Welcome!
Thank you for joining us on this online platform! We had a wonderful (and chilly!) outdoor service as a church on Easter Sunday. It did snow a little bit, but our hearts were warm with thankfulness!
Palm Sunday
Welcome!
Good morning, and thank you for joining us on this online platform!
Scripture Reading
“Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion!
Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem!
Behold, your king is coming to you;
righteous and having salvation is he,
humble and mounted on a donkey,
on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim
and the war horse from Jerusalem;
and the battle bow shall be cut off,
and he shall speak peace to the nations;
his rule shall be from sea to sea,
and from the River to the ends of the earth.”
Zechariah 9:9-10
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
Watch for emails and/or text messages this week from Pastor Brett regarding Good Friday and Easter plans!
Songs for Worship
Sermon
“The Triumphal Entry
And when he had said these things, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem. When he drew near to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount that is called Olivet, he sent two of the disciples, saying, “Go into the village in front of you, where on entering you will find a colt tied, on which no one has ever yet sat. Untie it and bring it here. If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ you shall say this: ‘The Lord has need of it.’” So those who were sent went away and found it just as he had told them. And as they were untying the colt, its owners said to them, “Why are you untying the colt?” And they said, “The Lord has need of it.” And they brought it to Jesus, and throwing their cloaks on the colt, they set Jesus on it. And as he rode along, they spread their cloaks on the road. As he was drawing near—already on the way down the Mount of Olives—the whole multitude of his disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen, saying, “Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!” And some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, rebuke your disciples.” He answered, “I tell you, if these were silent, the very stones would cry out.
Jesus Weeps over Jerusalem
And when he drew near and saw the city, he wept over it, saying, “Would that you, even you, had known on this day the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes. For the days will come upon you, when your enemies will set up a barricade around you and surround you and hem you in on every side and tear you down to the ground, you and your children within you. And they will not leave one stone upon another in you, because you did not know the time of your visitation.”
Jesus Cleanses the Temple
And he entered the temple and began to drive out those who sold, saying to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a den of robbers.”
And he was teaching daily in the temple. The chief priests and the scribes and the principal men of the people were seeking to destroy him, but they did not find anything they could do, for all the people were hanging on his words.””
Closing Song
Trials, Temptation, and Truth
Welcome!
Good morning, and thank you for joining us on this online platform! Pastor Brett is taking some vacation time this week so we are posting a service and message from another church. Hope you enjoy and have a blessed Sunday!
Scripture Reading
“Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him. Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God,” for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one. But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings forth death.
Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers. Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change. Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.”
James 1:12-18
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 our treasurer Carol Sawatsky if you have any questions regarding online tithing and church offering options. She is available by call or text at 1-306-604-0279
Pastor Brett will be taking some time off over the next two weeks. Services will still be posted to this website, and support groups will resume on March 28th.
Online Service
Famous Forgiveness
Welcome!
Good morning, and thank you for joining us on this online platform! Pastor Brett is taking some vacation time this week so we are posting a service that includes music, testimonies, baptisms, and a message from another church. Hope you enjoy and have a blessed Sunday!
Scripture Reading
“I thank my God always when I remember you in my prayers, because I hear of your love and of the faith that you have toward the Lord Jesus and for all the saints, and I pray that the sharing of your faith may become effective for the full knowledge of every good thing that is in us for the sake of Christ. For I have derived much joy and comfort from your love, my brother, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you.
Philemon 4-7
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’s Annual General Meeting was held outside last week Sunday in the church parking lot. All voting measures were passed! Please contact Pastor Brett or one of our deacons if you would like more details.
Tithes and offerings can be made via e-transfer to trfbcoffering@hotmail.com . Please contact our treasurer Carol Sawatsky if you have any questions regarding online tithing and church offering options. She is available by call or text at 1-306-604-0279
Pastor Brett will be taking some time off over the next two weeks. Services will still be posted to this website, and support groups will resume on March 28th.
Online Service
Hand-over, Hang-in, Hang-on
Welcome!
Good morning, and thank you for joining us on this online platform!
Scripture Reading
“And he said, “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD. In all this Job did not sin or charge God with wrong.”
Job 1:21-22
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 Annual General Meeting was held outdoors this morning in the church parking lot. All voting measures were passed! Please contact Pastor Brett or one of our deacons if you would like more details.
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
Pastor Brett will be taking some time off over the next two weeks. Services will still be posted to this website, and support groups will resume on March 28th.
Songs for Worship
Sermon
“I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. ”
Closing Song
He is Able, Powerful, Internal, and to be Praised
Welcome!
Good morning, and thank you for joining us on this online platform!
Scripture Reading
“Let brotherly love continue. Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. Remember those who are in prison, as though in prison with them, and those who are mistreated, since you also are in the body. Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous. Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” So we can confidently say,
“The Lord is my helper;
I will not fear;
what can man do to me?”
Hebrews 13:1-6
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 next week on Sunday March 7th. We are planning on having a parking lot AGM meeting 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
“Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.”
Closing Song
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.”
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.”
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.
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.”
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
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.”
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.
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.”
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
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.”
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
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.”
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
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.
”
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
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.
”
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
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.
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Closing Song
The Backstory of Christmas
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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
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.”
Closing Song
Far Above
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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
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.”
Closing Song
Prayer and Praise for the Believer
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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.”
Closing Song
You are Assured (Continued)
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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.”
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 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…”
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…”
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…