EPC - Evangel Oakville Sunday Sermon Podcast

This Sunday, as we continue our sermon series A Spirit-Empowered Life, we will explore how a Spirit-empowered life means being anointed by the Holy Spirit to fulfill God's mission and strengthened by him to endure the testing that shapes us to become more like Christ.

This Sunday, as we continue our sermon series, A Spirit-Empowered Life, we explore one of Jesus' most serious warnings, and what it reveals about recognizing and honouring the Holy Spirit's work. Don't miss this timely challenge to stay humble, spiritually alert, and wise with our words.

This Sunday, we continue our sermon series, A Spirit-Empowered Life. As we reflect on Matthew 27, we'll be reminded that even in seasons of spiritual decline - when everything feels lost - the Holy Spirit is still moving: restoring, renewing, and breathing life into dry and lifeless places.

This coming Sunday, it's Mother's Day! There will be a gift for all in attendance following the morning service! • We'll be continuing our series with a message on Priscilla, and how the Holy Spirit empowers all, women and men alike, who follow Jesus to live on mission and have an immense impact on the Kingdom of God

This Sunday, we're launching a powerful new sermon series focused on how the Holy Spirit equips, calls, and empowers God's people for his mission. In week one, we'll look at the story of Moses and how God expanded leadership from one to many - filling each with his Spirit to share the burden and advance his purpose.

Throughout April, we've been journeying through our King of Kings sermon series. This Sunday, we'll bring the series to a close by focusing our hearts on Jesus as the Coming King. We'll reflect on his final moments with the disciples after the resurrection - his ascension and return to the Father. In this powerful scene, we're reminded that as we await the return of the King of Kings, we live in the tension between our deep longing for his coming and the faithful pursuit of the work he has entrusted to us.

This coming Sunday is Easter - a celebration of the resurrection of Jesus, a powerful reminder of new beginnings. It's a day that speaks of grace, renewal, and the chance to start over. This week's sermon will reflect on one of Jesus' appearances to his disciples after rising from the dead, reminding us that because Jesus is the risen King, our past no longer defines us. Instead, we are invited into a brand new future.

This coming Friday is Good Friday and we will be hosting a Good Friday service at 10 am. This will be a quiet, reflective morning focusing on the cross and will include worship, individual and corporate prayer, and communion. We will also be receiving a special benevolent fund offering to help those in need in our community.

This coming Sunday is Palm Sunday, a special opportunity to honour and worship Jesus as the King of Kings. Just as the crowds celebrated him, we will unite in worship, acknowledging his sovereignty. This Sunday will serve as a reminder that truly embracing Jesus as the King of Kings calls us to worship him with genuine hearts, authenticity, and complete devotion.

Join us this Sunday at 10 am as we kick off a 4-week sermon series, King of Kings, exploring what it truly means for Jesus to be the King and Lord of our lives. This week, we'll dive into two key scriptures - the announcement of Jesus' birth to Mary and the shepherds and reflect on the truth that Jesus was born the King of Kings. We will be reminded that recognizing and embracing Jesus as the King of Kings should lead us to proclaim Him as the Lord of our lives.

Jono teaches on Matthew 5:1-3 where Jesus says "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven

This Sunday, we'll be wrapping up our winter series, Feast – a journey through the theme of hospitality as seen in the Gospel of Luke. We'll focus on an encounter Jesus had with a sinful woman at a table in the house of Simon the Pharisee, found in Luke 7. In this story, Jesus steps in to advocate for the woman, who is the target of the Pharisee's anger. We'll be reminded that in the Kingdom of God, those who have truly experienced God's love and empathy are called to extend that same love and empathy to others.

We'll be continuing our sermon series, this time looking at the account of the two disciples on Emmaus Road. And we'll explore how, even though they did not recognize Jesus at first, it was at the table that His identity was revealed to them.

This Sunday, we'll explore the challenges Jesus and his disciples faced when the need for hospitality arose in a remote location with a large crowd. We'll reflect on what this teaches us about hospitality in the Kingdom of God, where people are not only valued, but truly cared for.

We are excited to gather together this coming Sunday! We'll be continuing our sermon series.

Due to bad weather causing a service cancellation last Sunday, we've rescheduled the next sermon in our winter series, Feast, for this coming Sunday. This Sunday, we'll explore one of Jesus' most well-known and lasting parables, the Prodigal Son, with a special focus on the older brother. We'll explore how, in the Kingdom of God, refusing to offer hospitality to those we consider unworthy is, in essence, rejecting God Himself.

This Sunday, we continue our winter series, 'Feast', as we explore the theme of hospitality in the Gospel of Luke. This week, we'll focus on how tables - meant to welcome outsiders into God's grace - had instead become barriers, keeping people from experiencing his love and inclusion. We'll reflect on how Hospitality in the Kingdom of God is hindered when religious priority excludes the very people God has created a space for

This week we are continuing our sermon series that deals with the theme of hospitality in the Gospel of Luke. And we'll be looking at an incredibly popular illustration of the table, the Last Supper. Specifically where Jesus deals with the disciples' dispute on who the greatest of them is. And we'll learn that the path to true greatness involves humble service, and follows in the footsteps of Jesus.

This coming Sunday, we continue our winter series, Feast, where we're journeying through the theme of hospitality in the Gospel of Luke. This week, we'll look at Jesus attending a dinner hosted by a tax collector, with fellow tax collectors around the table, and the religious leaders' opposition to such an event. We'll be reminded that the grace offered in the Kingdom of God confronts and overturns established religious traditions

This coming Sunday, as part of our winter series Feast, we continue exploring the theme of hospitality in the Gospel of Luke, focusing on how Jesus uses acts of hospitality to reveal the heart of the Kingdom of God. This week we will consider Jesus attending a Sabbath dinner hosted by a prominent Pharisee. During this event, Jesus addresses poor behaviour, teaching that in the Kingdom of God, true greatness is defined by compassion, humility, and generosity, rather than social status or privilege. Through His actions and words, Jesus emphasizes the importance of embodying these virtues in our relationships with others.

We're excited to launch a new winter sermon series titled 'Feast.' We are embarking on a journey through the theme of hospitality in the Gospel of Luke. Together, we'll explore how Jesus uses acts of hospitality to reveal the heart of the Kingdom of God. We will be reminded that, the kingdom of God is not reserved for a privileged few, but is available to all who are willing to accept God's invitation.

Happy Boxing Day church family! We hope you all had a wonderful Christmas day, surrounded by loved ones and the presence of Jesus. This coming Sunday we are welcoming Matt Litow @mlitow to share with us, who is the Interim Student Ministries Director at the Western Ontario District of the PAOC.

As we come together on this fourth Sunday of Advent, we continue our Advent sermon series, “The Weary World Rejoices.” This week, we focus on the theme of love. Our scripture highlights the specific gifts the Magi presented to Jesus - gold, frankincense, and myrrh. Yet, the greatest gift in this story is the gift of God's love, offered to an unexpected group who, by society's standards, would have been considered unworthy of such divine grace. We will be reminded that God's love and grace are so all-encompassing that even those considered unworthy are welcomed and invited to be a part of his story

This coming Sunday we are celebrating the third Sunday of Advent. We'll be continuing our Advent series by looking at the account of the Shepherds who received the message that would bring great joy to all people. The Saviour was born! And even though life has its difficulties and hardships, we can find our joy in the birth of our Saviour, God's perfect gift.

As we come together on this second Sunday of Advent, we continue our Advent sermon series, “The Weary World Rejoices.” This week, we focus on the theme of peace. We reflect on the angel's visit to Joseph in a dream when he learned of Mary's unexpected pregnancy. Just as Joseph found peace by trusting God's guidance, we are reminded that, even in our moments of deepest disappointment and despair, true peace is found when we remember that God is always in control.

This coming Sunday we will be celebrating the start of the Advent Season by launching our Advent sermon series, ‘The Weary World Rejoices.' This week we will be focusing on the theme of hope, and we will be reminded that even when things appear to be hopeless, God always keeps his promises. We will be celebrating communion this week as well.

This Sunday we are concluding our fall sermon series, ‘A Jesus Centered Life'. This week we will be emphasizing the importance of curiosity over judgement. Curiosity invites us to come alongside others with a desire to see them, understand them, know them, and support them. We will be reminded that living a Jesus centered life means choosing to be curious, not judgemental.

There are a lot of realities in our world right now that cause us to worry. The choice before us is a life rooted in Kingdom priorities, where trust in God is our hope, or a life that is rooted in earthly priorities, where worry robs our joy. This Sunday we will be reminded that living a Jesus centered life means that even when life is hard, God's care and provision are assured.

We are excited to gather together for worship this coming Sunday at 10am! We'll be continuing our series by focusing on one of the Beatitudes found in Matthew 5, “blessed are the peacemakers.” And the goal for us will be to understand that those who bring peace and reconciliation follow in the footsteps of Jesus.

In life, a lack of proper priorities and focus can have serious implications. This Sunday we will be reminded that living a Jesus centered life means our greatest priorities are Kingdom priorities. We will be celebrating communion together this Sunday.

We spend a lot of our lives concerned with the opinions and the approval of others, and sadly our spirituality is not exempt. This Sunday we will be reminded that living a Jesus centered life means the priority of our faith is to bring glory to God not to gain the approval and admiration of others.

Loving people is hard! Especially loving people who have hurt us, people who are difficult, or people who hold different views from us. But Jesus is calling us to love everyone. This coming Sunday, we will be reminded that living a Jesus centered life means removing boundaries and loving everyone.

We are so excited to worship together this coming Thanksgiving Sunday! We are so excited to also be welcoming the Chiriseri family home to share with us about what God is doing through their work in South Africa.

This Sunday, as we continue with our series, ‘A Jesus Centered Life', we are going to focus on Jesus' teaching about retaliation. We will be reminded that, living a Jesus Centered life means responding to conflict and harm with meekness and humility, not retaliation.

In a world that is filled with competing motives and opinions, most of us are drawn to trusted and reliable people of integrity. This Sunday, as we continue with our series, ‘A Jesus Centered Life', we will be reminded that to live a Jesus centered life means to be people who can be trusted.

All of us have experienced anger in our lives - either directed at us or anger we have directed at others. This Sunday, as we continue with our series, ‘A Jesus Centered Life', we will be reminded that when relationships become strained and broken, living a Jesus centered life means pursuing reconciliation.

This Sunday we are continuing our fall sermon series entitled, ‘A Jesus Centered Life', as we consider authenticity. We will be reminded that living a Jesus centered life means living in such a way that others can see Kingdom values authentically shaping our lives

In a world filled with competing expectations, opinions, ideas, values, and positions, it is often difficult to know what to do. This Sunday we are launching our fall sermon series entitled, ‘A Jesus Centered Life'. This series will remind us that, in a world that is filled with competing expectations and opinions, followers of Jesus need to live Jesus centered lives, led by Jesus and shaped by Jesus

We are excited to gather together this Sunday to conclude our Summer of Prayer series! We're going to be taking a look at Psalm 51 and David's prayer of confession. It's going to be a great time of worship as a church family!

This Sunday we're gathering together to worship, and to learn together about what it means to pray for wisdom for our lives today. It's going to be an encouraging time as a church family!

This coming Sunday we'll be continuing our series with a message from Isaiah 6, and Isaiah's prayer of “Here I am. Send me.”

This coming Sunday, we're continuing our summer series by taking a look at The Lord's Prayer! We can't wait to worship with you - it's going to be a great time together!

We are so excited to worship together this Sunday as we welcome Eldon Wright to come share with us! It's going to be a great time together!

This Sunday we'll be continuing our summer series with a message about Intercession. It'll be a great time together as we explore the idea of what it means to intercede in prayer, and the importance of praying for one another.

We can't wait to gather together and worship alongside you this Sunday! • We have special guest Joanne Goodwin returning to share with us. It's going to be a great morning!

We invite you to join us at church this Sunday. We can't wait to worship together and hear from Esther Masih on all that God is doing through her ministry, Open Hands Global, which serves the poorest and most oppressed communities within Pakistan to help break the cycle of poverty through education.

This Sunday we are continuing our Summer of Prayer series by looking at the practice of ‘listening' in prayer. It's going to be a great opportunity to explore how God desires to speak to His people.

We welcome you to join us this Sunday at Evangel! We are so excited to worship alongside you, and to hear from a special guest! Rhoda leads Perfect Peace Ministries - a Filipino ministry that runs here at EPC. God is doing wonderful things in their ministry, and we are excited to hear about it!

This Sunday, we are excited to gather together to worship at 10am! We'll be starting our summer series titled ‘Summer of Prayer' - this series will be focusing on different habits and aspects of prayer that are important for building a life of prayer. This week we begin the series by talking about ‘boldness'.

We are so excited to worship with you this coming Sunday! Come to church for our 10am service as we welcome some special guest speakers.

This coming Sunday we will continue with our 'This Is Us' series and we will focus on acting in faith. As we do, we will be reminded that when we completely surrender to the leading of the Holy Spirit, we are led into acts of faith that take us outside of our safety zones.