Sanctuary Church
These are recordings from the Sunday messages at Sanctuary Church Chilliwack. Thank you for listening to these messages and we hope these will encourage you in your journey with Jesus. Find out more about Sanctuary Church on FB and Instagram @sanctuarychurch.life
Episodes
51 episodes
The Farewell Discourses #4: My Peace I Give to You by Greg Smith
Greg Smith shows us how we can experience the 'peace that passes understanding' especially in difficult times.
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The Farewell Discourses #9: Your Hearts Will Rejoice by Graham McMahon
Guest speaker Graham McMahon uses the comparison between digital and analog in comparing the Kingdom from above to the kingdom of this world. In his gripping personal story we understand how pain and joy are both part of the birth of a ne...
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The Farewell Discourses #3: Another Helper by Mike Ayers
In this episode, Mike talks about the painful of experience of feeling all alone, and how God dwells with us so that we are never alone. This episode also includes our communion time and closing hymn, so that you, the listener, can be a p...
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The Farewell Discourses #6: Obeying and Loving by Scott Gaglardi
"Chilliwack doesn't need a church that mirrors the divisions that exist in it already. It needs a church that mirrors the cross." May we love well.
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The Farewell Discourses #7: If the World Hates You by Hannah Mackie
It's not about the hate that the world sends our way; it's about the love of God that we are privileged to reflect to the world. In this season of division and weaponization of words, Jesus gives us a better way.
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The Farewell Discourses #8: The Spirit and the World by Alynne Shinness
Based on John 16:1-11, Jesus tells his eleven remaining disciples that he must go to his father so that the Holy Spirit can come and establish the Kingdom of God on earth. Jesus particularly named three pillars of this Kingdom: to prove t...
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The Farewell Discourses #3: The Way, the Truth, the Life by Scott Gaglardi
In John 14, Jesus comforts his disciples as he reminds them (and us) that He is the Way, the Truth and the Life as he comforts and challenges his disciples just before his betrayal and crucifixion.
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The Farewell Discourses #2: Love One Another by Hannah Mackie
The Farewell Discourses is the title given to Jesus' remarks to his eleven remaining disciples, after Judas left the Last Supper. Hannah examines the New Commandment, and how that affects the disciples of Jesus from that day until this.
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The Farewell Discourses #1: Meet the Author by Alynne Shinness
In this introduction, pastor Alynne Shinness explores the life of John, author of the Gospel of John, and discusses how John's life can inspire us in our walk with Jesus.
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Summer Sermon Series: Christina Lueck My Jesus My Body
Using examples from her own life and practice as a clinical counsellor, Christina Lueck how Jesus teaches us to be human; that trauma, our bodies, faith and psychology belong together in our healing journey.
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Summer Sermon Series: Ruth Maccan My Journey
Ruth Maccan traces her journey as a child born in Africa to missionary parents to becoming a woman growing in grace and understanding of God's love. Ruth also examines the powerful meaning in the bread and wine that represent Christ's sacrifice...
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Summer Sermon Series: David Shinness Perspectives
David Shinness uses visual images to challenge our perspectives. We need to allow God to change our perspectives to become more compassionate life long learners.
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Summer Sermon Series: Dave Schlachter Overcoming Fear and Anxiety
Dave describes some of the difficulties he has gone through, how he discovered the teachings Jesus gave to overcome fear and anxiety, and how he experienced freedom through obedience to God's word.
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Summer Sermon Series: Greg Smith The God of my Understanding
We kick off our Summer Sermon Series this week with Greg Smith, a former Southern Baptist pastor from Virginia, USA. This sermon shows us how the many names for God reflect how we interact with God on a personal level. Greg ends this serm...
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Sanctuary Church Values: #6 We Live Spirit Empowered
This sermon by pastor Alynne Shinness wraps up our series on the founding values of Sanctuary Church. Keeping it simple, Alynne goes back to basics, examining how Jesus explained the Holy Spirit to his own disciples, and how that applies ...
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Sanctuary Church Values: #3 We Move Towards People
Hannah Mackie shows us from the Bible how Jesus moved toward people. We tend to isolate with things get murky, but Jesus did the opposite. Here, Jesu shows us how to love people like he does.
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Sanctuary Church Values: #5 We Put Jesus First
Hannah Mackie teaches on what it means to put Jesus first in our lives and in our church.
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Sanctuary Church Values: #2 We Bring Hope
Scott Gaglardi gives an in-depth explanation of the hope we have in Jesus, and how we can bring hope to others.
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Sanctuary Church Values: #1 We Speak Life
This episode is the first of a new series revisiting the founding values of Sanctuary Church in 2019. We'll take a fresh look at each value, and answer some questions to evaluate how we are inculcating each value into our everyday lives.
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Changing Roles at Sanctuary Church pt. 2
Alynne Shinness accepts a new role at Sanctuary Church and outlines spiritual and practical goals in this new season.
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Changing Roles at Sanctuary Church pt. 1
Scott Gaglardi, founder and pastor of Sanctuary Church in Chilliwack BC Canada describes how God has ordained a change of leader for the church.
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The Parable of The Net || Sunday, September 1, 2024
We continue our series through the parables of Jesus.
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Good And Bad Fruit || Sunday, April 21, 2024
Hannah continues our Sermon on the Mount looking at Matthew 7:15-23 and highlights Jesus' call to caring for the vulnerable, marginalized, and oppressed. We hope you will be encouraged in your apprenticeship to Jesus with this practical message...
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The Lord's Prayer Pt 1 || Sunday, November 5, 2023
"Prayer is an invitation to come to God's table." Hannah looked at the Lord's Prayer and invited us to consider some different perspectives on prayer that we might have as well as what might keep us from prayer. We learned that humi...
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Jesus teaches on lust & divorce || Sunday, August 20,2023
As we continue our journey through the Sermon on the Mount, Matt came to Jesus' teaching on lust and divorce. He led us through a brilliant examination of the scriptures where we saw God's heart that we not use people for our own gain but...
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