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Wherever you are on the journey, you are welcome here! The Bridge Church is a varied group of people drawn together from many walks of life in Abbotsford and its surrounding areas. The church is all of us together! Here you will find our weekly meditations and sermons that we share in our weekly church services. As a group, our aim is to "Love God by loving what God loves". We are glad you have joined us. For more information, find us at www.thebridgeonline.ca
Episodes

Monday Jul 26, 2021
47-Elijah and Self-Compassion
Monday Jul 26, 2021
Monday Jul 26, 2021
Sarah leads us in a lovingkindness practice and communion, Karina shares a meditation on I Kings18:4-8 and then Jenn Cusick shares wisdom and insight on self-compassion gained from her role training and facilitating organizations on workplace well-being. www.peersupporteducation.com

Sunday Jul 11, 2021
46 - Discomfort and the Pathways to Compassion
Sunday Jul 11, 2021
Sunday Jul 11, 2021
This week Eden shares a lovingkindness meditation and communion, Karina preaches her way through the story of the Good Samaritan by noticing how discomfort plays a part in compassion and then Meghan Kellington and Huw Franklin are our first guests in our summer compassion series. They work meeting frontline compassion needs through our local foodbank. You don't want to miss it!

Friday Jul 02, 2021
45 -Special Episode - Reimag/in/ing Community with Bradley Jersak
Friday Jul 02, 2021
Friday Jul 02, 2021
This is the last of three special sessions we had with Dr. Bradley Jersak. For the first half, Brad shares his thoughts on Reimagining Community and then a great q and r session followed - hope you enjoy!

Sunday Jun 27, 2021
44- Different By Design
Sunday Jun 27, 2021
Sunday Jun 27, 2021
On this particular weekend, our local community was/is melting in a heatwave, but we had a really cool service all the same! Eden led us through lectio, Sarah brought us through our communion practice and Steve preached a great sermon on Reimag/in/ing Unity- it's not uniformity and independence that makes us great but rather leaning into our differences and interdependence that make our community beautiful and strong.
Suggested listening for this sermon is the song "City on the Hill" on the Come to the Well recording by Casting Crowns.

Sunday Jun 20, 2021
43 - You Asked For It
Sunday Jun 20, 2021
Sunday Jun 20, 2021
What a great service! Sarah started us off with Lectio and Communion and then our special guest Nichole Forbes and Karina hosted a Q and R where we discussed the many topics and questions you had submitted to Nichole regarding Indigenous and Metis people. We covered everything from treaty issues, social and cultural issues as well as spirituality and allyship -it was a full, rich morning.

Friday Jun 18, 2021
42 - Special Episode - Reimag/in/ing Prayer with Bradley Jersak
Friday Jun 18, 2021
Friday Jun 18, 2021
This is the audio of session 2 of our 3 part Reimag/in/ing series on Reconstruction. What does it look like to rebuild practices of prayer after deconstruction? Brad shares his thoughts followed by a Q and R.

Sunday Jun 13, 2021
41 - Small Beginnings
Sunday Jun 13, 2021
Sunday Jun 13, 2021
Lea & Mark host communion, Eden reads v 1.0 of our statement of intent and reads a Lectionary prayer reimagined from Psalm 20, and Sarah preaches on Small Beginnings. https://www.thebridgeonline.ca/

Monday Jun 07, 2021
40 - The One Where a Moral Expert Becomes a Wide-Open Renegade
Monday Jun 07, 2021
Monday Jun 07, 2021
Sarah leads us through the vitally important practice of lament, Karina invites us to re-member ourselves through our communion practice and Romay Nichols tells her story in Pride Month of moving from a position of being a 'moral expert' to an affirming and open-armed renegade.

Thursday Jun 03, 2021
39 - REimag/in/ing - Special Edition - Reading Scripture
Thursday Jun 03, 2021
Thursday Jun 03, 2021
Our first of three Wednesday night specials with Dr. Bradley Jersak. This week we talk about reimagining and reinvigorating our relationship with Scripture.

Monday May 31, 2021
38- Reader Beware
Monday May 31, 2021
Monday May 31, 2021
A moment to pause and pray for strength and peace for those who mourn the mass grave of children found at the Residential school in Kamloops led by Eden. A place to encounter Jesus at the table in communion with John & Susie. And a way to reimagine reading the Bible with Karina. All in all, it was a good morning. Have a listen.
