Wonderful Devotional for this day of advent – Drowning in Guilt or Free from It? from the MB Seminary.
Author Archives: Rick Schellenberg
Advent, An Invitation To Wait
“You can either wait on God or wish you had.” Charles Stanley Advent is both a season of celebration and waiting. In homes, the Advent calendar (with its daily allotment of chocolates) and in churches, the Advent evergreen wreath (with its coloured candles) are dusted off and set in their hallowed places. These heart-warming symbols […]
Services moving Online
Greetings, As a result of the government restrictions on gathering and the need to wear masks in all indoor public spaces we have decided to move our services online for the next four Sundays. We will reassess at that point, the present guidelines apply through December 17th. We recognize that this seems like a step […]
Prayer in a Covid World
In this time of COVID-19, When we aren’t sure, help us be calm; when information comes from all sides help us to discern; when fear makes it hard to breathe, and anxiety seems to be the order of the day, slow us down, and help us to reach out with our hearts, when we can’t […]
Update on Re-opening
We know many of you are looking for the day when we can re-open the church building. You may have heard, in this next stage for re-opening Saskatchewan, the Government is allowing churches to re-open provided they follow quite strict guidelines. The guidelines were established in consultation with Faith Leaders, including Phil Gunther, our Provincial […]
Ideas for Prayer
E-Book PDF: Open in New Window | DownloadSubscribe: Android | RSSCheck out these ideas for personal prayer
Call to Prayer
Today 150 leaders from our denomination gathered online to pray for our country and the world in the face of the global disease which threatens so many. God’s presence was evident and I was really encouraged through this. Another encouragement was a note from Trever and Joan Goddard in Guadalajara. You can read it here. […]
Verse of the Day
“But this I call to mind, and therefore I have hope: The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases, his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. ‘The LORD is my portion,’ says my soul, ‘therefore I will hope in him.’ “The LORD is good to those […]
Verse for the day
Humble yourselves under therefore under the mighty hand of God, so that he may exalt you in due time. Cast all your anxiety on him, because he cares for you (1 Peter 5:6-7).
The Throne of God or The Anchor for Peace
What do you say in the midst of a global crisis? What’s God doing? Is he punishing us for our sin? Is this just a freak accident of nature? What’s going on? First, I don’t believe this is a specific punishment from God. Throughout Scripture God directs His punishments at specific individuals, cities or nations […]