Friends Church Calgary Weekly Message
This is a recording of the weekly Sunday Message presented by Friends Church, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Episodes
111 episodes
Pastor Vince on the Hotseat
Two Sundays - the end of an era, and the beginning of the next.This Sunday, Vince’s on the Hotseat. Ask him those questions you’ve always wanted to ask - but maybe never had the chance or nerve to.Bryce (aka Bad Boy with a Heart...
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Pastor Jeff on the Hotseat
Speakers: Bryce Lokken & Jeff JarvisTwo Sundays - the end of an era, and the beginning of the next.This Sunday is Jeff's Last Sunday at Friends Church so you can ask him whatever you've always wanted to know about him.B...
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Making Changes
Speaker: Jeff JarvisDeep down, most of us already know at least one change we long to make. Yet as Vince has been unpacking, it’s often not a lack of desire or effort that holds us back—but unseen forces within us that cause us to ...
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Change, But Healthier
Changing is hard—really hard. But it isn’t impossible.Last week we explored why New Year’s resolutions (and most attempts at change) fail: our internal systems are designed to keep us exactly where we are. For many of us, that realizatio...
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Why New Year's Resolutions Fail
Big holidays spark motivation. New Year’s especially.And yet… most resolutions fade fast. We joke about it because we’ve lived it.But why do they fail?And more importantly—how do we finally make them work?This ...
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The "Wise Men" Cometh
Over the years, Christian traditions have built different walls around their castles of faith—each convinced they’ve got it right, and everyone else has it wrong. It’s strange, really, that so many walls exist around the same story.
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Outsider
The shepherds were the last people anyone expected to be part of the story—they were living on the margins, working the night shift while everyone else slept, never invited to the events around them. OutsidersAnd yet… they’re the ...
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29:38
2025 Water Awards
Every year, we gather the remarkable stories emerging from our community—stories of people “Taking Water,” showing up with compassion, generosity, and a willingness to invest themselves in the lives of others without expectation. These stories ...
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The Spirituality of Spaces
Walk into any cathedral in the world and chances are you’ll feel something.For me, it’s often a sense of Something More.After a conversation with an architect in our community, I’m realizing just how much our spaces shape us—how the...
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The Spirituality of Presence
This Sunday, I’m having an honest conversation with someone who’s facing a reality most of us try not to think about: our time on this earth is limited. Every week, someone somewhere says goodbye to someone they love—and it’s never easy. Even t...
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The Spirituality of Psychedelics
Across cultures and centuries, people have turned to certain natural substances in search of something beyond themselves — healing, meaning, perhaps even an encounter with the divine.Now, modern science is circling back to explore what ...
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The Spirituality of Pleasure
Speaker: Jeff JarvisHow often do you let yourself truly enjoy life’s pleasures? Do you ever feel guilty for spending time or money simply to delight in something good? I’ll admit—sometimes I do.Throughout history, the topic of...
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How to Handle the Changes You Didn’t Ask For
Speaker: Vince KlassenThere’s one thing in life that ranks right up there with death and taxes - change.This past week we shared that Friends Church will be changing too, with Jeff stepping away to pursue a new career managing a...
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Friends Church 3.0
This week we announced the resignation of one of our Lead Pastors - Jeff Jarvis.We spent some time learning what is next for Jeff and his family and where Friends Church 2.0 came from.Finally, we looked at the core of Friends Chur...
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Discovering the Bible's Many Diverse Voices
Through this series, we’re taking an honest look at the Bible. So far, we’ve set aside our assumptions and begun seeing it as a Wisdom text rather than an owner’s manual—one that honors its Ancient, Ambiguous, and Diverse origins. This week, we...
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"Thou Shalt Not..."
Many of us grew up in faith traditions that took the Bible’s rules very seriously. For some, breaking one meant rejection or judgment — sometimes even exile from family or community. Some biblical laws still seem to make deep sense today. Other...
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Finding Answers vs. Finding Wisdom
Many pick up the Bible expecting a rulebook or instruction manual for life—only to be puzzled by its ancient language, strange stories, and even some contradictions.This week at Friends, we’re exploring why this “Instruction Manual” exp...
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What Is The Bible? Physically?
The Bible has been called many things:The Word of God.Inspired scripture.A holy book.An owner’s manual for life.A roadmap.A moral compass.A revelation of Jesus Christ.Go...
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Loving Our Non-Binary Neighbour
At Friends Church, our mission is simple: to inspire us to Take Water to our world. One way we can Take Water is to Love our Neighbours in ways that truly make life better for them and us.That’s easy when people look, think...
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A Healthy Spirituality
Speaker: Jeff Jarvis Over the years, I’ve heard countless explanations of spirituality—and honestly, I’ve become a bit skeptical when the word is thrown around too loosely. When it can mean anything, it starts to feel like ...
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A World Divided
Speaker: Vince KlassenDoes it feel like our world is more divided than ever? Every conversation, every headline, every debate seems charged—like it’s no longer just about differences, but about winning or losing. One group against an...
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What’s Your Water
Speakers: Jeff Jarvis and Mike Hanson At Friends Church, our mission is simple: to inspire you to Take Water to your World. “Taking Water” can look different in each of our lives. Sometimes...
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Celebrating ME
Speakers: Jeff Jarvis What happens when you spend large amounts of time and effort chasing the approval of others but somehow lose parts of yourself in the process? This weekend,...
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