New Series this Sunday: “Safe Soil”
Most Christians have good intentions.
Most churches want to be safe spaces.
We want to be a people of generosity, vulnerability, trust, compassion, consolation, grace, and healing. Yet, despite good intentions, so many people have experienced trauma within Christian communities. What is happening?
If a community is like a garden, what dynamics degrade the soil, causing people to wither or withdraw? How can we improve the quality of our soil, both as individuals and as a community?
In this series, we will revisit stories and parables from the life of Jesus and take a look at what makes for safer soil. See the outline, below.
(1) Forest Sunday
(2) Land Sunday
(3) Wilderness Sunday
Worship Calendar
Location & Zoom. We meet on Sundays at 15639 24 Avenue, Surrey. Zoom is offered if you cannot attend in person. If you have trouble with the zoom link, use: meeting ID: 831 1690 9977 with password: 753319
Sermons Are Podcasted
Catch up on Southpoint sermons by finding the podcast “Meditations from the Church at Southpoint” on Spotify, Apple and Google. They’re also available on our website: www.southpoint.ca.
Sun Oct 1 Joy Banks
Refreshing Our Imagination
Introducing our Core Images.
Isaiah 55
Sun Oct 8 Jake Tucker
Thanksgiving Sunday
The God of Small Things
Luke 13: 18-21
Sun Oct 15 Anne Baxter Smith
Well
John 4:1-42 (**v 13-14)
Sun Oct 22 ALL OUT
No service in the Sunnyside building
For our next All-OUT Sunday, we’ll be splitting up into three ‘teams’ to enjoy a mixture of work and play near the ocean. Folks on the green team will get to join an invasive species removal event hosted by Green Teams Lower Mainland at Ruth Johnson Park. Just a short walk down from the park, folks on the blue team will participate in a beach clean-up walk. Finally, anyone who’d prefer coffee and conversation at the cafe can join the brown team — you are encouraged to bring brownies with you! 🙂
Sun Oct 29 Fifth Sunday Brunches
No service in the Sunnyside building
Sun Nov 5 Anne Baxter Smith
Table
Matthew 14:13-21
Sun Nov 12 Anne Baxter Smith
Net
John 21: 1-14
Sun Nov 19 Anne Baxter Smith
Seed
Mark 4: 26-29, Ps 26:5,6
New to Southpoint?
At Southpoint, it all begins with God’s love. Just as a plant grows, it receives sunshine, so we grow as we receive God’s love. At Southpoint, we are growing in our capacity to love God, ourselves, one another, and creation.
We seek to be a community of grace that is intentional yet organic, spacious yet authentic, grace-filled yet accountable. * We are fully welcoming. *
We encourage relationships rather than run programs, yet we recognize the importance of intentionality and structure as we nurture life together.
As a community, we seek to put our love in action. We value helping out on Sunday mornings, sharing food, and showing up in hard times. We keep our church life simple so folk have time to build relationships with family, friends, and neighbours. We encourage folk to serve in tangible ways within the wider community. We rent space rather than own a building, allowing us to do more with less, supporting missions at home and abroad.
Curious to know more?
These six slides express what motivates our ministry (best viewed on a monitor). Here’s the bio of our Pastor, Rev. Anne Baxter Smith.
If you’d like to really peek inside, sign up for our weekly Southpoint News (scroll to brown footer at bottom of page). The Southpoint News is a MailChimp distributed email—you can unsubscribe anytime and will not be added to our contacts list. Email us at office@southpoint.ca. Website: southpoint.ca.
Sun. Oct 9 Good Soil
Luke 8:1-8
Sun. Oct 16Defended and Undefended
Luke 10:25-37
Sun. Oct 23 ALL OUT
No service at Sunnyside:
Come to Kingfisher Farm to be steeped in the goodness of the land, learning about compost and soil with Paul and Angela Neufeld!
New to Southpoint?
At Southpoint, it all begins with God’s love. Just as a plant grows, it receives sunshine, so we grow as we receive God’s love. At Southpoint, we are growing in our capacity to love God, ourselves, one another, and creation.
We seek to be a community of grace that is intentional yet organic, spacious yet authentic, grace-filled yet accountable. * We are fully welcoming. *
We encourage relationships rather than run programs, yet we recognize the importance of intentionality and structure as we nurture life together.
As a community, we seek to put our love in action. We value helping out on Sunday mornings, sharing food, and showing up in hard times. We keep our church life simple so folk have time to build relationships with family, friends, and neighbours. We encourage folk to serve in tangible ways within the wider community. We rent space rather than own a building, allowing us to do more with less, supporting missions at home and abroad.
Curious to know more?
These six slides express what motivates our ministry (best viewed on a monitor). Here’s the bio of our Pastor, Rev. Anne Baxter Smith.
If you’d like to really peek inside, sign up for our weekly Southpoint News (scroll to brown footer at bottom of page). The Southpoint News is a MailChimp distributed email—you can unsubscribe anytime and will not be added to our contacts list. Email us at office@southpoint.ca. Website: southpoint.ca.
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