We continue our series in the Book of Daniel—Exiles in Babylon! This week we will conclude chapter 9 of Daniel and arrive at one of the most significant prophecies in possibly the whole Old Testament. After perceiving in the books of the prophet Jeremiah that 70 years has now passed for the exiles in Babylon, Daniel records for us His heart felt pr…

We continue our series in the Book of Daniel—Exiles in Babylon! This week pastor Glenn will take us into chapter 9 of Daniel and a pivotal point in the whole book. After years of historical narrative and many dreams and visions, Daniel is moved to prayer, deep prayer after 'perceiving in the books,' the prophecies of Jeremiah, a significant message…

We continue our series in the Book of Daniel—Exiles in Babylon! Today pastor Rudi will take us into chapter 8 of Daniel. Following on from the horrifying dream and visions in chapter 7, Daniel has another dream. Again there are animals, specifically a ram and a goat that also relate directly to specific kingdoms to come as prophesied by Daniel. As …

This Sunday, we continue our series in the Book of Daniel—Exiles in Babylon! This week we conclude chapter 7 of Daniel. As we discovered last week, Daniel has had a dream and visions of the night which he describes in nightmarish terms. The chapter concludes with Daniel telling us about an angel who comes to help interpret his dream for him. What i…

Today, we continue our series in the Book of Daniel—Exiles in Babylon! This week we move into chapter 7 of Daniel. In this chapter Daniel takes us back 12 years to the time of Belshazzar to tell us about a shocking dream and 'visions of the night' that he had. Chapter 7 also marks a shift in the book from the historical narratives we've been hearin…

This Sunday, we continue our series in the Book of Daniel—Exiles in Babylon! This week we move into chapter 6 of Daniel and one the most famous stories from the whole book—The Lions Den! The Babylonian Empire has come to an end as prophesied in chapter 2 with King Darius the Mede holding court. What leads to Daniel being thrown to the lions is a le…

We continue our series in the Book of Daniel—Exiles in Babylon! This week pastor Glenn will take us into chapter 5 of Daniel where we're introduced to King Nebuchadnezzar's grandson and discover an example of when the apple falls, sadly, far from the tree. Once again Daniel is called to interpret, this time not a dream or a vision but, The Hand Wri…

This Sunday, we continue our series in the Book of Daniel—Exiles in Babylon! This week pastor Glenn will take us into chapter 4 of Daniel where we will hear directly from King Nebuchadnezzar himself. Daniel records the personal testimony of the King which is promising, however it then appears he needs one more Reality Check before he understands wh…

We continue our series in the Book of Daniel—Exiles in Babylon! So far in the book that bears his name we've seen Daniel and his friends exhibit wisdom and discretion beyond their years. This week as we move into chapter 3 we discover that, despite Nebuchadnezzar's acclaim of Daniel's God, it appears he's learned little as he succumbs to a prideful…

This Sunday, we continue our series in the Book of Daniel—Exiles in Babylon! As we've discovered so far, Daniel’s life and story written 2500 years ago is, besides being historically true, incredibly relevant in our chaotic and turbulent days! This week we move into chapter 2 and the first of many dreams and visions that God gives to men and for Da…

This Sunday, we continue our new series in the Book of Daniel—Exiles in Babylon! As we discovered last Sunday Daniel’s life and story written 2500 years ago is, besides historically true, incredibly relevant today as we live in a world and culture in chaos. This week we will see the kind of resolve the young Daniel had despite all of the terrible c…

This Sunday, we begin a new series in the Book of Daniel—Exiles in Babylon! New Study Guides will be available this Sunday for this series, one you will find quite relevant for all of us today. The story of Daniel is a true story, one packed with great insights on how to thrive in a culture that is radically opposed to the things of God. Along with…

This Sunday, we conclude our 2-week, mini-series called ReBoot—How to Live a Transformed Life. Join us as pastor Glenn leads us into seeing another key way that will encourage us to ReBoot and Refocus for another season of growth in our walk and faith with Christ. The focus of the message this week then will be on—Living Life in Covenantal Communit…

This Sunday, we start a new 2-week, mini-series coming out of the RESET Series called ReBoot—How to Live a Transformed Life. Join us as pastor Glenn leads us into asking ourselves, now that we've spent some time this summer discovering several Spiritual Disciplines that have hopefully helped us to Reset our Minds & Hearts, how do we Reboot ourselve…

We conclude our Summer Series tilted RESET—Transforming Your Mind & Heart. Join us as pastor Glenn returns to rap up the series from Mark 10:32-45 where we find Jesus once again reminding His disciples why it is that He's on His way to Jerusalem. In this last message of the series we'll learn about another one of the key spiritual disciplines that …

Today we continue our Summer Series tilted RESET—Transforming Your Mind & Heart. Join us as Andre Lesur, Executive Director with Global Disciples of Canada, is our guest speaker. Join us he takes us into Matthew 5:13-16 where we will be challenged as believers to live counter-culturally by embodying the radical teachings of Jesus in a world driven …

We continue our Summer Series tilted RESET—Transforming Your Mind & Heart. Join us as Kevin Cooper, one our elders at The Rock takes us into Hebrews 10:24-25. This week we will explore the significance of authentic community in our spiritual formation by highlighting the importance of fellowship, accountability, and mutual support in resisting the …

We continue our Summer Series tilted RESET—Transforming Your Mind & Heart. Join us as pastor Rudi takes us into Psalm 46:10, "Be still, and know that I am God." This week we will consider the spiritual disciplines and intentional practices of stillness, silence, and solitude to cultivate a deeper awareness of God's presence amidst the noise and dis…

We continue our Summer Series tilted RESET—Transforming Your Mind & Heart. Join us as Nick Koole, someone we all know well as one of our worship leaders and recently an elder-in-training, will be preaching his first sermon at The Rock. Nick will take us further into our series and spiritual disciplines by taking us to a seminal passage and teaching…

Today we continue our Summer Series tilted RESET—Transforming Your Mind & Heart. Pastor Rudi takes us into Part II as we continue to explore the practice of renewing our minds according to the teachings of Jesus. Philippians 4:8 will be the key text for this Sunday delving into the importance of cultivating a Christ-centered mindset through prayer,…

We begin a New Summer Series tilted RESET—Transforming Your Mind & Heart. Today pastor Glenn opens the series taking us into Romans 12:1-2 as we consider how we might best see transformation in our lives through the renewal of our minds. The Scripture teaches us that there is a 'pattern' to the ways of this world and that following this pattern and…

This Sunday we continue in the apostle Paul's letter to Titus—Transformed By The Truth! Join us this Sunday as pastor Glenn takes us further into Chapter 3 of the letter and the final instructions that Paul has for Titus and the church.Por Glenn Davies • Lead Pastor

We continue in the apostle Paul's letter to Titus—Transformed By The Truth! Join us this Sunday as pastor Glenn takes us further into Chapter 3 of the letter and the final instructions that Paul has for Titus and the church. This week we discover how to identify divisive people and what we should do to maintain unity in the church.…

This Sunday we continue in the apostle Paul's letter to Titus—Transformed By The Truth! Join us this Sunday as pastor Glenn takes us into Chapter 3 of the letter and the final instructions that Paul has for Titus and the church. Listen or watch as we dive into one of the most contentious commands in the New Testament, to submit to our earthly ruler…

Today we continue in the apostle Paul's letter to Titus—Transformed By The Truth! Join us this Sunday as pastor Rudi takes us into the end of Chapter 2. In Titus 2:1-10, Paul has described the content of the good life that Titus is to commend to the church in Crete and the context in which people are to be discipled. Now Paul describes the source o…

Today we continue in the apostle Paul's letter to Titus—Transformed By The Truth! Join us as pastor Glenn takes us in the 2nd Chapter of Titus 2:1-10 and Paul's words directing Titus on how he is to counter the false teachers in the church in Crete. He'll start by encouraging him that the best way to counter what is false is to teach the truth—soun…

We continue in the apostle Paul's letter to Titus—Transformed By The Truth! Join us this today as we welcome pastor Ezra Okotifrom Northview Community Church in Abbotsford to bring the message from Titus 1:10-16. Following on from Paul's teaching on Why We Need Elders and What They Are For to a very good example why Elders are to hold firm.…

We continue in the apostle Paul's letter to Titus—Transformed By The Truth! Join us this Sunday as we move on to Paul's introductions to his son in the faith, Titus, and specifically why he left him on the island of Crete. There are many things that Paul has instructed him about related to the church that he wants him to put in order in every churc…

We return to the Pastoral Epistles to complete our series in the apostle Paul's letter to Titus—Transformed By The Truth! Join us this Sunday as we consider the opening verses and Paul's introduction of himself as a humble 'servant of God' and a confident 'apostle of Jesus Christ.'Por Glenn Davies • Lead Pastor

We conclude our 4-week mini-series titled Foundations—Scripture, God, Creation & Sin, and finally Salvation. This week we'll look at the final subject in our series 'Salvation.' Soon after our creator God speaks His perfect creation into existence and creates man and woman, the story quickly turns from perfect to broken. Then, just when you think a…

This Sunday, we continue in our 4-week mini-series titled Foundations—Scripture, God, Creation & Sin, and finally Salvation. This week we'll look at the next subject in our series ‘Creation & Sin.' Soon after our creator God speaks His perfect creation into existence and creates man and woman, the story quickly turns from perfect to broken. Join us…

This Sunday, we continue in our 4-week mini-series titled Foundations—Scripture, God, Creation & Sin, and finally Salvation. Following on from our first message in the series and Scripture, this week we'll look at another vast subject of—God! We learned last Sunday that He has revealed Himself to us through His Word and that ALL Scripture is God-br…

Por Glenn Davies • Lead Pastor

Today we conclude our Passion Week Mini-Series as we arrive at the day when we declare together, 'He Is Risen!' Easter Sunday completes our Passion Week series and is truly the triumph and vindication of Jesus Christ our Lord. Join us as we review the wonderful events of the day when the empty tomb was discovered and then the appearances of our Lor…

This Sunday, we continue our Passion Week Mini-Series leading up to Good Friday and Easter Sunday. Pastor Glenn returns to take us into John 12:12-26 and what is traditionally known as Palm Sunday, Jesus' Triumphant entry into Jerusalem. Join us as we consider the view from the eyes of those who were watching Jesus as He rode into the city and from…

Por Rudi Botha • Associate Pastor

This Sunday, we conclude our series in 2 Timothy—Guarding the Good Deposit. This week pastor Glenn takes us into Chapter 4:9-22 where we hear Paul's final words to his protege Timothy. Knowing his death is imminent Paul is still thinking ministry. From asking Timothy to come to him soon and bring his cloak and the parchments, it's clear Paul still …

This Sunday we continue our series in 2 Timothy—Guarding the Good Deposit. This week pastor Glenn takes us into Chapter 4:1-8 where we hear Paul's strongest charge to his protege Timothy. Knowing he likely only has days to live Paul makes his boldest challenge to Timothy and the church. These 8 verses are the first part of his conclusion that we wi…

This Sunday The Rock Celebrated many firsts as a church. This was the first Sunday in 15 years that we held a Baptismal service in our own church building. We’ve celebrated many of the years whether at the lake or another church’s baptismal tank, however, this was our first at The Rock. There were more firsts. Join us as we celebrate the baptisms o…

We continue our series in 2 Timothy—Guarding the Good Deposit. This week pastor Glenn takes us into Chapter 3:10-17. At this point in his letter the apostle Paul delivers one of the most significant statements about the veracity of God's Word, 3:16-17. Before doing that he first encourages Timothy to once again remember Paul's example and his own t…

This Sunday we continue our series in 2 Timothy—Guarding the Good Deposit. This week pastor Glenn takes us into Chapter 3:1-9. As the apostle Paul continues his encouragement to Timothy and the church in Ephesus to Guard The Truth, he begins his conclusion to this letter with more sobering words of wisdom for what the future may bring for the churc…

We continue our series in 2 Timothy - Guarding the Good Deposit. This week Pastor Rudi takes us into the concluding verses of Chapter 2:20-26. The Apostle Paul continues his encouragement to Timothy and the church in Ephesus to Guard the Good Deposit, to Guard the Truth!Por Rudi Botha • Associate Pastor

This Sunday, we continue our series in 2 Timothy—Guarding the Good Deposit. This week the apostle Paul continues his appeal to Timothy to guard the good deposit entrusted to him. As part of Paul's encouragement to guard the truth, his desire is to remind Timothy to "remind the me" what "these things" are. Join us as we open God's Word.…

This Sunday, we continue our series in 2 Timothy—Guarding the Good Deposit. This week the apostle Paul continues his appeal to Timothy to guard the good deposit entrusted to him. Last week we learned that the first way to guard the good deposit is to not be ashamed of the testimony of Jesus and His word. In this week's text Paul teaches us how to b…

This Sunday, we continue our new series in 2 Timothy—Guarding the Good Deposit. This week we read Paul's words to his protege Timothy and there's an air of concern. Whether from letters that Timothy wrote to Paul over the past 4 years since the first letter or word from those who've visited Paul in Rome from Ephesus, it appears Timothy is strugglin…

This Sunday as we follow on in the Pastoral Epistle Series we started last September in 1 Timothy, we begin Paul's second letter to his young protege in the faith. Timothy continues to labour as the pastor of the church in Ephesus while challenges to his leadership persist, however the message in what will be the last letter that the apostle Paul w…

This Sunday we give time for an Open Mic for you to share Your Gospel Stories. Come prepared to share what the Lord has been doing in your life over the past year and through the ministry of our church family. Pastor Glenn will also bring a brief word, another tradition at The Rock—Resolution, Looking Back and Dreaming Forward.…

We continue our Annual Advent Series this year titled—The Heart of Christmas. This week, as we continue to prepare to celebrate the Incarnation of the Son of God, Jesus Christ, pastor Rudi will take us to the Word looking at the Heart of the Holy Spirit at the first Christmas. As we learned in last two Sunday, the Trinity have been fully involved f…

Today we continue our Annual Advent Series this year titled—The Heart of Christmas. This year, as we prepare to celebrate the incarnation of the Son of God, Jesus Christ, we're looking at the Heart of the Son of God, Jesus Christ this Sunday at the first Christmas. As we learned last Sunday, the Trinity was fully involved from before the foundation…

Today we begin our Annual Advent Series this year entitled—The Heart of Christmas. For the next 3 weeks, as we prepare to celebrate the incarnation of the Son of God, Jesus Christ, we'll look at the Heart of God The Father at the first Christmas this Sunday, followed by the Heart of Christ and The Holy Spirit over the next two weeks. The Trinity wa…