Palm Sunday marks the beginning of Holy Week. It’s the day when Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a donkey. On the day he rode into Jerusalem, all the people had heard who Jesus was and all the miracles he was doing. And they were waving palm branches and shouting ‘hosanna,’ which means 'rescue us’ or ‘save us.’

This week, we’re pleased to welcome Jeremy Derksen, from the Artizo Institute, who preaches from John 12.12-19. As he unpacks Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem, he helps us see Jesus’ invitation to us: to worship and celebrate Jesus Christ as our king. But Jesus’ entry on Palm Sunday also issues a confrontation to us: Jesus does not come to be the king we want him to be; instead, he comes as the king we need.

Lent is a season in the Church calendar that’s been set apart for us to do some heart-work. It’s when we can recapture our love for God and his kingdom, and cast off the practices, behaviours, and beliefs that have entangled our hearts – where we can pull away the weeds that have distracted and pulled us away from our love in Jesus Christ. Because, ultimately, Lent is a season of realigning our hearts so that Jesus can rekindle our love for him. And for us as a church, the way we’re going to do that is to delve deep into the Lord’s Prayer.

This week, Rob Collis invites us to look at the end of this famous prayer – where Jesus teaches us to pray about temptation and evil. The fact that Jesus teaches us to pray this way shows us we should expect tests and trials to come our way, and that we’re allowed to pray and ask God for relief in the situations we face. And while he doesn’t necessarily promise to change it, whatever it is – we’re told to count it all joy – because there’s something in this situation that affords us the opportunity to grow in our relationship with Jesus.

Lent is a season in the Church calendar that’s been set apart for us to do some heart-work. It’s when we can recapture our love for God and his kingdom, and cast off the practices, behaviours, and beliefs that have entangled our hearts – where we can pull away the weeds that have distracted and pulled us away from our love in Jesus Christ. Because, ultimately, Lent is a season of realigning our hearts so that Jesus can rekindle our love for him. And for us as a church, the way we’re going to do that is to delve deep into the Lord’s Prayer.

This week we’re pleased to welcome Joel Strecker, who preaches from Matthew 6.12. When Jesus teaches us to pray “Forgive us our sins as we also have forgiven those who sin against us,” he invites us to prayerfully press into the heart of what Jesus has done for us. But in our cultural moment, forgiveness is rare and difficult for us today. As Joel takes stock of some of the ways our society teaches us to practice forgiveness, he shows us how they differ from the way Jesus teaches us to forgive: For us as follows of Jesus, we can forgive precisely because we have been forgiven.

Lent is a season in the Church calendar that’s been set apart for us to do some heart-work. It’s when we can recapture our love for God and his kingdom, and cast off the practices, behaviours, and beliefs that have entangled our hearts – where we can pull away the weeds that have distracted and pulled us away from our love in Jesus Christ. Because, ultimately, Lent is a season of realigning our hearts so that Jesus can rekindle our love for him. And for us as a church, the way we’re going to do that is to delve deep into the Lord’s Prayer.

This week, Rob Collis invites us to look at the middle of this famous prayer – where Jesus finally teaches us how to ask God for stuff in prayer. And as we unpack this together, he explores two things: Why we don’t ask God for things in prayer, and what we should ask for in prayer.

Lent is a season in the Church calendar that’s been set apart for us to do some heart-work. It’s when we can recapture our love for God and his kingdom, and cast off the practices, behaviours, and beliefs that have entangled our hearts – where we can pull away the weeds that have distracted and pulled us away from our love in Jesus Christ. Because, ultimately, Lent is a season of realigning our hearts so that Jesus can rekindle our love for him. And for us as a church, the way we’re going to do that is to delve deep into the Lord’s Prayer.

This week we’re pleased to welcome Bill Stewart, who preaches from Matthew 6.10. When we pray “Your kingdom come, your will be done” we can often miss what Jesus means by the Kingdom of God. Bill shows us that God’s Kingdom is what will last when everything else has passed away, and helps us take stock of the sweeping vision of God’s kingdom in the Bible, and why we should pray for it to come.

Lent is a season in the Church calendar that’s been set apart for us to do some heart-work. It’s when we can recapture our love for God and his kingdom, and cast off the practices, behaviours, and beliefs that have entangled our hearts – where we can pull away the weeds that have distracted and pulled us away from our love in Jesus Christ. Because, ultimately, Lent is a season of realigning our hearts so that Jesus can rekindle our love for him. And for us as a church, the way we’re going to do that is to delve deep into the Lord’s Prayer.

This week, Rob Collis invites us to explore the very start of this famous prayer, in Matthew 6.7-9, where Jesus shows us two ways we can approach prayer – one which will always leave us feeling cold and distant, and another that will help us press into God’s presence.