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The Bible contains thousands of individual stories, but Christians have historically seen those stories as contributing to one much larger narrative. Scripture offers an alternative account of reality and invites us to inhabit it. When Scripture is understood as a unified story about God (and not us), then we begin to understand what the Bible is really about.

This week will be a team-teaching approach! How we approach scripture gives us different results. Some use it like an instruction manual, some like a proof-text for whatever they want it to say, and some only pick the parts they like or agree with. Scripture has, historically, been read, heard, prayed, sung, memorized, meditated on, studied, discussed, and practiced in community — sometimes we have to expand our imagination for what spending time in Scripture can look like. Scripture guides and changes us, often just not in the way we think it will.

People have argued about the Bible for as long as the Bible has been around: Is it just an ancient book or a divine writing that guides our lives? Lots has been said about the Bible. It is often tempting for us to stand as the judge over Scripture, leaning on our own strength to understand it. Instead, if we're disciples of Jesus, then we need to consider what did Jesus actually do with Scripture, and what does his posture teach us? This week, we’ll be exploring what the Bible says about itself, and what Jesus said about the Scriptures.

Ten people were healed by Jesus, but only one turned back to thank him. This Thanksgiving, we’ll explore what this story teaches us about gratitude. It’s not just as something we feel, but something we express that draws us into deeper relationship with God and others. What might we notice if we slowed down, recognized what we’ve received, and took the time to turn back?

Some of our biggest problems with the Bible are not caused by the Bible itself, but by assumptions we bring to it. We expect an ancient library to function like a Google search, a systematic theology textbook, a science manual, or an instruction booklet written directly to twenty-first-century Canadians. When we engage with Scripture, we must be aware of the different lenses at play and ask good questions like: What is really going on here? Why does this matter in the story? Why was this written down the way it was? What am I missing from the original context? What interpretation is happening in the translation? What should we be aware of when we engage with Scripture?

If we’re ever going to follow the writing in the Bible, we need to learn to trust it as an ancient writing. We’ll be looking how manuscripts, translation, textual criticism, and ancient documents actually work. Every English Bible is already an interpretation, and the many different translations are often because of different approaches or trying to accomplish different purposes. In reading scripture we’re not called to turn our brains off, but the Bible being this way, having us work to understand it, is intentional. The existence of textual variants and translation disagreements is not the devastating problem people sometimes imagine it to be. We can have confidence in the text we possess which draws us to engage with the writings. After thousands of years of copying and translating, can we really trust that the Bible in our hands faithfully communicates what its authors wrote? Why are there so many different translations and which one is “the best”?"

What exactly is the Bible, and how did this collection of ancient writings become the book in our hands? Before we can talk about whether the Bible is reliable, inspired, authoritative, or relevant, we should probably know what it actually is. The Bible did not fall out of heaven leather-bound, divided into chapters and verses, with Jesus' words already printed in red. It is an ancient library of writings produced across generations, cultures, languages, genres, authors, and circumstances, which the people of God received and preserved as Scripture. Buckle in for all the facts about the Bible you can take!

As we step into a new season together, we desire to be a church strong at the foundations. It’s not simply that people would know more, but that we would be rooted in Christ, united in love, and strengthened in living out of our calling. Many of our upcoming series will be on some of the foundational blocks of faith. We hope this will be great for people exploring faith, but also that others will deepen their walk with Jesus; It’s not that these things are basic, but they are the soil from which mature faith grows.

The nations rage. Humanity rebels. Yet God remains on His throne. This Sunday we'll discover how Psalms 1 and 2 point beyond human rebellion to God's chosen King and the refuge found in His Son. From Eden's tree to Christ's victory, the story has been there all along.

Life can sometimes feel like a difficult journey, with mountains ahead and uncertainty around every corner. Psalm 121 reminds us that while we may not know what lies ahead, we can know who is watching over us. This psalm teaches us that worshiping God starts with looking to Him.

Psalm 145 is a song of praise that turns our attention away from ourselves and toward the character of God. David celebrates a God who is great beyond our understanding - gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, rich in love, faithful to His promises, and near to those who call on Him. In a world where our worship can easily become shaped by our circumstances, Psalm 145 reminds us that worship begins with remembering who God is. As one generation tells the next of His mighty acts and faithful character, we are invited to join the ongoing chorus of praise: to see God more clearly, to trust Him more deeply, and to let everything we are declare His goodness.

Most of us grew up memorizing Psalm 23, but what does it *really* mean that God is our shepherd? Join us this Sunday as we dig past the familiar poetry to see how David’s image points us directly to Jesus, the Good Shepherd. Together, we’ll explore what sets a good shepherd apart and why knowing the true character of our Shepherd changes who we are!

Psalm 30, a psalm of David for the dedication of the temple. Except, this psalm doesn’t read like much of a dedication! We’ll look at what this strange Psalm can teach us about worshiping God through our differences, together in unity.

Psalm 62 invites us to remember where our souls find true rest. In a world full of noise, pressure, and competing voices, worship re-centres us on the One who is our rock, our refuge, and our salvation. Worship is not just something we do on Sunday; it is the posture of a life that learns to wait on God, trust Him fully, and pour out our hearts before Him.

Calling is not limited to a Sunday morning volunteer role. God has placed each of us in neighbourhoods, workplaces, schools, families, friendships, and daily rhythms where we can represent the love and presence of Jesus. The mission of God often begins with noticing who is already near us. Even when we are not serving on an official church team, we are still part of what God is doing. Wherever we go, we carry the presence of Christ — and our ordinary places can become holy ground.