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Pastor’s Note: Out with the lions, in with the Lamb

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:11:34 UT

I invite you to consider whether or not valid fears of truly terrible possibilities actually keep us from life in all of its God-ordained possibilities and fullness.

Pastor’s Note: “Love is Kind”

Sun, 31 Jan 2010 22:25:26 UT

As you shop for Valentine cards this month you will see that love is passionate, it is pure, it is constant in faithfulness, it is liberal with praise… But the very splendor of such things might make it more difficult for us to see the Christian’s love for what it should be: love is kind.

Church in the Canyon Hosting FIREPROOF the Movie, January 22! The Community Is Invited!

Sat, 09 Jan 2010 20:17:54 UT

According the website Outreach.com "when it opened in theaters nationwide, FIREPROOF touched the hearts and impacted the marriages of millions of moviegoers. Learn more about this exciting CITC community event.

Pastor’s Note: Begin This Year Well!

Sun, 03 Jan 2010 18:02:09 UT

Many of you may keep journals as a personal discipline. This year I want to challenge all of you, who are “seated with princes” (Psalm 113:8) to write a different kind of journal. Recount for yourself, in your own hand, the word of God.

Pastor’s Note: God’s First Gift

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:13:45 UT

As I sit in my office writing this devotional thought for the December Newsletter, November is drawing to a close. It is the day before Thanksgiving – and I am thinking about eating. And in December, our thoughts turn again, among other things, to gifts and food. The trouble is, as Christians, I think we rarely connect the two ideas properly. Too rarely, I think, do we truly rejoice with gratitude to God for food.

Pastor’s Note: “…with a Grateful Heart!”

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 03:08:29 UT

Somehow it is easier to be thankful when you have a couple of days off, the meals are sumptuous, and friends and family come in from out of town. At least it seems easier for me to be thankful at those times. It isn’t quite so easy to be truly thankful when the work is heavy, the cares are many, and the lunches rushed… But at times like those, we still thank Him.

Pastor’s Note: No More Costume Parties!

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 22:02:18 UT

I think churches in America have lots of costume parties. I am afraid that every Sunday grown ups show up in sanctuaries from here to Maine dressed up as happily married, content in illness, faithful in obedience, pure in thought… I have no favorite costumes for this kind of party. All these costumes do is prevent us from dealing with real problems as true friends.

Pastor’s Note: Thoughts for the Harvest

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 23:17:07 UT

In a very real sense, churches should be combines. This is a thought I have often had when I used to see combines more regularly or would look at pictures in Modern Farmer with my young children. We are mobile harvesters covering the acreage of souls in the fields surrounding us.

Church in the Canyon in Calabasas Hosting 2nd Annual Community Movie in the Park on August 1st!

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 03:04:12 UT

Join us for our second annual "Daycation", movie in the park, an event for the whole community. MOVIE IN THE PARK will start at 6 PM and end at 10 PM Saturday, August 1st.

Pastor’s Note: “Knee High by the Fourth of July”

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:19:18 UT

This summer I want to invite you to consider your role in the cultivation and harvest of souls. Jesus said in Luke 10:2-3 that “the harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field. Go! I am sending you…”

Pastor’s Note: Draw a Hippopotamus

Sun, 31 May 2009 17:38:03 UT

This month the pastor challenges us to spend time daily in reflecting on the scriptures and the clear picture of Jesus and his great saving work that springs from the sacred page.

Pastor’s Note: God’s Motherly Comfort

Fri, 01 May 2009 18:57:54 UT

This May celebrate God’s goodness to you in giving you a mother. But remember too to rejoice with gratitude for the motherly comfort that God himself showers directly upon you. You are his child and the comforts he holds out to you are more than sufficient for the needs of each day.

Pastor’s Note: Have a Whale of a Time!

Sun, 29 Mar 2009 21:15:42 UT

God has sent his Spirit to renew us. We have been given new life. And we are called to “rejoice, I say it again, rejoice.” “In every circumstance, rejoice.” Dear Christian, whatever waves sweep over you, may you yet find it in your heart to celebrate God’s eternal promise to keep you forever and bless you always.

Pastor’s Note: Hope Must be Humble

Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:41:57 UT

Pastor Bierkaas strengthens our hope as he reminds us, "We live in a world destitute of many things. Hope is one of them. Let us pray that we can intrigue a lost world by our still and quiet hope."

Pastor’s Note: A Valentine’s Challenge!

Sun, 01 Feb 2009 17:31:47 UT

In his Valentine's Day message to the church Pastor Bjerkaas call us to resolve to love our spouses, parents, children, siblings as Christ loves us.. with patience!