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A People: Who Pray - Amy BakerSeptember 15th, 2024 Forest City ChurchAs we continue into the second week of our series - A People:, Amy looked at prayer as a value of Forest City Church. How a dependency and intentional prayer life is the avenue by which we are transformed more into the image of Christ. And as such, when we lean into prayer as a pillar in our lives, all our relationships and community benefit from the growth and fruit. First time watching? We’d love to hear from you! Connect with us: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/connect To invest in the ministry of Forest City Church, visit: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/give To join a small group: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/small... To connect with us on social media, visit: / forestcitychurch.ca

A People: Who Are Honest - Jordan BakerSeptember 8 2024 Forest City ChurchAs we begin a new season, we have launched into our fall series "A People" looking at practices and postures that we seek to embody and model at Forest City. Jordan kicked off our first week starting with "A people who are honest". Unpacking the value of honesty, how it affects every relationship (even with ourselves) and how building community from a place of honesty brings a greater level pof depth, transformation and security. First time watching? We’d love to hear from you! Connect with us: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/connect To invest in the ministry of Forest City Church, visit: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/give To join a small group: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/small... To connect with us on social media, visit: / forestcitychurch.ca

Armour of God - Doug FredrickSeptember 1 2024 Forest City ChurchFirst time watching? We’d love to hear from you! Connect with us: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/connect To invest in the ministry of Forest City Church, visit: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/give To join a small group: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/small... To connect with us on social media, visit: / forestcitychurch.ca

Slavery and the Bible - Jordan BakerAugust 25, 2024 Forest City ChurchWhile the last few weeks have given us no shortage of tricky material to drive into, Jordan unpacks Paul's message to slaves and how they are to live in obedience to their masters. Leaving us both the question of - if God is all for justice - how could Paul condone this? And, what does this mean for us? The application from today's message may surprise you! First time watching? We’d love to hear from you! Connect with us: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/connect To invest in the ministry of Forest City Church, visit: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/give To join a small group: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/small... To connect with us on social media, visit: / forestcitychurch.ca

Family and its Complexities - Jordan Baker August 18, 2024 Forest City ChurchAs we continue to look at the "Household Values" as Paul lays out in his letter to the Ephesians - Jordan took a look at the context and responsibilities of children, parents & the church community. What does it look like to live in Christ-centered parent-child relationships? How as a church community can we support this? First time watching? We’d love to hear from you! Connect with us: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/connect To invest in the ministry of Forest City Church, visit: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/give To join a small group: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/small... To connect with us on social media, visit: / forestcitychurch.ca

Wives Submit to your Husbands? - Amy BakerAugust 11, 2024 Forest City Church First time watching? We’d love to hear from you! Connect with us: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/connect To invest in the ministry of Forest City Church, visit: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/give To join a small group: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/small... To connect with us on social media, visit: / forestcitychurch.ca

Imitate God by Walking in Love - Joel FloresAugust 4, 2024Forest City ChurchAs we continue on in our exploration through the book of Ephesians, Joel looked at how we love others well - how do we do this with authenticity and integrity? Is it really love if we just we love because we are supposed to? Or what about if I don't feel like loving others? Joel breaks down three ways in which the Holy Spirit empowers us to love others through the example of Christ. First time watching? We’d love to hear from you! Connect with us: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/connect To invest in the ministry of Forest City Church, visit: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/give To join a small group: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/small... To connect with us on social media, visit: / forestcitychurch.ca

Becoming Your True Self - Jordan BakerJuly 28, 2024 Forest City ChurchWhy do we desire the things we desire? Sometimes we aren't even aware of the things we are striving towards - but their reality is vivid in our every action or inaction. What happens when we consciously commit to new desires? Life-giving purpose that not only re-orients our goals - but also empowers us to live lives of honour and in the image of the selfless Jesus who demonstrated all of this to us. First time watching? We’d love to hear from you! Connect with us: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/connect To invest in the ministry of Forest City Church, visit: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/give To join a small group: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/small... To connect with us on social media, visit: / forestcitychurch.ca

Jesus Is The Prize - Riley Braun July 21, 2024 Forest City ChurchThis week Riley encouraged the FCC community in our posture towards receiving the gifts of the Spirit. Do we seek the gifts as a prize for our own fulfillment or as instruments to know the true prize, Jesus Christ, better? Following this exhortation, Riley gave space and time to reflect on and dwell with the Holy Spirit and what He might be speaking to us. First time watching? We’d love to hear from you! Connect with us: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/connect To invest in the ministry of Forest City Church, visit: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/give To join a small group: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/small... To connect with us on social media, visit: / forestcitychurch.ca

The Calling of Unity - Jordan BakerJuly 14, 2024 Forest City ChurchFirst time watching? We’d love to hear from you! Connect with us: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/connect To invest in the ministry of Forest City Church, visit: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/give To join a small group: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/small... To connect with us on social media, visit: / forestcitychurch.ca

Rooted & Established - Amy Baker July 7, 2024 Forest City ChurchJumping back into our Ephesians series, Amy unpacked Paul's enthusiastic sentiments to the Ephesians urging them both to make sure they don't miss the enormity of love God lavishes on them - but also - his urging for best practices of cultivating and acting upon this potent, endless source of strength and hope. First time watching? We’d love to hear from you! Connect with us: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/connect To invest in the ministry of Forest City Church, visit: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/give To join a small group: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/small... To connect with us on social media, visit: / forestcitychurch.ca

Olinka, Catherine, NoahJune 30, 2024Forest City ChurchFirst time watching? We’d love to hear from you! Connect with us: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/connect To invest in the ministry of Forest City Church, visit: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/give To join a small group: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/small... To connect with us on social media, visit: https://www.instagram.com/forestcityc...

A Mystery Revealed - Jordan BakerJune 23, 2024Forest City ChurchThis week, Jordan spoke on the mystery of faith. In a culture where often the way we live is determined by what we can empirically prove or chart, what does it look like to lean into the unknown things of God? The sense of yearning that every heart seems to lean towards in a world determined to only focus on the known? Jordan unpacks what it looks like to live in the tension of known and unknown and how does God factor into all of this? First time watching? We’d love to hear from you! Connect with us: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/connect To invest in the ministry of Forest City Church, visit: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/give To join a small group: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/small... To connect with us on social media, visit: / forestcitychurch.ca

A New Family - Jordan BakerJune 16, 2024 Forest City ChurchThis week Jordan tackled the reality of social division - not just in our modern context, but how the equalizing power of the Gospel message Paul was speaking about was just as if not more scandalous in his day than it is today. Even when society would try to build up differences and conflict - the Gospel transcends all differences and presents us with a new way to love one another. First time watching? We’d love to hear from you! \Connect with us: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/connect To invest in the ministry of Forest City Church, visit: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/give To join a small group: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/small... To connect with us on social media, visit: / forestcitychurch.ca

Made Alive by God's Grace - Joel FloresJune 9, 2024 Forest City ChurchFirst time watching? We’d love to hear from you! Connect with us: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/connect To invest in the ministry of Forest City Church, visit: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/give To join a small group: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/small... To connect with us on social media, visit: https://www.instagram.com/forestcityc...

Prayer of Thanksgiving - Amy Baker June 2, 2024Forest City Church First time watching? We’d love to hear from you! Connect with us: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/connect To invest in the ministry of Forest City Church, visit: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/give To join a small group: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/small... To connect with us on social media, visit: https://www.instagram.com/forestcityc...

The Invitation - Jordan BakerMay 26, 2024 Forest City Church As we continue into our new Ephesians series, Jordan examines Paul's stirring words explaining the powerful, symbiotic relationship with the Trinity, (Father, Son and Holy Spirit) that is available to us as believers as a result of God's desire and intention for us to be fully reunited and rightly related to Himself. First time watching? We’d love to hear from you! Connect with us: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/connect To invest in the ministry of Forest City Church, visit: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/give To join a small group: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/small... To connect with us on social media, visit: / forestcitychurch.ca

Introduction to Ephesians - Riley Braun May 19, 2024 Forest City Churchumping into our brand new Ephesians series, Riley unpacks the power of the invitation. How one invitation can have an impact far beyond the moment it's extended. As Riley jumps into the first verses of Ephesians, he helps paint a picture of the context in which these verses are written and how the book of Ephesians presents us with plenty of opportunities of invitation into a life saturated with the Spirit of God. First time watching? We’d love to hear from you! Connect with us: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/connect To invest in the ministry of Forest City Church, visit: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/give To join a small group: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/small... To connect with us on social media, visit: / forestcitychurch.ca

Church Conversations - Riley, Bella and ChipMay 12, 2024 Forest City ChurchAs we finish off our Why Church series - we heard from many time and time again about their personal experience and how they related to different points and topics throughout the series. While each story is unique in and of itself - the common denominator is that anyone who's been in church a while - has a story! We wanted to take the final week and hear from some others as they share their stories, their struggles and their posture as they continue to pursue what it means to be a healthy, active participant of church community. First time watching? We’d love to hear from you! Connect with us: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/connect To invest in the ministry of Forest City Church, visit: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/give To join a small group: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/small... To connect with us on social media, visit: / forestcitychurch.ca

Community - Amy BakerMay 5, 2024 Forest City ChurchFirst time watching? We’d love to hear from you! Connect with us: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/connect To invest in the ministry of Forest City Church, visit: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/give To join a small group: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/small... To connect with us on social media, visit: / forestcitychurch.ca

Diversity - Jordan Baker April 28, 2024 Forest City ChurchAs we continue with our Why Church series, this week Jordan looked at the unique and beautiful opportunity the church has to be a place of diversity in language, culture, story and perspectives. In a culture often segregated by echo chambers and isolation, we must lean into the discomfort that difference can create but with the knowledge that we will reap a much richer understanding of the beauty of humanity as God created us. First time watching? We’d love to hear from you! Connect with us: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/connect To invest in the ministry of Forest City Church, visit: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/give To join a small group: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/small... To connect with us on social media, visit: / forestcitychurch.ca

I Don't Need Church to be a Christian - Dave FunkApril 21, 2024Forest City ChurchIf “going to church” doesn’t make you a Christian - what does? There are those that would say "I can do my faith on my own, I don't need an institution to tell me how to be a Christian". However, our guest speaker this week, Dave Funk makes the case for how much we miss out on if we choose to go at it alone; that us and the greater church are actually less vibrant when we choose solitude over community. First time watching? We’d love to hear from you! Connect with us: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/connect To invest in the ministry of Forest City Church, visit: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/give To join a small group: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/small... To connect with us on social media, visit: / forestcitychurch.ca

Hypocrisy & Judgement - Amy BakerApril 14, 2024 Forest City ChurchFirst time watching? We’d love to hear from you! Connect with us: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/connect To invest in the ministry of Forest City Church, visit: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/give To join a small group: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/small... To connect with us on social media, visit: / forestcitychurch.ca

The Church Has Caused so much Injustice - Jordan BakerApril 7, 2024Forest City ChurchFirst time watching? We’d love to hear from you! Connect with us: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/connect To invest in the ministry of Forest City Church, visit: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/give To join a small group: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/small... To connect with us on social media, visit: https://www.instagram.com/forestcityc...

Jesus Walking Alongside You - Jordan BakerMarch 31, 2024Forest City ChurchEaster Sunday in the church is a joyous day of celebration of the day that Jesus conquered death. However, Jesus’ death and our ultimate salvation - are not a one and done experience in our lives - (See our Good Friday message for more details!) meaning - Jesus is now in relationship with us, working things out in us every day, drawing us closer into relationship. So why does it often seem so hard to “experience Jesus” ? Both in biblical times and in current culture - it is easy to miss Jesus in our midst. Why is that and what does Jesus demonstrate about living in relationship with Him? First time watching? We’d love to hear from you! Connect with us: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/connect To invest in the ministry of Forest City Church, visit: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/give To join a small group: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/small... To connect with us on social media, visit: / forestcitychurch.ca

The Way of the Cross - Jaden NeufeldMarch 24, 2024Forest City ChurchThis Palm Sunday we were grateful to have Jaden Neufeld with us, sharing a compelling teaching examining what it looks like to “die to self”. What does it look like to have to say “no” to some things in order to say “yes” to things of greater, more life giving purpose and fulfilment? The struggle is real, but so is the payoff. First time watching? We’d love to hear from you! Connect with us: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/connect To invest in the ministry of Forest City Church, visit: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/give To join a small group: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/small... To connect with us on social media, visit: / forestcitychurch.ca

Wrapping up our series in Jonah, Jordan delivered a message on the fourth and final chapter of this short book. The significance of the conclusion of Jonah is often overlooked. However, the message of this last chapter puts the hypocritical, hard-heartedness of Jonah on display as we see his acceptance of God’s mercy for himself but his lack of grace for the Ninevites. This serves as a powerful image and reminder to us as to God’s love for all people. The real question is - are we more like Jonah than we realize? First time watching? We’d love to hear from you! Connect with us: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/connect To invest in the ministry of Forest City Church, visit: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/give To join a small group: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/small... To connect with us on social media, visit: / forestcitychurch.ca

The God of Second Chances - Amy Baker March 10, 2024 Forest City Church As we begin to wind down our Jonah series - this past Sunday we examined one of, if not the major theme of Jonah - repentance. Often a word with a lot of preconceived negative ideas - what we can learn from Jonah about repentance, both for ourselves and others? The answers may be both full of more hope and love than we realized. First time watching? We’d love to hear from you! Connect with us: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/connect To invest in the ministry of Forest City Church, visit: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/give To join a small group: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/small... To connect with us on social media, visit:   / forestcitychurch.ca  

Mercy at the Bottom - Jordan Baker March 3, 2024 Forest City Church The crux of the story of Jonah is often overshadowed by the infamous detail of Jonah being swallowed by a large fish. However, if we take a deeper look into the softening of Jonah’s heart once he finds himself in this dark lonely place, we are better able to witness two things - 1) God's love & compassion & 2) Our acceptance of this freely given gift. First time watching? We’d love to hear from you! Connect with us: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/connect To invest in the ministry of Forest City Church, visit: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/give To join a small group: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/small... To connect with us on social media, visit:   / forestcitychurch.ca  

Embracing "The Other" - Jordan Baker Forest City Church February 25, 2024 This week as we continued our study of the book of Jonah, Jordan unpacked the very common mentality we all wrestle with from time to time - "othering". The idea of us removing the God-given preciousness of others, viewing them through a lense of judgement, fear and stigma. Jordan challenged us with what it looks like to embrace and love others through the lense of our commonality - of human beings made in the image of God. What does it look like to truly "embrace the other?". First time watching? We’d love to hear from you! Connect with us: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/connectTo invest in the ministry of Forest City Church, visit: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/giveTo join a small group: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/small... To connect with us on social media, visit:   / forestcitychurch.ca  

God's Agenda or Ours? - Jordan BakerForest City ChurchFebruary 18, 2024Kicking off our brand new series exploring the book of Jonah, Jordan examines the motivations and plans we may or may not even realize we hold onto so tightly even when following God. At the end of the day, what does it look like to follow a God whose direction for our lives may look different than our own preferences or plans? First time watching? We’d love to hear from you! Connect with us: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/connect To invest in the ministry of Forest City Church, visit: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/give To join a small group: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/small... To connect with us on social media, visit:   / forestcitychurch.ca  

Prayer: Q & R Sunday - Jordan & Amy BakerForest City ChurchFebruary 11, 2024To wrap up our series The Practice of Prayer we are finishing off the series responding and wrestling with your questions that have arisen and been submitted throughout the series. Due to the volume of questions and the time limit - please refer to our Suffering Series Q&R in regards to prayer & suffering here:    • Suffering: Q&R Sunday- Jordan and Amy...   First time watching? We’d love to hear from you! Connect with us: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/connect To invest in the ministry of Forest City Church, visit: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/give To join a small group: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/small... To connect with us on social media, visit:   / forestcitychurch.ca  

Prayer as Relationship - Desiree SarrisForest City ChurchFebruary 4, 2024This week, we had Pastor Des from Broadway Church speak on the topic of Prayer As Relationship. What do we do when it seems like so many around us have this tight knit relationship with God? Can we have that too? How do we cultivate a truly close relationship with God? First time watching? We’d love to hear from you! Connect with us: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/connect To invest in the ministry of Forest City Church, visit: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/give To join a small group: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/small... To connect with us on social media, visit:   / forestcitychurch.ca  

Prayer as Intercession - Jordan bakerForest City ChurchJanuary 28, 2024As a faith community that feels a strong desire to support and lift up the world around us in prayer, it’s imperative that we examine Prayer as Intercession. What does it look like to to be bringing prayer requests to God on behalf of the needs of others? How and why should we? Let’s get into it! First time watching? We’d love to hear from you! Connect with us: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/connect To invest in the ministry of Forest City Church, visit: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/give To join a small group: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/small... To connect with us on social media, visit:   / forestcitychurch.ca  

Prayer as Petition - Amy BakerForest City ChurchJanuary 21, 2024As we continue on in our prayer series, this Sunday we looked at how we approach and ask God for the things we need in our life. Why do we even need to ask God? Shouldn’t He already know what we need? Why does He make us ask and then doesn’t answer them? What do we do then? We unpack all this and more! First time watching? We’d love to hear from you! Connect with us: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/connect To invest in the ministry of Forest City Church, visit: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/give To join a small group: https://www.forestcitychurch.ca/small... To connect with us on social media, visit:   / forestcitychurch.ca