Strength of a Spiritual Sort

Welcome!

Good morning! Thank you for joining us this Sunday morning! We welcome you here and hope that you are blessed by the Scripture reading, music, and preaching from the Word of God.

Scripture Reading

1 Corinthians 1:20-31

Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, it pleased God through the folly of what we preach to save those who believe. For Jews demand signs and Greeks seek wisdom, but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles, but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. For the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

For consider your calling, brothers: not many of you were wise according to worldly standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth. But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong; God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are, so that no human being might boast in the presence of God. And because of him you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, righteousness and sanctification and redemption, so that, as it is written, “Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.”

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Announcements

Sunday Services, Prayer Meeting, Bible Studies, and office hours remain suspended due to Provincial Covid-19 restrictions. Pastor Brett is available to chat and pray Tuesday through Sunday at 250-242-8494 or feel free to email him at brettrobertson.ministry@gmail.com

Our Church AGM is scheduled for Sunday March 7th. We are planning on having a parking lot AGM meeting on March 7th so we can have a ballot vote and ensure we have a quorum. Please check your inbox to find more detailed information about the AGM in emails from Bernadette and Lori.

Tithes and offerings can be made via e-transfer to trfbcoffering@hotmail.com . Please contact Lori Madsen if you have any questions regarding online tithing and church offering options. She is available by call or text at 250-242-1419

Support groups remain active - please contact Pastor Brett to register.

Songs for Worship

Sermon

“For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.”
— Ephesians 3:14-19

Closing Song

Creation & Re-Creation

Welcome!

Good morning! We are taking a short break from our study in Ephesians today and talking about the goodness of our Lord as expressed through creation and the Re-Creation only He can bring about. So happy you are here to join us!

Scripture Reading

Psalm 121

I lift up my eyes to the hills.
    From where does my help come?
2 My help comes from the Lord,
    who made heaven and earth.

3 He will not let your foot be moved;
    he who keeps you will not slumber.
4 Behold, he who keeps Israel
    will neither slumber nor sleep.

5 The Lord is your keeper;
    the Lord is your shade on your right hand.
6 The sun shall not strike you by day,
    nor the moon by night.

7 The Lord will keep you from all evil;
    he will keep your life.
8 The Lord will keep
    your going out and your coming in
    from this time forth and forevermore.

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Announcements

Sunday Services, Prayer Meeting, Bible Studies, and office hours remain suspended due to Provincial Covid-19 restrictions. Pastor Brett is available to chat and pray Tuesday through Sunday at 250-242-8494 or feel free to email him at brettrobertson.ministry@gmail.com

Our Church AGM is scheduled for Sunday March 7th. We are planning on having a parking lot AGM meeting on March 7th so we can have a ballot vote and ensure we have a quorum. Please check your inbox to find more detailed information about the AGM in emails from Bernadette and Lori.

Tithes and offerings can be made via e-transfer to trfbcoffering@hotmail.com . Please contact Lori Madsen if you have any questions regarding online tithing and church offering options. She is available by call or text at 250-242-1419

Support groups remain active - please contact Pastor Brett to register.

Songs for Worship

Sermon

“Psalm 104
O Lord My God, You Are Very Great

Bless the Lord, O my soul!
O Lord my God, you are very great!
You are clothed with splendor and majesty,
2 covering yourself with light as with a garment,
stretching out the heavens like a tent.
3 He lays the beams of his chambers on the waters;
he makes the clouds his chariot;
he rides on the wings of the wind;
4 he makes his messengers winds,
his ministers a flaming fire.

31 May the glory of the Lord endure forever;
may the Lord rejoice in his works,
32 who looks on the earth and it trembles,
who touches the mountains and they smoke!
33 I will sing to the Lord as long as I live;
I will sing praise to my God while I have being.
34 May my meditation be pleasing to him,
for I rejoice in the Lord.”
— Psalm 104:1-4,31-34

Closing Song

Make Known the Riches of Christ

Welcome!

Happy Lord’s day! This morning we are continuing in our series “I once was lost, but now I’m found” in Ephesians. May you be blessed by the music, Scripture, and sermon contained in this online service. Greetings in the Lord Jesus to each one of you!

Scripture Reading

“Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding.

In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.”

- Proverbs 3:5-6

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Announcements

Sunday Services, Prayer Meeting, Bible Studies, and office hours remain suspended due to Provincial Covid-19 restrictions. Pastor Brett is available to chat and pray Tuesday through Sunday at 250-242-8494 or feel free to email him at brettrobertson.ministry@gmail.com

Tithes and offerings can be made via e-transfer to trfbcoffering@hotmail.com . Please contact Lori Madsen if you have any questions regarding online tithing and church offering options. She is available by call or text at 250-242-1419

Support groups remain active - please contact Pastor Brett to register.

Songs for Worship

Sermon

“Of this gospel I was made a minister according to the gift of God’s grace, which was given me by the working of his power. To me, though I am the very least of all the saints, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ, and to bring to light for everyone what is the plan of the mystery hidden for ages in[b] God, who created all things, so that through the church the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly places. This was according to the eternal purpose that he has realized in Christ Jesus our Lord, in whom we have boldness and access with confidence through our faith in him. So I ask you not to lose heart over what I am suffering for you, which is your glory.”
— Ephesians 3:7-13

Closing Song

Postive Prisoners

Welcome!

Happy Lord’s day! This morning we are continuing in our series “I once was lost, but now I’m found” in Ephesians. May you be blessed by the music, Scripture, and sermon contained in this online service. Greetings in the Lord Jesus to each one of you!

Scripture Reading

Psalm 62

My Soul Waits For God Alone

1 For God alone my soul waits in silence;
    from him comes my salvation.
2 He alone is my rock and my salvation,
    my fortress; I shall not be greatly shaken.

3 How long will all of you attack a man
    to batter him,
    like a leaning wall, a tottering fence?
4 They only plan to thrust him down from his high position.
    They take pleasure in falsehood.
They bless with their mouths,
    but inwardly they curse.

5 For God alone, O my soul, wait in silence,
    for my hope is from him.
6 He only is my rock and my salvation,
    my fortress; I shall not be shaken.
7 On God rests my salvation and my glory;
    my mighty rock, my refuge is God.

8 Trust in him at all times, O people;
    pour out your heart before him;
    God is a refuge for us.

9 Those of low estate are but a breath;
    those of high estate are a delusion;
in the balances they go up;
    they are together lighter than a breath.
10 Put no trust in extortion;
    set no vain hopes on robbery;
    if riches increase, set not your heart on them.

11 Once God has spoken;
    twice have I heard this:
that power belongs to God,
12     and that to you, O Lord, belongs steadfast love.
For you will render to a man
    according to his work.

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Announcements

Sunday Services, Prayer Meeting, Bible Studies, and office hours remain suspended due to Provincial Covid-19 restrictions. Pastor Brett is available to chat and pray Tuesday through Sunday at 250-242-8494 or feel free to email him at brettrobertson.ministry@gmail.com

Tithes and offerings can be made via e-transfer to trfbcoffering@hotmail.com . Please contact Lori Madsen if you have any questions regarding online tithing and church offering options. She is available by call or text at 250-242-1419

Support groups remain active - please contact Pastor Brett to register.

Songs for Worship

Sermon

“The Mystery of the Gospel Revealed
For this reason I, Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles— assuming that you have heard of the stewardship of God’s grace that was given to me for you, how the mystery was made known to me by revelation, as I have written briefly. When you read this, you can perceive my insight into the mystery of Christ, which was not made known to the sons of men in other generations as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit. This mystery is that the Gentiles are fellow heirs, members of the same body, and partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel.”
— Ephesians 3:1-6

Closing Song

Church: The True House of God

Welcome!

Happy Lord’s day! This morning we are continuing in our series “I once was lost, but now I’m found” in Ephesians. May you be blessed by the music, Scripture, and sermon contained in this online service. Greetings in the Lord Jesus to each one of you!

Scripture Reading

The New Heaven and the New Earth

“Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God.”

-Revelation 21:1-3

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Announcements

Sunday Services, Prayer Meeting, Bible Studies, and office hours remain suspended due to Provincial Covid-19 restrictions. Pastor Brett is available to chat and pray Tuesday through Sunday at 250-242-8494 or feel free to email him at brettrobertson.ministry@gmail.com

Tithes and offerings can be made via e-transfer to trfbcoffering@hotmail.com . Please contact Lori Madsen if you have any questions regarding online tithing and church offering options. She is available by call or text at 250-242-1419

Support groups remain active - please contact Pastor Brett to register.

Songs for Worship

Sermon

“So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone, in whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord. In him you also are being built together into a dwelling place for God by the Spirit.”
— Ephesians 2:19-22

Closing Song

Antidote to Alienation

Welcome!

Thank you for once again joining our online service! We continue to strive to worship the Lord on this platform but look eagerly towards the day we can meet again!

Scripture Reading

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation.Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

2 Corinthians 5:17-21

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Announcements

Sunday Services, Prayer Meeting, Bible Studies, and office hours remain suspended due to Provincial Covid-19 restrictions. Pastor Brett is available to chat and pray Tuesday through Sunday at 250-242-8494 or feel free to email him at brettrobertson.ministry@gmail.com

Tithes and offerings can be made via e-transfer to trfbcoffering@hotmail.com . Please contact Lori Madsen if you have any questions regarding online tithing and church offering options. She is available by call or text at 250-242-1419

Support groups remain active - please contact Pastor Brett to register.

Songs for Worship

Sermon

“One in Christ
”Therefore remember that at one time you Gentiles in the flesh, called “the uncircumcision” by what is called the circumcision, which is made in the flesh by hands— remember that you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. For he himself is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility by abolishing the law of commandments expressed in ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man in place of the two, so making peace, and might reconcile us both to God in one body through the cross, thereby killing the hostility. And he came and preached peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near. For through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father.”
— Ephesians 2:11-18

Closing Song

Justified and Sanctified

Welcome!

Thank you for once again joining our online service! We continue to strive to worship the Lord on this platform but look eagerly towards the day we can meet again!

Scripture Reading

“Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice. Let your reasonableness be known to everyone. The Lord is at hand; do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. What you have learned and received and heard and seen in me—practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you.”

Philippians 4:4-9

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Announcements

Sunday Services, Prayer Meeting, Bible Studies, and office hours remain suspended due to Provincial Covid-19 restrictions. Pastor Brett is available to chat and pray Tuesday through Sunday at 250-242-8494 or feel free to email him at brettrobertson.ministry@gmail.com

Tithes and offerings can be made via e-transfer to trfbcoffering@hotmail.com . Please contact Lori Madsen if you have any questions regarding online tithing and church offering options. She is available by call or text at 250-242-1419

Thank you to everyone who submitted a survey regarding our Church’s plan moving forward. If you have not received a survey or haven’t had a chance to fill one out please do so by the end of this week so it can be taken into the board’s considerations.

Support groups remain active - please contact Pastor Brett to register.

Songs for Worship

Sermon

“For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
”
— Ephesians 2:8-10

Closing Song

Who We Were and Who We Are

Welcome!

Thank you for once again joining our online service! We continue to strive to worship the Lord on this platform but look eagerly towards the day we can meet again!

Scripture Reading

“Wisdom from Above

Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct let him show his works in the meekness of wisdom. But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth. This is not the wisdom that comes down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic. For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every vile practice. But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere. And a harvest of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.”

- James 3:13-18


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Announcements

Sunday Services, Prayer Meeting, Bible Studies, and office hours remain suspended due to Provincial Covid-19 restrictions. Pastor Brett is available to chat and pray Tuesday through Sunday at 250-242-8494 or feel free to email him at brettrobertson.ministry@gmail.com

Tithes and offerings can be made via e-transfer to trfbcoffering@hotmail.com . Please contact Lori Madsen if you have any questions regarding online tithing and church offering options. She is available by call or text at 250-242-1419

Support groups remain active - please contact Pastor Brett to register.

Songs for Worship

Sermon

“By Grace Through Faith
And you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience— among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body[a] and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind. But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved— and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
”
— Ephesians 2:1-10

Closing Song

The Birth-story of Christmas

Welcome!

Merry Christmas to our Church Family!! We hope you all are able to celebrate the birth of Christ our Saviour and find peace, hope and joy in Him this Christmas day!

Scripture Reading

"Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners—of whom I am the worst. But for that very reason I was shown mercy so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display his immense patience as an example for those who would believe in him and receive eternal life. Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honour and glory forever and ever."

– 1 Timothy 1:15-17


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Announcements

This Christmas Service will replace the regularly scheduled online Sunday Service for Sunday, December 27th. Our next online service will be Sunday, January 3rd 2021.

Sunday Services, Prayer Meeting, Bible Studies, and office hours remain temporarily suspended due to Provincial Covid-19 restrictions. Pastor Brett is available to chat and pray Tuesday through Sunday at 250-242-8494 or feel free to email him at brettrobertson.ministry@gmail.com

Tithes and offerings can be made via e-transfer to trfbcoffering@hotmail.com . Please contact Lori Madsen if you have any questions regarding online tithing and church offering options. She is available by call or text at 250-242-1419

Support groups are now active - please contact Pastor Brett to register.

Songs for Worship

Sermon

“The Birth of Jesus Christ
In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. This was the first registration when Quirinius was governor of Syria. And all went to be registered, each to his own town. And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David, to be registered with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child. And while they were there, the time came for her to give birth. And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.

The Shepherds and the Angels
And in the same region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with great fear. And the angel said to them, “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. And this will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.” And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying,

“Glory to God in the highest,
and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!”

When the angels went away from them into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let us go over to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.” And they went with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby lying in a manger. And when they saw it, they made known the saying that had been told them concerning this child. And all who heard it wondered at what the shepherds told them. But Mary treasured up all these things, pondering them in her heart. And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, as it had been told them.

And at the end of eight days, when he was circumcised, he was called Jesus, the name given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.

”
— Luke 2:1-21

Closing Song

The Backstory of Christmas

Welcome!

Thank you for once again joining our online service! On this fourth Sunday of Advent let us ponder the first coming of Christ even while we wait eagerly for His return.

Scripture Reading

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. He came as a witness, to bear witness about the light, that all might believe through him. He was not the light, but came to bear witness about the light.

The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him. He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him. But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.

And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. (John bore witness about him, and cried out, “This was he of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me ranks before me, because he was before me.’”) For from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace. 17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. No one has ever seen God; the only God, who is at the Father's side, he has made him known.

- John 1:1-18

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Announcements

Sunday Services, Prayer Meeting, Bible Studies, and office hours remain temporarily suspended due to Provincial Covid-19 restrictions. Pastor Brett is available to chat and pray Tuesday through Sunday at 250-242-8494 or feel free to email him at brettrobertson.ministry@gmail.com

Tithes and offerings can be made via e-transfer to trfbcoffering@hotmail.com . Please contact Lori Madsen if you have any questions regarding online tithing and church offering options. She is available by call or text at 250-242-1419

Support groups are now active - please contact Pastor Brett to register.

Songs for Worship

Sermon

“The Birth of Jesus Foretold

In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. And the virgin’s name was Mary. And he came to her and said, “Greetings, O favored one, the Lord is with you!” But she was greatly troubled at the saying, and tried to discern what sort of greeting this might be. And the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. And the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.”

And Mary said to the angel, “How will this be, since I am a virgin?”

And the angel answered her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born[e] will be called holy—the Son of God. And behold, your relative Elizabeth in her old age has also conceived a son, and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren. For nothing will be impossible with God.” And Mary said, “Behold, I am the servant[f] of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word.” And the angel departed from her.”
— Luke 2:26-38

Closing Song

Far Above

Welcome!

Thank you for once again joining our online service! On this third Sunday of Advent let us Rejoice! Christ came to save our dark and lonely world, and we have hope because of Him!

Scripture Reading

When the angels went away from them into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let us go over to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.” And they went with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby lying in a manger. And when they saw it, they made known the saying that had been told them concerning this child. And all who heard it wondered at what the shepherds told them. But Mary treasured up all these things, pondering them in her heart. And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, as it had been told them.

- Luke 2:15-20

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Announcements

Sunday Services, Prayer Meeting, Bible Studies, and office hours remain suspended due to Provincial Covid-19 restrictions. Pastor Brett is available to chat and pray Tuesday through Sunday at 250-242-8494 or feel free to email him at brettrobertson.ministry@gmail.com

Tithes and offerings can be made via e-transfer to trfbcoffering@hotmail.com . Please contact Lori Madsen if you have any questions regarding online tithing and church offering options. She is available by call or text at 250-242-1419

Support groups are now active - please contact Pastor Brett to register.

Songs for Worship

Sermon

“Thanksgiving and Prayer
For this reason, because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love toward all the saints, I do not cease to give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers, that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him, having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the working of his great might that he worked in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places, far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come. And he put all things under his feet and gave him as head over all things to the church, which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.”
— Ephesians 1:15-23

Closing Song

Prayer and Praise for the Believer

Welcome!

Thank you for once again joining our online service! On this second Sunday of Advent let us put our trust in Christ and worship Him in the knowledge of His goodness and grace.

Scripture Reading

The Shepherds and the Angels

And in the same region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with great fear. And the angel said to them, “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. And this will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.” And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying,

“Glory to God in the highest,
    and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!”

- Luke 2:8-14

Announcements

Sunday Services, Prayer Meeting, Bible Studies, and office hours are suspended until December 7th due to Provincial Covid-19 restrictions. An announcement will be made this week about plans moving forward. Pastor Brett is available to chat and pray Tuesday through Sunday at 250-242-8494 or feel free to email him at brettrobertson.ministry@gmail.com

Tithes and offerings can be made via e-transfer to trfbcoffering@hotmail.com . Please contact Lori Madsen if you have any questions regarding online tithing and church offering options. She is available by call or text at 250-242-1419

Songs for Worship

Sermon

“Thanksgiving and Prayer
For this reason, because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love toward all the saints, I do not cease to give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers, that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him, having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the working of his great might that he worked in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places, far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come. And he put all things under his feet and gave him as head over all things to the church, which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.”
— Ephesians 1:15-23

Closing Song

You are Assured (Continued)

Welcome!

Thank you for once again joining our online service! On this first Sunday of Advent let us turn our eyes, hearts, and minds to our Saviour - our source of hope and peace.

Scripture Reading

The Birth of Jesus Christ

In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. This was the first registration when Quirinius was governor of Syria. And all went to be registered, each to his own town. And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David, to be registered with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child. And while they were there, the time came for her to give birth. And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.
- Luke 2:1-7 (ESV)

Announcements

Sunday Services, Prayer Meeting, Bible Studies, and office hours are suspended until December 7th due to Covid-19. Pastor Brett is available to chat and pray Tuesday through Sunday at 250-242-8494 or feel free to email him at brettrobertson.ministry@gmail.com

Tithes and offerings can be made via e-transfer to trfbcoffering@hotmail.com . Please contact Lori Madsen if you have any questions regarding online tithing and church offering options. She is available by call or text at 250-242-1419

Songs for Worship

Sermon

“In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory.”
— Ephesians 1:13-14

Closing Song

The Blessing - Part 3

Welcome!

Sadly, in light of the latest covid regulations put in place by our provincial government, our Thursday Prayer Meetings and Sunday Services are temporarily suspended until Monday, December 7th. This week Pastor Brett’s message from the Bible will be posted below, and we will try to have audio and video technology working to post a message next Sunday, November 29th. We hope and pray that we as a local church would move forward in truth, love, and unity in these coming weeks.

We will post further updates here and on our facebook page. There is always hope in Jesus Christ because His tomb is empty.

Scripture Reading

I appeal to you therefore, brothers (And sisters), by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

- Romans 12:1-2

Announcements

Sunday Services, Prayer Meeting, Bible Studies, and office hours are suspended until December 7th due to Covid-19. Pastor Brett is available to chat and pray Tuesday through Sunday at 250-242-8494 or feel free to email him at brettrobertson.ministry@gmail.com

Tithes and offerings can be made via e-transfer to trfbcoffering@hotmail.com . Please contact Lori Madsen if you have any questions regarding online tithing and church offering options. She is available by call or text at 250-242-1419

Songs for Worship

Sermon

Happy Lord’s Day church friends!  What a whirlwind of a week it has been?!!  When the sudden new regulations came on Thursday, it turned my busy week upside-down.  Yet in it, the Lord has been so good.  I cannot think of another week that I have had more interaction with our different congregation members than this week, though I still have some calls to make.  To be upfront and honest, I have heard extremely differing and passionate views on what path our church should take going forward.  Not sure if you all knew that, but it’s true.  However, at this point to my knowledge the vast majority, if not all, of us are moving together unified in truth and love.  May we give God the glory!  I have been ministered to much by you, our church family, as well as others in town this last week.  And, I hope I have ministered to you in the Lord also.  We have tons to be grateful for.  And now, to the message!  

The last two Sundays, we have looked at The Blessing Of God In The Past and how in faith in Christ we were, and are, chosen to be His people.  Also, we have learned about The Blessing Of God In The Present and how in Christ we are redeemed by His blood shed for us and our sins.  Today we will look again at The Blessing In The Present in our series “I Once Was Lost, but Now I’m Found” working through the New Testament book of Ephesians.  This divine book is all about identity, and specifically about the new identity we can have through faith in Christ.  The big idea from the Text today is – you are assured.  Now you may ask – Assured of what?  What am I assured of by God?  Well, you get to have a break from Youtube, you get to mute the speakers, and you get to do some old-fashioned reading!  Please read this with your Bible open in front of you, and your heart open inside of you.  To the written Word of God in Ephesians 1:11…

“In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will, so that we who were the first to hope in Christ might be to the praise of his glory. In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory.”
— Ephesians 1:11-14

Ephesians 1:11-14 In him [That’s “In” the One and only Jesus Christ…] we have obtained an inheritance [We have already gotten it!  We have already obtained it!  And it is Jesus who is the source of this allotted portion, this inheritance.  It is important to note that in the first century Greek language this book was originally written in, the Greeks would often speak of something in the future that was so certain to happen as if it had already taken place.  That is what is going on here.  That is what is communicated.  Furthermore, our Lord God speaks to us through the Apostle Peter in 1 Peter 1:3-4:

“ Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you…”
— 1 Peter 1:3-4

This Truth and the Word “Inheritance” is seen again in this last passage.  And this is the most generous gift of eternal life with God in the heavenlies coming only through saving faith in the Lord Jesus.  Here’s our initial glance at our theme – you are assured.  Cause friends, what is more assuring than Heaven?  Nothin’. 

Back to Ephesians – So “In Him we’ve Obtained an Inheritance…”], having been predestined according to the purpose of him [God… This echoes what we heard in Verse 4 of Ephesians 1 – He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless… Predestination and election are nothing new to the truth about God we find in the New Testament and Old Testament.  If you are interested or have questions about this, I would be glad to lend you a book on this subject that is rich with Scripture.  So “Having been Predestined according to the Purpose of Him…”] who works all things [“All Things”!  Not just things that benefit!  Not just things that are good!  And not just things that are in His redemptive plan of salvation either, but this includes all of God’s providences in our everyday lives.  God Himself states that He “Works All Things…”] according to the counsel of his will [What a statement!  What a statement affirming the sovereign working of God almighty in the lives of us who are in Christ!]  

God “Works All Things” – How?  “According to the Counsel of His Will”.  In other words, He’s pre-occupied in pushing His Plan.  He attends to it with careful thought.  And He is trustworthy in doing so.  He’s not random.  He’s not fickle.  He’s not inconsistent.  He’s not One who acts on a whim!  And He’s not like some people in the world who promise one thing, but when times get tough they never deliver.  The only true God, the God of the Bible, is the opposite of those people who act in those ways.   Friends, God does not just plan things, He does them.  He is not an absentee landlord.  He is not the boss who has mapped everything out, only to leave on the first day of the job.  What God plans to happen, He makes happen.  Talk about being assured?  That’s assurance.

God “Works all things according to the counsel of His Will” – Verse 12…], so that we who were the first to hope in Christ [And what a privilege that would have been!  Being the eye-witnesses and first generation of Jesus Followers in the first century, in the early church!  They, and we who are in Christ twenty centuries later, still have our hope in Christ.  And we can hope in Christ as long as we have breath through His Gospel, His message of Good News!  This is the message everyone, that if you and I turn from our ungodliness and sin to believe in Jesus Christ and His perfect death for you and your sins you will be forgiven.  You will be one with God.  You will no longer be alone.  You will no longer be in the path of the active wrath of God.  You will no longer have to fear the dooms of eternal hell.  In faith in Jesus alone, He is our eternal hope!  He is our never-to-go hope!  Such assurance!  This is to be so that we, reading on…] might be to the praise of his glory. [If we are in living faith in Jesus, we are that way because He made us predestined for His praise.  More on the people of God being to the praise of His glory next week.]

The Apostle Paul elsewhere writes by the moving of God on predestination from a very Pastoral perspective.  I identify with these Words personally for our small town, and our small but growing church…

“Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for the sake of the faith of God’s elect and their knowledge of the truth, which accords with godliness, in hope of eternal life, which God, who never lies, promised before the ages began and at the proper time manifested in his word through the preaching with which I have been entrusted by the command of God our Savior…”
— Titus 1:1-3

Now on the infinite and mind-boggling truth of predestination… I mean why not close with that?  Right?  It has been said that the divine side and human side of personal salvation can be understood like this – When you look towards heaven you see a sign that says, “Whosoever Believes May Come”.  But then after you arrive in heaven – and how glorious that will be!  After you get into heaven, you look back to the same sign and it does not say “Whosoever Believes May Come”.  Instead, it says – “Chosen Before the Foundation of the World”.  Those are the divine and human sides of salvation.  Those are the different sides of the same mountain, the different sides of the same coin.  

My prayer is that all who are in Christ who read this will know this assurance, and be assured with this truth at the present time on this side of heaven.

May God bless our church family…

The Greatest Goodbye - Part 1

Welcome!

Thank you to everyone who joined our service on Sunday, May 14!

If you were unable to join us, we have recorded the message for you! Looking forward to having you join us in the future as well, Lord willing!

Announcements

Services are back ON! We will be practicing social distancing and taking precautions. Click the button to find all the information and please do review it thoroughly before joining us.

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For the time being Bible Studies, and office hours are suspended until further notice due to Covid-19. Pastor Brett is available to chat and pray Tuesday through Sunday at 250-242-8494 or feel free to email him at brettrobertson.ministry@gmail.com

We are taking a collection in our service but if you prefer digital giving methods please contact Lori Madsen regarding online tithing and church offering options. She is available by call or text at 250-242-1419

Click the button to find free children’s Sunday School resources to use with your kids today!

Sermon

“But going ahead to the ship, we set sail for Assos, intending to take Paul aboard there, for so he had arranged, intending himself to go by land. And when he met us at Assos, we took him on board and went to Mitylene. And sailing from there we came the following day opposite Chios; the next day we touched at Samos; and the day after that we went to Miletus. For Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus, so that he might not have to spend time in Asia, for he was hastening to be at Jerusalem, if possible, on the day of Pentecost.

Paul Speaks to the Ephesian Elders

Now from Miletus he sent to Ephesus and called the elders of the church to come to him. And when they came to him, he said to them:

“You yourselves know how I lived among you the whole time from the first day that I set foot in Asia, serving the Lord with all humility and with tears and with trials that happened to me through the plots of the Jews; how I did not shrink from declaring to you anything that was profitable, and teaching you in public and from house to house, testifying both to Jews and to Greeks of repentance toward God and of faith in our Lord Jesus Christ. And now, behold, I am going to Jerusalem, constrained by the Spirit, not knowing what will happen to me there, except that the Holy Spirit testifies to me in every city that imprisonment and afflictions await me. But I do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God. And now, behold, I know that none of you among whom I have gone about proclaiming the kingdom will see my face again. Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all, for I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole counsel of God.”

Acts 20:13-27

"Together - Part 3"

Welcome!

Thank you to everyone who joined our service on Sunday, May 7!

If you were unable to join us, we have recorded the message for you! Looking forward to having you join us in the future as well, Lord willing!

Announcements

Services are back ON! We will be practicing social distancing and taking precautions. Click the button to find all the information and please do review it thoroughly before joining us.

For the time being Bible Studies, and office hours are suspended until further notice due to Covid-19. Pastor Brett is available to chat and pray Tuesday through Sunday at 250-242-8494 or feel free to email him at brettrobertson.ministry@gmail.com

We are taking a collection in our service but if you prefer digital giving methods please contact Lori Madsen regarding online tithing and church offering options. She is available by call or text at 250-242-1419

Click the button to find free children’s Sunday School resources to use with your kids today!

Sermon

“I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me. The glory that you have given me I have given to them, that they may be one even as we are one, I in them and you in me, that they may become perfectly one, so that the world may know that you sent me and loved them even as you loved me. Father, I desire that they also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my glory that you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world. O righteous Father, even though the world does not know you, I know you, and these know that you have sent me. I made known to them your name, and I will continue to make it known, that the love with which you have loved me may be in them, and I in them.”

John 17:20-26

"Together - Part 2"

Welcome!

Thank you to everyone who joined our service on Sunday, May 31!

If you were unable to join us, we have recorded the message for you! Looking forward to having you join us in the future as well, Lord willing!

Announcements

Services are back ON! We will be practicing social distancing and taking precautions. Click the button to find all the information and please do review it thoroughly before joining us.

For the time being Bible Studies, and office hours are suspended until further notice due to Covid-19. Pastor Brett is available to chat and pray Tuesday through Sunday at 250-242-8494 or feel free to email him at brettrobertson.ministry@gmail.com

We are taking a collection in our service but if you prefer digital giving methods please contact Lori Madsen regarding online tithing and church offering options. She is available by call or text at 250-242-1419

Click the button to find free children’s Sunday School resources to use with your kids today!

Sermon

Thank you so much to Ed for sharing your testimony. We were all touched by hearing how God has moved in your life.

“While I was with them, I kept them in your name, which you have given me. I have guarded them, and not one of them has been lost except the son of destruction, that the Scripture might be fulfilled. But now I am coming to you, and these things I speak in the world, that they may have my joy fulfilled in themselves. I have given them your word, and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you keep them from the evil one. They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth. As you sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world. And for their sake I consecrate myself,[c] that they also may be sanctified in truth.“

John 17:12-19

"Together - Part 1"

Welcome!

Thank you to everyone who joined our service this morning! We had such a joyful time of greeting one another and just being together. Despite social distancing measures we were able to have a time of true fellowship.

If you were unable to join us, we have recorded the message for you! Looking forward to having you join us in the future as well, Lord willing!

Announcements

Services are back ON! We will be practicing social distancing and taking precautions. Click the button to find all the information and please do review it thoroughly before joining us.

For the time being Bible Studies, and office hours are suspended until further notice due to Covid-19. Pastor Brett is available to chat and pray Tuesday through Sunday at 250-242-8494 or feel free to email him at brettrobertson.ministry@gmail.com

We are taking a collection in our service but if you prefer digital giving methods please contact Lori Madsen regarding online tithing and church offering options. She is available by call or text at 250-242-1419

Click the button to find free children’s Sunday School resources to use with your kids today!

Sermon

“The High Priestly Prayer

When Jesus had spoken these words, he lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you, since you have given him authority over all flesh, to give eternal life to all whom you have given him. And this is eternal life, that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent. I glorified you on earth, having accomplished the work that you gave me to do. And now, Father, glorify me in your own presence with the glory that I had with you before the world existed. “I have manifested your name to the people whom you gave me out of the world. Yours they were, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word. Now they know that everything that you have given me is from you. For I have given them the words that you gave me, and they have received them and have come to know in truth that I came from you; and they have believed that you sent me. I am praying for them. I am not praying for the world but for those whom you have given me, for they are yours. All mine are yours, and yours are mine, and I am glorified in them. And I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them in your name, which you have given me, that they may be one, even as we are one.

John 17:1-11

Covid-19 Update and Social Distancing Guidelines

As social isolation orders are being rolled back in BC this week, we are planning to restart our Sunday service!! Lord willing, our gathering will be held at the usual time of 10:30am at our church building.

We will be practicing social distancing and ask that anyone with Covid-19 symptoms or vulnerable immune systems stay home. We will try to have the sermon available on our website by 9pm on Sunday evening for those unable to attend in person.

Prior to gathering on Sunday morning please review the following guidelines.

Social Distancing Guidelines

Please do your part by practicing good hygiene before, during, and after the service:

  • Wash your hands

  • Avoid touching your face

  • Cough or sneeze into your sleeve

In addition to practicing good hygiene we will be following these guidelines as a congregation:

  • Sit or stand 6 feet away from anyone not in your household

  • No handshakes or hugs yet

  • Please stay home if you are feeling ill or have a compromised immune system

  • Bring your own Bible and children’s activities from home

  • No potlucks, snacks, coffee, or water will be served until further notice. Please bring your own water bottle if you anticipate needing something to drink

  • After service socializing is encouraged to take place outside in the parking lot

  • Feel free to wear a mask but please still abide by social distancing measures

  • Please explain these guidelines to your children and help them follow along as best they can

A few more notes for your consideration:

  • Our church janitorial team plans to disinfect frequently touched surfaces such as door handles and bathrooms before and after the service. Hand sanitizer will be available for your use

  • In the event that more than 49 people show up for church OR if we run out of space to practice proper social distancing we will limit entrance into the church building and consider an additional service for future weeks

  • Efforts have been made to find a suitable outdoor space for holding a service but unfortunately there are currently no such locations available for our use

In all of these measures we aim to:

  • honour the authorities (“Let every person be subject to the governing authorities…” Romans 13:1-7),

  • be a light to our community (“…prove yourselves to be blameless and innocent, children of God above reproach in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you appear as lights in the world” 2:15-16),

  • show love and grace to our fellow believers (“…so then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to those who are of the household of faith” Galatians 6:10),

  • and above all worship the Lord in all that we do! (“So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God” 1 Corinthians 10:31)

Praise the Lord for the technology that has allowed us to gather virtually these last two months! However, we greatly look forward to being able to meet and worship as a family of believers once again! See you soon! God bless!

"From Tragedy To Triumph"

Welcome!

Good day church family!  We are grateful that you are joining us once again for our Church Service online.  Given the B.C. government's planned roll-back of some restrictions this Tuesday, May 19th, we are planning on re-starting our church services next Sunday, May 24th.  Please be in prayer for the planning and preparation as we are still ironing out where exactly it will be located - we are looking at outdoor location options and will keep you updated. Regardless of the location we are still planning for the service on the 24th to begin at 10:30 AM, and we will try to send notice of where the service will be held by this Tuesday night. 

Through all of this we aim to both honour and respect our government while also recognizing that church is in no way “un-essential”! God bless you, and the future of our local church...

- Pastor Brett

Scripture Reading

“But concerning that day or that hour, no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. Be on guard, keep awake. For you do not know when the time will come.  It is like a man going on a journey, when he leaves home and puts his servants in charge, each with his work, and commands the doorkeeper to stay awake. Therefore stay awake—for you do not know when the master of the house will come, in the evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or in the morning— lest he come suddenly and find you asleep. And what I say to you I say to all: Stay awake.”

Mark 13:32-37

Announcements

STAY TUNED FOR CHANGES THIS WEEK!! - All services, meetings, Bible Studies, and office hours are suspended until further notice due to Covid-19. Pastor Brett is available to chat and pray Tuesday through Sunday at 250-242-8494 or feel free to email him at brettrobertson.ministry@gmail.com

Please contact Lori Madsen regarding online tithing and church offering options. She is available by call or text at 250-242-1419

Click the button to find free children’s Sunday School resources to use with your kids today!

Songs for Worship

Sermon

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“Paul in Macedonia and Greece

After the uproar ceased, Paul sent for the disciples, and after encouraging them, he said farewell and departed for Macedonia. When he had gone through those regions and had given them much encouragement, he came to Greece. There he spent three months, and when a plot was made against him by the Jews as he was about to set sail for Syria, he decided to return through Macedonia. Sopater the Berean, son of Pyrrhus, accompanied him; and of the Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus; and Gaius of Derbe, and Timothy; and the Asians, Tychicus and Trophimus. These went on ahead and were waiting for us at Troas, but we sailed away from Philippi after the days of Unleavened Bread, and in five days we came to them at Troas, where we stayed for seven days.

Eutychus Raised from the Dead

On the first day of the week, when we were gathered together to break bread, Paul talked with them, intending to depart on the next day, and he prolonged his speech until midnight. There were many lamps in the upper room where we were gathered. And a young man named Eutychus, sitting at the window, sank into a deep sleep as Paul talked still longer. And being overcome by sleep, he fell down from the third story and was taken up dead. But Paul went down and bent over him, and taking him in his arms, said, “Do not be alarmed, for his life is in him.” And when Paul had gone up and had broken bread and eaten, he conversed with them a long while, until daybreak, and so departed. And they took the youth away alive, and were not a little comforted.

But going ahead to the ship, we set sail for Assos, intending to take Paul aboard there, for so he had arranged, intending himself to go by land. And when he met us at Assos, we took him on board and went to Mitylene. And sailing from there we came the following day opposite Chios; the next day we touched at Samos; and the day after that we went to Miletus. For Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus, so that he might not have to spend time in Asia, for he was hastening to be at Jerusalem, if possible, on the day of Pentecost.”

Acts 20:1-16

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Closing song