Sunday, November 27, 2011

Sunday November 27, 2011

Welcome to Dakota Community Church

Grace, Freedom, Laughter

We are a Christ centred, cross focused community of believers united by the good news of salvation by grace through faith!

Thank-you for joining us this first Sunday in advent; our theme for today’s service and title of our message is: “Hope”

Enjoy and please follow along in the Bible using the links below.

Scripture for today’s sermon:

Isaiah 35:1-10; Isaiah 7: 14; Proverbs 13:12; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-14; Hebrews 10:10-25; Genesis 3:14-15

 

Friday, November 25, 2011

November 27, 2011 at Dakota


Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel.             (Isaiah 7:14)

Advent means "coming" or "arrival" so the focus of the entire season is twofold: the celebration of the birth of Jesus in His First Advent, and the anticipation of His return at His Second Advent.
In the weeks leading up to Christmas we are celebrating the most astounding truth about our God, the revelation that in Christ all of creation might be reconciled to Him! We now participate in and are daily affected by that reconciliation, and we long for its final consummation at Christ’s return.
In this double focus on past and future, Advent also symbolizes the spiritual journey of individuals and a congregation, as they affirm that Christ has come, that He is present in the world today, and that He will come again in power. We live "between the times" and are called to be ambassadors and evangels of the gospel that has been entrusted to us.
I hope you will join me every Sunday between now and December 25th as we celebrate God’s breaking into history in the Incarnation, and longingly anticipate the future consummation to that history for which “all creation is groaning.”


Sunday, November 20, 2011

Sunday November 20, 2011

Welcome to Dakota Community Church

Grace, Freedom, Laughter

We are a Christ centred, cross focused community of believers united by the good news of salvation by grace through faith!

This morning is Church History Sunday at DCC and we will be looking at “The Apostle’s Creed”

Enjoy and please follow along in the Bible using the links below.

Scripture for today’s sermon:

2 Timothy 1:13-14; Jude 1:3-4; 1 John 4:1-3

 

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Law and Gospel in a Nutshell (From: letterofmarque.us)

Now Scripture sets forth two kinds of teaching—Law and Gospel. The Law, in condemning sins and setting forth the gravest threats of God, is that hammer (Jer. 23:29) through which God breaks rocks, that is crushes the spirit, renders the heart contrite and humbles it, so that truly and earnestly acknowledging the multitude and magnitude of sins and of the wrath of God over sin, the mind begins to hate and detest sin, to fear the wrath and judgment of God so that it is unwilling to perish eternally under them but sighs and struggles with groaning that it may be freed from them. There the Law indeed has and sets forth promises of life, but on condition of perfect fulfillment… The Gospel, however, teaches that what was impossible for the Law on account of the flesh, God provided by sending His Son (Rom. 8:3). More... http://www.letterofmarque.us/2011/11/law-and-gospel-in-a-nutshell.html

Sunday, November 13, 2011

Sunday November 13, 2011

Welcome to Dakota Community Church

Grace, Freedom, Laughter

We are a Christ centred, cross focused community of believers united by the good news of salvation by grace through faith!

This morning Pastor Chris Cormie will share a message entitled “Finding Our Freedom” - Enjoy