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The sermon podcast from Eucharist Church in downtown Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. We post Sunday sermons by Kevin Makins, Jill Trites, and others in our community and beyond. We also have a mid-week podcast featuring interviews and conversations on a range of churchy stuff. While we are grateful for anyone who listens in online, we also want to help people find good local communities. Contact us if you need a church recommendation in your area. Finally, we are fundraising to repair our "new" 1 ...
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Watch it Grow: An Introduction to Ordinary Time
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The last sermon podcast until September! Kevin preaches a good news sermon on how things are about to get very ordinary... and how God will continue to grow the Kingdom. Even if we're resting.
After 13 months of having her join us, this is the last sermon from our Pastoral Intern Nina Schuurman-Drenth. What a gift she and her perspective on the Kingdom have been. This sermon is no exception, as we reflect on what it means to be people of hospitality, and hear about how "Open Homes Hamilton" is helping make Hamilton home for many newcomer…
In the Christian life, we don't do "shoulds"... but "coulds" aren't very helpful. What about "oughts"?
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Staying Rooted when Everything's Speeding Up (Sustainability)
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A sermon about too many emails, too much entertainment, and the need to remain held up from below.
Pastoral Intern Nina Schuurman-Drenth shares about Christ's dream for the Body, and we hear stories about how this practically looks in our city of Hamilton.
Kevin Makins reflects on how, together in Christ, we can finally escape the multiverse of madness! Also, Claire P, shares some stories and reflection on 541 Eatery and Exchange.
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Christ Has No Body Now But Ours (Mission Parameter: Whole Church Engagement)
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Pastoral Intern Nina Schuurman-Drenth explores "Whole Church Engagement," which is parameter Eucharist wants to hold while engaging in mission. She also takes on St Teresa of Ávila's famous poem. Spoiler Alert: St Teresa wins.
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Becoming the Body of Christ (For Real)
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Kevin walks through a gorgeous text, exploring how we can engage in God's "mission" as people who are (in a very real way) BECOMING the Body of Christ.
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A Pruned People + Update from Pastor Jill
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Much like a big dumb mulberry bush in your backyard... things need to be pruned before new life can grow.
Christ is risen. Let's feel the story.
Jill Trites, one of the Eucharist pastors, felt the tug to preach this week. If you know Jill, you know she both a beautiful preacher of the good news and that she almost never preaches. Which means you're in for a gift. Sit back and allow yourself to receive this welcome to Holy Week.
Kevin Makins explores the heart and mind of Mary, and how she can help us live faithfully.
Nina Schuurman-Drenth brings a fresh voice to one of Jesus' greatest parables.
Christ's wisdom on what to do when you see a scandal, tragedy, or a tower falls on eighteen people.
Of all the illustrations of who Christ was and is... who would have thought the Mother Hen would have so much depth? Sermon preached by Nina Schuurman-Drenth.
It's our first week back in person and the church showed up big time. THANK YOU to everyone who gathered to hear the story, worship God, and come to Christ's table. Lord, have mercy... it's a new season.
At the conclusion of the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus gives us a powerful mental image about what it means to live in coherence, and what can happen if we don't.
When the inferior man hears the Way, he laughs at it loudly, If he did not laugh, it would not be fit to be the Way.
We've all got questions about prayer: Why does it work sometimes and not other times? Who exactly are we praying to and why does God need us to pray before things get better? What even is prayer? And those questions have their place. But this is not a sermon about questioning prayer. Because Jesus didn't spend a lot of time questioning it. He spent…
Nina Schuurman-Drenth shares a compelling vision of the world as God made it, which Christ has revealed to us. Music by the Decalogue.
On money, self-sufficiency, heavens storage system, and the price of an iPod. Jesus continues to be challenging and very, very good.
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Overthrowing the Empire of Never-Enough
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"That's what fasting is: It's challenging our compulsions for the sake of our soul." Pastoral intern, Nina Schuurman-Drenth, preaches on the power of fasting to reorient our relationship to reality.
Jesus teaches the disciples how to pray, with a particular focus on forgiveness. Which is both good and "bad" news. Music is "the Decalogue".
Our pastoral intern Nina offers some powerful reflections on what it means to live a life that cultivates goodness in secret. Also, an update on our Sunday plans while we restricted due to the omi! Opening music from "The Decalogue"
It's the last week of Advent and we conclude by exploring who's story we are living in. Also, Kevin sings. Poem by Mike Bonikowski. Music by Sufjan Stevens.
For the third week of Advent we light the joy candle, and reflect on what joy looks like, both in our world, and also in the world that Christ was born into. For podcasters, a quick note: In an attempt to bring some joy into our in person gathering we had Ol' Rev. Randell lead us in a few Christmas songs which were a blast in person, but don't tran…
What does it mean to seek peace when the Powers That Be insist we already have it? A sermon on the differences between God's peace and the peace that the world offers. Opening poem written was written for our community by fellow Way follower Mike Bonikowsky. Song is Sufjan Stevens.
It's Advent and we had all the kids with us in our Sunday services. And you know what? It went amazingly. Enjoy the first week of Advent, reflecting on what it means to hope, what it means to wait, and what all of us can learn by being a little more like children. Opening music by Sufjan Stevens from his Christmas masterpiece "Silver and Gold".…
Once again, Jesus gets practical. Music by Church of the Beloved (rip)
Jesus' words are simple. Why did we make them so difficult? Music by Church of the Beloved (rip)
If anyone experienced the dissonance between what God's people say they believe and how they actually act... it was Jesus. It literally got him killed. And yet when speaking about his own tradition and story, he didn't dismiss what came before him, but said he was here to fulfill it. What does it mean to fulfill the story you've received, even whil…
Nina Schuurman-Drenth explores Christ's teaching on salt and light. Reading from Matthew 5:13-16 Music by Church of the Beloved (rip).
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The Pastoral Intern Who Didn't Want to be a Pastor, with Nina Schuurman-Drenth
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Nina Schuurman-Drenth did a pastoral internship with us this summer and... we can't let each other go. She sits down with Eucharist pastors Kevin Makins and Jill Trites to share more about her summer with Eucharist and how God tricked her into becoming a pastor when she wasn't looking.
On week two of "The Good Road" we meditate on Christ's list of who is truly "blessed" and, spoiler alert, it ain't who you think it will be. Scripture is Matthew 5:2-12 Music is from Church of the Beloved (RIP)
We're about to embark on a journey into the heart of Jesus' message, his teaching known as "The Sermon on the Mount". But before we ascend the mountain and sit at his feet, let's first ask another question: What exactly is a Christian, anyways? ___ We're now gathering in person, Sundays at 10:30 and 1pm, with a kids program outside, concurrent with…
We're gathering in person again! Please join us at either 10:30 or 1pm every Sunday. "Who Are We Now?" walks through five values that have shaped our community. These arose through an organic process of listening and together naming what God was up to within Eucharist. Those values are: Table, Place, Participation, Pioneering, and Creativity. Of co…
"Who Are We Now?" walks through five values that have shaped our community. These arose through an organic process of listening and together naming what God was up to within Eucharist. Those values are: Table, Place, Participation, Pioneering, and Creativity. Of course, these values impact us differently in 2021. What does it mean to live them out …
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Introducing "Kids Table: Outside" with Susan Neudorf
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This Sunday, October 3, we're regathering physically at our building. Yahoo! But what about the kids of Eucharist? Oh, God's given a real good answer to that question!
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The Sacred Creativity of the Mad Farmer
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This week, we get a little crazy. "Who Are We Now?" walks through five values that have shaped our community. These arose through an organic process of listening and together naming what God was up to within Eucharist. Those values are: Table, Place, Participation, Pioneering, and Creativity. Of course, these values impact us differently in 2021. W…
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The Subversive Wandering of Wilderness Pioneering
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"Who Are We Now?" walks through five values that have shaped our community. These arose through an organic process of listening and together naming what God was up to within Eucharist. Those values are: Table, Place, Participation, Pioneering, and Creativity. Of course, these values impact us differently in 2021. What does it mean to live them out …
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The Scandalous Spirituality of the Table
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This week we begin a new season as a church, and a new sermon series: Who Are We Now? "Who Are We Now?" walks through five values that have shaped our community. These arose through an organic process of listening and together naming what God was up to within Eucharist. Those values are: Table, Place, Participation, Pioneering, and Creativity. Of c…
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Fall Updates in the Year of Our Lord 2021
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September: Wednesdays at 8pm on Zoom Sunday All Gather September 19 at 11am, Gage Park Sanctuary Prayer Room Sundays from 2-6pm October: Regathering in person Two services, likely 10:30 and 1pm 1 hour each with time for breakouts after No kids programming at this time Zoom stream for 1pm service Kevin's Public Theology Project: Search "The Question…
The question mark is intentional. Really? That's how the list ends? After words like LOVE and JOY and PEACE and GOODNESS... self-control can feel like a bit of a wet blanket. But it's actually the greatest gift, and time we put it back in it's proper place.
Cindy Stover continues our series on the fruits of the Spirit, which we're calling Holy Spirit Summer. This week she explores the (always in short supply) gift of patience.
Kevin Makins continues our series on the fruits of the Spirit, which we're calling Holy Spirit Summer. This week Kevin explores the gift of faithfulness.
Alison Witt and Steph Hern speak about the fruit of the Spirit kindness and share stories from Open Homes Hamilton, an initiative in Hamilton that welcomes newly arrived refugee claimants through home-based hospitality and community. Learn more at https://www.iafr.ca/open-homes-hamilton.html.
Nina Schuurman-Drenth continues our series on the fruits of the Spirit, which we're calling Holy Spirit Summer. This week Nina reflects on goodness.
Eric O'Neil, youth pastor at 541 Eatery & Exchange, shares about the third fruit of the spirit as part of our "Holy Spirit Summer" series. Note some of that classic Zoom audio lag in this podcast and feel free to skip ahead where needed!
Nina Schuurman-Drenth shares about the second fruit of the Spirit, JOY, as a continuation of our "Holy Spirit Summer."
Brian Craig continues "Holy Spirit Summer" with a lovely message on the second last fruit of the spirit: Gentleness.
