“Why Do You Call on the Day of the Lord?”

When the prophet Amos spoke of “God coming close” it was warning. The people had hidden abuse, violence, and injustice in the shadows for too long, and God, like a blazing fire, was going to burn it all up.

That’s the day of the Lord. What does it have to do with sexual assault, and the #metoo movement?

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Some slides about "the day of the Lord" and "sportz" - hope they help.

Lamb vs. Beasts

Revelation is a weird and wild book, filled with larger than life imagery. Unfortunately it's also been wildly misunderstood. What is the Revelation of John actually about, and what does he want us to see?

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What is a Missionary?

Robin shares wonderful and heartbreaking stories from his life as a missionary in some of the worlds most challenging places. He invites us to ask the question of where we are, and who we are called to. Warning: It's a challenging one!

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The One Thing You Can Know About Your Future

After four weeks of looking back we were set to spend one week looking forward. At least that was the plan. But then it got messed up. Because if there is one thing we've learned by telling our story back, it's that we have very little idea where any of this is going.

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Organic or Organized?

What do the Occupy Movement, Hamilton Art Crawl, and my favourite closed-down burger shop have in common with Eucharist?

This week in the story of Eucharist: We hire the best haiku writer we can find, and things finally get a little more sustainable.

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Some of the Stream Leaders and Elders celebrating when we hired Jill!

When the Glory Fades

After a long season of everything turning to gold, things start to get a little tougher for our church plant.

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The very sad video we made about the events in this sermon:

Who Sat at the Table

When Eucharist started we knew that the table was going to be core to our identity: we would eat together at potlucks, love feasts, and the Lord's Supper. We would set an open seat and welcome whoever God brought to us.

What we didn't see coming was how difficult that would make things...

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God's Not Done with Us Yet

SEVEN YEARS! It's been SEVEN years since Eucharist Church started gathering in downtown Hamilton, and it's been a wild ride. 

How did we get here? Where did we start? What has God taught us along the way? These are the topics we'll be diving into over the next five weeks. 

This week we're telling a story about dropping out of college, becoming a missionary, and squeezing a bunch of children into an old factory. The good news is that no matter what's happened in your story, no matter how old you are: God's not done with you yet!

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The Courage to Be Ordinary

Guest preacher Rasheeda Graham-Washington gives us the good news about being ordinary.

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Pistis and Vinegar

What did the authors of the New Testament mean when they used the words "faith" and "doubt" - and what do they say in the face of violence, racism, and injustice?

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The Difference Between Power & Authority

Paranoid, obsessed with what people think of him, unable to handle criticism, and without a shred of moral conviction; Herod the Tetrarch is a brilliant, ancient example, of a man with lots of power, but no authority.

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Telling Your Friends the Truth

God is always trying to get our attention, through "good cops" and "bad cops," through prophets and friends. Let's try to speak the truth to one another, and be open to hearing it. Also, a short story about a swan.

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Not Peace, But a Sword (and Other Uncomfortable Things Jesus Said)

File this one under "things we can't believe Jesus actually said." What does it mean to bring a sword to the world? Why is Jesus suddenly against peace? And of course, the most important question: would you be a Nazi in 1940's Germany? 

Also, a brief interview with our new pastoral care intern, Rob Miller!

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Why Does Jed Dance? (& the Other Strange Characters of Hamilton)

Hamilton is home to a lot of very strange characters, and they cause us to ask the right questions.

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The Character of the Crowd

This is a LONG and very STRANGE biblical text, but when you take it, and reverse it, it offers us a game-changing insight on what it means to follow Jesus.

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Stories from Sri Lanka & Playful Jesus

Fresh back from a sabbatical in Sri Lanka, Kevin shares some strange stories about stuff the Spirit said (that was as many words that start with "s" as we could think of). 

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Some of our Sri Lankan hosts!

Mission

"Mission work" might sound intimidating, but in reality it's quite simple.  Dave shares his experience with mission work, both abroad and at home, and points us in the direction of the work of the Holy Spirit, what that work looks like, and how we might submit ourselves to what it's up to in our lives...

Christ Will Come Again

Christ has died.  Christ has risen.  Christ will come again!  What does the "second coming" mean?  How will it take place?  What if we don't want the earth as we know it to end?  Leanne tackles some of the bizarre realities we face in the midst of our hope in the fullness of the Kingdom come...

The Shepherd, The Gate, & The Way

Leanne reflects on what sets the voice of Christ apart from the others we hear every day.  Why is Christ a "Shepherd"?  What is the good life?  Goodlife fitness?  Thrift store Jackson Pollock finds?  The way of Jesus is rarely easy, and can even seem illogical, but it is the most beautiful of ways...    

Recognizing Resurrection

Sometimes it is difficult to recognize the power of the resurrection in our lives.  From bed bugs and jury duty to long walks and real talks, Leanne gives us some practical tips for learning how to see the work, and BE the work, of the resurrection!