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name; bring an offering and come before him. Worship the Lord in the splendor of his holiness.”
1 Chronicles 16:29
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