Christ's Church Vancouver Island

Christ's Church Vancouver Island

by Fr. Ryan Matchett

Sent Out With Instructions: Mtt 10:5-15

Having established that compassion is Jesus' motivation for sending His followers out to participate in His mission to the "harassed and helpless" Fr Ryan walks us through Jesus' instructions for how to be sent out in our public personal faith, to offer real help for real life, give good news without payment, in a non-anxious way, with transparency, respecting their agency and decision, knowing that Christ's judgement awaits those who misuse religion to harass and harm.

The 12 Apostles & the Mission of Tradition: Mtt 10:1-4

Why did Jesus choose and appoint the 12 Apostles? What was the significance of the role and how did it fit into His plans for the Church? In this sermon Fr Ryan looks at the 4 marks of the apostolic office and how the Apostolic Tradition is essential for the mission and evangelism of Christ's Church--even and especially today.

Lord of the Harvest

This week Fr Ryan looks at the 6 Essentials of the Harvest from Jesus' statements in Mtt 9:35-38.

The Harvest Mtt 9:35-38

We pick up our studies of the Gospel of Saint Matthew this Sunday by beginning a new series (Harvest) on the why and how of sharing your faith in Jesus with others. For many followers the idea of sharing your faith with friends and family is a solid mix of genuinely wanting to, feeling afraid to, feeling guilty for not, and feeling embarrassed by how others have done it. This section of Jesus' teaching provides us with the right message and the right motivations to help us feel more confidently ourselves while living openly about what we have found in the Way of Jesus.

Vision Sunday 2023/24

Vision Sunday is a day every year where we at Christ's Church Oceanside revisit and recommit to Christ's vision or what the Church is and how the Church is built; Scriptural, Sacramental, Supernatural, Sacrificial, and Salvations.This year Pastor Ryan preached on 1 Jn 2:12-14 and the Stages of Growth in the Way of Jesus.

Psalm 51 Pt2: The Prayer of the Penitent

In this sermon Fr Ryan does Pt 2 (v8-19) of Psalm 51 and how repentance in the Way of Jesus results in genuine change for the individual and the betterment of society and even institutions.

Psalm 51: Prayer of the Penitent Pt1

How should we pray when we have screwed up big? When we have sinned against God, ourselves, and others? Psalm 51 shows us how to turn to the steadfast love and mercy of God when faced with the guilt of our own bad decisions. This is Part 1 of 2.

Psalm 110: Jesus Our King & Priest

Psalm 110 is a Psalm of King David that prophetically sees the ascended Christ ruling and reigning in the midst of a broken world and beginning His mission of judging evil by shattering the unjust kings and chiefs of every nation. Join us a Pastor Ryan shows how this becomes the way we pray to Jesus about the topic of politics.

Psalm 102: The Prayer of the Afflicted

Our Summer in the Psalms series continues with this message from Fr Ryan on Psalm 102: The Prayer of the Afflicted or like we would say today, "The Prayer of Someone Going Through $#%?!" What we see in this Psalm is that the biblical way of petitioning God for His help and intervention begins with desperation, moves through brutal honesty, into rubber-meets-the-road faith, and ends with confident hope.

Psalm 23: The Lord Is My Shepherd

Fr Ryan is back preaching on Psalm 23 with its astounding clarity and comfort for all those who have or are going through difficult days in the "valley of the shadow of death."

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