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In the Beginning… (Canvas’ 6 Core Values and Why)

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As Canvas celebrates our 5th anniversary, we return to our very first sermon – an articulation of the mission, vision and core values we felt called to embody. It’s an inside look at the first days of a new church plant, and why we have shaped our community in the manner we have.

Whether you are thinking of starting something new, considering making adjustments to an ongoing ministry or simply want to know why Canvas has such unique personality, here’s why we do what we do.

The text for this sermon is Matthew 5:1-16 (NRSV).

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The Dark Before the Dawn (Advent 2017), Part 02 – Israel on Trial

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Is God really a harsh judge, hovering in the heavens ready at any moment to accuse and punish?

In this episode, we find ourselves jurors as God indeed places Israel on trial. And yet, even as God makes his case (airtight, we might add), we hear not the rage of a king before a traitor, but the pain of a father who wants nothing but that his foolish children would recognize that they are chasing after the things that will profit them nothing.

It’s a painful look at human folly and the constancy of God’s love.

The sermon text is Jeremiah 2:4-13, 26-28 (NRSV)

 

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God, Self & Other – Luke 28: Go and Bless (the Sending of the 70)

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Few words terrify the typical Christian like “evangelism.” It instantly conjures images of hellfire preachers on corners or, worse yet, the awkwardly forced conversation about Jesus with a “non-believing” friend (ugh!).

It’s worth noting that Jesus did neither of these, nor asked it of his disciples.

Jesus did, however, send. He sent ill-equipped, nervous followers to carry the good news of the presence of kingdom of God, and to bless whatever instances of grace they might find already at work. In this episode we look at this call to go and to bless; and hopefully discover it is quite a gift to be sent.

The passage for this week is Luke 10:1-16 (NRSV).

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