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MP3 Audio & Sermon Notes
Our recent sermons are available on-line in MP3 format. Learn more about the MP3 format.
- Pastor Stan Rukin (pictured below to the right) has delivered all the sermons unless otherwise noted.
- We suggest that you download the MP3 files as you’ll want to play them again or share them.
- Where available, sermon outlines and Home Group notes
are provided in PDF format.
This Week’s Sermon
Acts & Fasting
- “While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, ‘Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.’ So after they had fasted and prayed, they placed their hands on them and sent them off.”
— Acts 13:1–4- Download the November 15th Sermon
(12.3 MB, 43:01)
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Recent Sermons
Acts — Encounter with God
(Pastor Stan & Kenn Parker)
- “They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and continued to speak God's Word with fearless confidence.”
— Acts 4:31 The Message- Download the November 8th Sermon
(14.1 MB, 49:16)
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Acts & Meditation
- “As Peter, puzzled, sat there trying to figure out what it all meant….”
— Acts 10:17 The Message- Download the November 1st Sermon
(4.7 MB, 16:32)
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Dust of the Rabbi
- “When they saw the courage of Peter and John and realized that they were unschooled, ordinary men, they were astonished and they took note that these men had been with Jesus.”
— Acts 4:13 NIV- Download the October 25th Sermon
(8.6 MB, 29:53) - Download Carmen Rempel's Youth For Christ update
(5.9 MB, 20:33)
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Acts 15
- “‘So why are you now challenging God by burdening the Gentile believers with a yoke that neither we nor our ancestors were able to bear?’”
— Acts 15:10 NLT- Download the October 18th Sermon
(11.9 MB, 41:47)
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Thankful in Acts
- “‘…and we all hear these people speaking in our own languages about the wonderful things God has done!’”
— Acts 2:11- Download the October 11th Sermon
(12.2 MB, 42:56)
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A Missionary in Malawi
(Lorrie Jonat)
- “Strengthen the feeble hands, steady the knees that give way; say to those with fearful hearts, ‘Be strong, do not fear; your God will come, he will come with vengeance, with devine retribution he will come to save you.’”
— Isaiah 35:3–4- Download the October 4th Sermon
(8.9 MB, 31:20)
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Empowered by the Spirit
(Kenn Parker)
- “And with that he breathed on them and said, ‘Receive the Holy Spirit.’”
— John 20:22- Download the September 27th Sermon
(19.8 MB, 1:09:21)
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Impacting Prayer
- “Jehoshaphat was terrified by this news and begged the Lord for guidance.”
— 2 Chronicles 20:12c NLT- Download the September 20th Sermon
(8.7 MB, 30:27)
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Liberating Grace
- “Oh, my dear children! I feel as if I’m going through labor pains for you again, and they will continue until Christ is fully developed in your lives.”
— Galatians 4:19 NLT- Download the September 13th Sermon
(8.8 MB, 30:47)
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Communion Service — We Receive By Grace
- “After beginning whith the Spirit, are you now trying to attain your goal by human effort?”
— Galatians 3:3- Download the September 6th Sermon
(7.2 MB, 25:05)
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Preparing Your Heart
- “‘Plow up the hard ground of your hearts! Do not waste your good seed among thorns. People of Judah and Jerusalem, surrender your pride and power. Change your hearts before the Lord…’”
— Jermemiah 4:3–4 NLT- Download the August 30th Sermon
(13.4 MB, 46:58)
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We Are Sent
- “After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them two by two ahead of him to every town and place where he was about to go. He told them, ‘The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.’”
— Luke 10:1–2.- Download Gaylene's testimony
(4.5 MB, 15:46) - Download the August 23rd Sermon
(5.6 MB, 19:27)
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We Cry Out…
(Richard Veerapen)
- “How lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord Almighty! My sould yearns, even faints, for the courst of the Lord; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.”
— Psalm 84:1–2.- The the August 16th Sermon will not be available.
Dealing with Discouragement
(Irvin Amundrud)
- “Do not grieve, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”
— Nehemiah 8:10b.- Download the August 9th Sermon
(13.4 MB, 47:05)
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What Will It Be Like?
- “Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.”
— 1 Corinthians 13:12.- Download the August 2nd Sermon
(9.0 MB, 31:42)
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Thirsty for More of the Spirit
- “On the last and greatest day of the Feast, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, ‘If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him.’”
— John 7:37–38.- Download the July 26th Sermon
(11.1 MB, 39:03)
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Daily Bread
- “My son, pay attention to what I say; listen closely to my words. Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life.”
— Proverbs 4:20–23.- Download the July 19th Sermon
(13.3 MB, 46:37)
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We Are Blessed
(Kenn Parker)
- “Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight.”
— Ephesians 1:3–4.- Download the July 12th Sermon
(17.0 MB, 59:29)
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Prayer & Communitas
- “On their release, Peter and John went back to their own people and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said to them. When they heard this, they raised their voices together in prayer to God.”
— Acts 4:23–24.- Download the July 5th Sermon
(7.9 MB, 27:35)
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Winds of Prayer
- “On their release, Peter and John went back to their own people and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said to them. When they heard this, they raised their voices together in prayer to God.”
— Acts 4:23–24.- Download the June 28th Sermon
(11.7 MB, 41:10)
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Caleb — A Man Among Men
- “I was forty years old when Moses the servant of the Lord sent me…to explore the land. And I brought him back a report according to my convictions, but my brothers who went up with me made the hearts of the people melt with fear. I, however, followed the Lord my God wholeheartedly.”
— Joshua 14:7–8.- Download the June 21st Sermon
(9.7 MB, 34:00)
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God Battles For Us
(Emilio Alvarez)
- “Jesus left there and went along the Sea of Galilee. Then he went up on a mountainside and sat down. Great crowds came to him, bringing the lame, the blind, the crippled, the mute and many others, and laid them at his feet; and he healed them.”
— Matthew 15:29–30.- The June 14th Sermon will not be available.
Cornelius — A Spiritual Journey
- “The angel answered, ‘Your prayers and gifts to the poor have come up as a memorial offering before God. Now send men to Joppa to bring back a man named Simon whos is called Peter.’”
— Acts 10:4b–5.- Download the June 7th Sermon
(8.0 MB, 27:46)
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Note: All other sermons have been removed.
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