City Collective - Podcast

Dear Friend... | August 13th Pastor Jason leads a discussion on victory and idols from 1 John 5. 

Vision Sunday - An overview of the Church's vision for this next season. 

Teach Us to Pray - Week One ** Technical Note - This is only part of the sermon as we had some technical difficulties with recording this week.**We have a bonus episode on the Practice of Prayer releasing September 12th. Check it out for more of a conversation on prayer!

Join Stephen, Samuel and Pastor Jason as they embark on a conversation on prayer. For more resources on prayer check out:  Page 18 in the City Collective Journal  Our City Collective resource hub online. Click HERE for Prayer Resources. References and timestamps: 1:05 - Quote from C.S. Lewis' "The Magicians Nephew" Editor's Note: In this episode it's mentioned a few times that Digory's mother isn't healed, which is incorrect. Digory's mother is healed eventually, though Digory first goes through a time of believing she won't be. Hopefully the comments made in this episode still make sense and add to your thoughts on the practice of prayer.  11:10 - Quote from Mother Theresa "Prayer enlarges the heart until it is capable of containing God's gift of Himself." 11:58 - Quote from Andrew Murray "The power of prayer depends almost entirely upon our apprehension of who it is with whom we speak."  31:37 - Hebrews 11:5-6 33:17 - James 1:22-25  37:36 - 1 Kings 19:9b-18 42:48 - John 10:27 46:41 - 1 Kings 19: 12-13 Thanks for listening!"Practicing the Way" was originated with John Mark Comer and Bridgetown Church and while we are not associated, we appreciate their resources being open and available for all. 

Teach Us to Pray - Week Two September 17th, 2023

Teach Us to Pray - Week ThreeSeptember 24th, 2023

Join Stephen, Samuel and Pastor Jason as they embark on a conversation on fasting.Resources:  Our City Collective resource hub online. Click HERE for Prayer Resources. Bridgetown Church Podcast on Fasting and our relationship with food, featuring Bethany Allen, HERE. Notes and References:  1:16 - Samuel references a sermon that Jason hasn't preached yet. This is simply a scheduling change in the release of this episode and now you can look forward to connecting the dots between this episode and the sermon! 17:26 - References to feasting: Gen. 2:9, Gen. 2:16, Rev. 19:6-9, Matt. 4:11, Matt. 26:17-30 31:46 - Isaiah 58 Thank you so much for listening. Love God, Love people, Be the Church. "Practicing the Way" was originated with John Mark Comer and Bridgetown Church and while we are not associated, we appreciate their resources being open and available for all. 

Teach Us to Pray - Week FourOctober 1st, 2023

Upside Down Kingdom - Week One October 8th, 2023

Upside Down Kingdom Week 2 - October 15th

Upside Down Kingdom Week 3 - October 22nd, 2023

Upside Down Kingdom Week 4 - October 29th, 2023

Join Stephen, Samuel and Pastor Jason as they embark on a conversation recapping our Sermon on the Mount Series.References and timestamps:  1:28 - Eugene Peterson, from A Long Obedience in the Same Direction, "The life of faith isn't meant for tourists, it's meant for pilgrims."  2:24 - Matthew 5:5 "Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth." 4:11 - Matthew 5:21-26 - Murder (Anger)  7:00 - Matthew 5:27-32 - Adultery  9:07 - Matthew 6:5-15 - Prayer (The Lord's Prayer)  13:44 - Matthew 7:7-12 - Ask, Seek, Knock.  14:44 check out our previous podcast on prayer!  17:39 - Micheal J. Wilkins - "Ask, seek and knock all indicate a holy pursuit of the Father and His will. I would say in that context the prayer isn't answered because it doesn't align with His will that is being pursued."  21:22 - N.T.Wright - "But for most of us, the problem is not that we are too eager to ask for the wrong things. The problem is that we are not eager enough to ask for the right things."  22:20 - Matthew 5:27-32 - Adultery  27:30 - Job 38 - God responds to Job  31:04 - Matthew 7:13-14 - The Narrow and Wide Gate  37:33 - F. Dale Bruner - "Everybody does it will not be a very criterion in Christian ethics."  37:52 - F. Dale Bruner - "There is no need to fool ourselves by saying that Jesus ethic is not difficult. Jesus' sermon on the mount requires red blood and moral investment. It is a tough way... The succession of both secularity and super-spirituality takes the moral fibre and intellectual meaning found in life lived in obedience to Jesus demands."  43:15 - Matthew 7:15-23 - True and False Prophets/Disciples  46:06 - Luke 15: 11-32 - Parable of the Prodigal/Lost Son  47:43 - 1 Corinthians 13:1-3 - Love  49:35 - Cyril of Alexandria - "There may be some who, in the beginning believed rightly and assiduously laboured in virtue. They may have even worked miracles and prophesied and cast out demons. And yet later they are found turning aside to evil, to self assertive deception and desire. Of these Jesus remarks that He "never knew them."" 53:07 - Matthew 7:24-27 - The Wise and Foolish Builders  57:18 - James 1:22-25 - Be doers of the Word Thanks for listening!

Week 5 of our Upside Down Kingdom Series.

Week 6 of our "Upside Down Kingdom" series. Stephen (one of our interns) shares on Matthew 7:15-20. 

Week 8 of our "Upside Down Kingdom" series. Pastor Jason shares on Matthew 7:24-29. 

Welcome! Join us for a conversation with intern Sophie, staffer Jordan and volunteer Nef about Advent and what it means to anticipate the arrival of baby Jesus. • Do you want to learn more about Advent? Check out our overview on our website. • We'd love to have you join us through the series “Yakhal: To hope and to wait for” starting this Sunday December 3rd! • Looking for a weekly advent devotional check out the Devotional at the back of our City Collective Journal. (Starts on Pg. 100 - so easy to remember) • Join us for our Christmas Eve Candlelight Service (not ceremony as Jordan says in the episode) on December 24th, at 10:30 am at H.D. Stafford.5:31- Week 1 - Hope or Prophecy Candle 5:54 - Isaiah 9:6 “Unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given…”7:57 - Week 2 - Peace or Bethlehem Candle8:28 - Phillipians 4:7 “The peace of Go, which surpasses all understanding…” 9:09 - John 14:27 “My peace I leave with you…” 11:45 - Week 3 - Joy or Shepherds Candle 15:10 - John 15:11 “ I have told you these things so that My joy may be complete.” 16:14 - Week 4 - Love or Angels Candle 18:52 - Christmas Day - Christ Candle 19:20 - Deep Dive into Hope (Yakhal: to hope or wait for) 20:00 - Reading from “The Trinity Advent Play” by Lloyd A. Arnett28:49 - City Collective Journal (pg 35) “Hopeful people in the Bible often recognize there's no evidence things will get better, but choose hope anyway.” (Also from the Bible project word study series) 31:42 - Exodus 14:19-31 - Parting the Red Sea 31:53 - Hebrews 11:1 - “Faith is being sure of what you hope for, certain of things unseen.” 38:09 - Prayer from Henri Nouwen A huge shoutout to Neftali Tuyub for joining us for this episode (be sure to check out the Advent devotional in the City Collective journal to read Devon's written by Nef and others!) 

Week 1 of our "Yakhal: to Hope and to Wait for" series. 

Week 2 of our "Yakhal: to Hope and to Wait for" series. 

Week 3 of our "Yakhal: to Hope and to Wait for" series. 

Show notes will be available by January 5th. Until then, for more resources check out citycollective.com 

Week 1 - Truly Human Main Scripture: Luke 15 

Week 2 of Our Truly Human series. Main Scripture: 1 Peter 2:4-10

Today we take a break from our Truly Human series and hear from Brad Juhlin on "Grace Graffiti" from the Message version of Psalm 17. 

Week 3 of our Truly Human series. Jeremy King explores what it means to be a "worshipper." 

Week 4 of our Truly Human series, Pastor Jason explores what being a witness means as a Christian. 

Week 5 of our Truly Human series. Pastor Jason explores what being a bride has to do with our identity as Christians. 

Join us for a conversation on Lent. Pastor Jason and Intern Sophie dive into what this practice is and some things to ponder if you would like to practice it yourself. This year lent begins on Valentines day (February 14th). If you would like an easy to follow daily devotional for this season, we have one available starting on page 104 of the City Collective Journal. 1:06 - Quote from unknown source1:58 - Val-LENT-times meme  8:30 - Journal Page 104, "Before we can jump ahead to the celebration of Easter we must wrestle with our humanity and sin." - Rebecca David23:30 - Henri Nouwen, Show Me the Way 24:34 - Matthew 4:1-439:25 - Prayer from Henri NouwenThanks for listening!

Week One of our revisited Gospel According to Matthew series. Pastor Jason explores Matthew 8:1-4. 

Week Two of our revisited Gospel According to Matthew series. Pastor Jason explores Matthew 8:5-13. 

Week Three of our revisited Gospel According to Matthew series. Pastor Jason explores Matthew 8:14-17. 

Week four of our revisited Gospel According to Matthew series. Guest Speaker Neil Josephson shares on Matthew 8:23-27.

Week Five of our revisited Gospel According to Matthew series. Pastor Jason explores Matthew 8:18-23. 

Week Six of our revisited Gospel According to Matthew series. Pastor Jason dives into Matthew 8:28-34. 

Easter Sunday | March 31stPastor Jason dives into John 20:11-18 and the Easter Story. 

Pastor Jason, intern Sophie, and creative director Jordan engage in a conversation about our upcoming series "EMPIRE: A Series on Sex, Love and Power." In the season of Eastertide, we consider what it means to be a resurrection people contending against false empires of power, sex, and money. Resurrection people sit at the heart of God's mission to overtake the earth with the life of heaven. We are invited to belong to it, but that is easier said than done. Have we truly decided to have Jesus be the master of our lives? Or do the thrones of our lives remain filled with false idols promising life that Jesus claims is found in Him? Together, we confront the empires of our world by asking:Whom do I actually choose to serve?Show Notes: 1:17 - James K.A. Smith, You Are What You Love11:05 - Lecrae, “just because you get to choose your master doesn't mean you aren't a slave.”14:15 - Tim Keller, Every Good Endeavour16:23 - James 4:7 20:05 - Numbers 14:2-4 We'd love to have you join us through the series “Empire" (Series description on Page 67 of the City Collective Journal. (Still copies available in the lobby at church or digitally))

From April 7th, the first week in our "Empire" series where Pastor Jason preaches on Acts 19:23-41. 

Jason Condon shares on James 1:19-27 as the first week of our "The Book of James" series. April 28th, 2024

The final week of our "Empire" series, where Pastor Jason looks at how the empire has corrupted our view of sex. 

Week 2 of our "The Book of James" series. Pastor Jason teaches on James 2:14-26

The third week of our "The Book of James" series. Grace Shim (Executive Minister of Serve Globally) brings us a word on putting our faith into action by being peacemakers. 

The final instalment of our "The Book of James" series. Pastor Jason teaches on James 5:7-19.

The first week in our return to our "Come Holy Spirit" series. 

The second week of our "Come Holy Spirit" series. Glenn Peterson teaches on 1 Corinthians 2:6-13.

Matthew DelBlanc (President of PLBC) concludes our "Come, Holy Spirit." Series, giving us the what, why, how and who based out of 1 Corinthians 14. 

Pastor Jason shares on the book of Ecclesiastes in our first teaching week of "Chasing the Wind." 

Pastor Jason Continues in Week 3 of our "Chasing the Wind" series. He leads us in a discussion of Ecclesiastes 5, on pride and humility. 

The final week in our "Chasing the Wind" series. Pastor Jason wraps up and recaps what we've learned in Ecclesiastes and the eternal perspective at its heart. 

This week we hear stories of freedom from our community. Sophia, Rose and Pastor Jason share moments in their life when they moved from a place of doubt, fear or pain into the love and freedom Jesus offers.

Week one of our "Exodus" series. Pastor Jason shares the vision for the year ahead, using the Exodus story as a backdrop. 

Pastor Jason, interns Kellie and Jordan engage in a conversation about our new series "Exodus: A Journey to finding freedom." Throughout Exodus we see complex dynamics play out and the genuine struggles of an oppressed nation learning how to be and live free. It is a powerful picture in which we are extended an invitation to trust Yahweh, as we watch him save and guide a lost and wandering peole.We can all relate to Exodus. We've all been there. We've all questioned God's character. We've all wondered who God helps and why. We've all faced the challenge of waiting for clarity. In our journey of freedom we can often be left asking - Is this what it means to live free?Show Notes: 14:27 - Ephesians 3: 20Book Overview - www.citycollective.com/collective-blogs/s5ssvkni4x5umqfos15q9l9qpgtlx1See upcoming events and find more information at citycollective.com We'd love to have you join us through the series “Exodus" (Series description on Page 17 of the City Collective Journal. (Still copies available in the lobby at church or digitally))

Week 3 of our "Exodus" series. Pastor Jason takes us through Exodus 14:5-15 and looking at the ways fear can form our faith. 

Week four of our Exodus series. Pastor Jason shares on Exodus 15:19-23 and 16:10-26. 

Week 5 of our EXODUS series. Pastor Jason preaches on Exodus 17:10-13 and 18:13-18.

The final instalment of our Exodus series. Ryan DelBlanc (Dean of Students, PLBC) shares on Exodus 19:1-10. 

Week one of our "Does my Life Matter" series. Pastor Jason takes us through Matthew 9+10, looking at what we can learn about calling and purpose. 

Week 2 of our "Does My Life Matter?" series. Pastor Jason talks finding a purpose from outside of ourselves while drawing from Matthew chapters 9 +10. 

Pastor Jason and intern Jordan embark on a conversation about calling and purpose to accompany our "Does my Life Matter" series. Show Notes: 2:14 - 1 Thessalonians 5:246:33 - Matthew 3:13-17 (Jesus Baptism) 13:06 - "The greatest way to undermine the concept of calling is to interpret it through what it brings to us, rather than what we bring to God's kingdom." - John Stott17:57 - How do we speak to someone when they are committed to the idea of personal success? 23:03 - Matthew 10:16-17For more information on this series checkout pages 30-31 in the City Collective journal, or watch the first two sermons on youtube now. Thanks for listening, if you have any questions or concerns please email hello@citycollective.com

*** Technical Note: The audio does have some minor breaks and pops, hopefully this doesn't detract from your listening experience.***Week 4 of our "Does my Life Matter?" series. Intern Jordan Ravensbergen shares on what Matthew 10:16-33 has to say about how God can help us to see Him more clearly. 

Pastor Jason finishes out our "Does my life matter?" series with a look at the end of Matthew Chapter 10. 

Week 2 of our Advent series: "Resound." Pastor Jason leads us through what we can earn about peace through the story of Lydia in Acts 16.

Week 3 of our "Resound" series. Pastor Jason preaches on Leah in Genesis 29. 

Week 4 of our RESOUND series. Pastor Jason teaches on Anna the Prophetess and what she can teach us about Love in Luke 2. 

Week one from our "Come Holy Spirit: Gifts" series. Pastor Jason talks 1 Corinthians 12. 

Welcome to City Collective Church. In our second week of our Gifts of the Spirit series, Pastor Jason provides a brief overview of the gifts of faith, discernment and miracles. Using 1 Corinthians 12 as a foundation, Pastor Jason shares on what these gifts are, as well as some ways to grow in them. To learn more about City Collective you can visit citycollective.com. We would love to hear from you!

In our third week of our Gifts of the Spirit series, Craig Millar joins us to provide a brief overview of the gifts of words of knowledge and wisdom, and Healing. Using 1 Corinthians 12 as a foundation, he brings great insight into these gifts (including personal experience and helpful questions!).

Join us for a conversation around Gifts of the Spirit. Pastor Jason and Intern Jordan engage in a conversation ranging from prophecy, to french fries, to small-town revivals making a big impact. Additional Gifts of the Spirit ResourcesDigital Gifts of the Spirit Magazine

Week 4 of our "Come Holy Spirit: Gifts" series. Pastor Jason reviews the gift of prophecy, using our series scripture from 1 Corinthians 12. 

Pastor Jason teaches on the Gift of Tongues, using 2 Corinthians 12 + 14 as a foundation. 

Week one in our "In the Garden: Learning Ways to Pray" series, looking at  Matthew 26:36-44 and Luke 22:39-44.

Pastor Jason, Intern Jordan and Gabi engage in a conversation on God and media. If you have any questions or would like to engage further, email us at hello@citycollective.comThanks for listening!

In our second week of our "In the Garden" series Pastoral intern Jordan takes a look at three calls to prayer from James 5:13-16 and how we can utilize them to pray powerfully for each other. To learn more about City Collective you can visit citycollective.com. We would love to hear from you!

Pastor Jason wraps up our "In the Garden" series, looking at what Matthew 26 has to say about adoration and consecration in prayer. 

Week one of our "In the Midst of Grief" series, Pastor Jason looks at what Ruth 1 has to teach us about Lament. 

Pastor Jason and Haide Giesbrecht embark on a conversation on Grief. As there is discussion of grief, particularly around death in this episode, if that is something that is especially raw for you right now consider reaching out to one of the resources listed below. Grief Resources:Hospice society - search for hospice resources in your area. There is often free counselling information and access to support groups available through Hospice.Langley Hospice SocietyPeace Arch Hospice SocietyGriefShareGrief expert David Kessler offers online groups for all kinds of losses including some more general and some quite specific. Check out this link for more info https://grief.com/Find a counsellor in your area or online. BCACC here in British Columbia has a “Find a Counsellor” tool that allows you to search for the person you need. Https://bcacc.ca/counsellors/