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<p>If you read the Old Testament it may come as a surprise to you that God hands out harsh punishments, demands sacrifices and orders the mass slaughter of a nation. The God of the Old Testament can come across as grumpy, unreasonable and even unstable. For many these acts of God cause them to question His character leaving them wondering if He’s even worth believing in. <br>But maybe what you’ve read or heard is not what you think. Maybe those bloody stories tell us more about God than we know. Maybe they tell us something about ourselves that we don’t want to see. Join us for a new message series called “The Bloody Bible” where we will tackle the bloody issues found in the Old Testament and discover what kind of God we really have on our hands – and what His actions really mean.<br>July 9 - Two Testaments: One God<br>July 16 - God the Punisher?<br>July 23 - Whats The Deal With Sacrifices?<br>July 30 - Did God Command and Commit Genocide?</p>

<p>If you read the Old Testament it may come as a surprise to you that God hands out harsh punishments, demands sacrifices and orders the mass slaughter of a nation. The God of the Old Testament can come across as grumpy, unreasonable and even unstable. For many these acts of God cause them to question His character leaving them wondering if He’s even worth believing in. <br>But maybe what you’ve read or heard is not what you think. Maybe those bloody stories tell us more about God than we know. Maybe they tell us something about ourselves that we don’t want to see. Join us for a new message series called “The Bloody Bible” where we will tackle the bloody issues found in the Old Testament and discover what kind of God we really have on our hands – and what His actions really mean.<br>July 9 - Two Testaments: One God<br>July 16 - God the Punisher?<br>July 23 - Whats The Deal With Sacrifices?<br>July 30 - Did God Command and Commit Genocide?</p>

<p>If you read the Old Testament it may come as a surprise to you that God hands out harsh punishments, demands sacrifices and orders the mass slaughter of a nation. The God of the Old Testament can come across as grumpy, unreasonable and even unstable. For many these acts of God cause them to question His character leaving them wondering if He’s even worth believing in. <br>But maybe what you’ve read or heard is not what you think. Maybe those bloody stories tell us more about God than we know. Maybe they tell us something about ourselves that we don’t want to see. Join us for a new message series called “The Bloody Bible” where we will tackle the bloody issues found in the Old Testament and discover what kind of God we really have on our hands – and what His actions really mean.<br>July 9 - Two Testaments: One God<br>July 16 - God the Punisher?<br>July 23 - Whats The Deal With Sacrifices?<br>July 30 - Did God Command and Commit Genocide?</p>

<p>If you read the Old Testament it may come as a surprise to you that God hands out harsh punishments, demands sacrifices and orders the mass slaughter of a nation. The God of the Old Testament can come across as grumpy, unreasonable and even unstable. For many these acts of God cause them to question His character leaving them wondering if He’s even worth believing in. <br>But maybe what you’ve read or heard is not what you think. Maybe those bloody stories tell us more about God than we know. Maybe they tell us something about ourselves that we don’t want to see. Join us for a new message series called “The Bloody Bible” where we will tackle the bloody issues found in the Old Testament and discover what kind of God we really have on our hands – and what His actions really mean.<br>July 9 - Two Testaments: One God<br>July 16 - God the Punisher?<br>July 23 - Whats The Deal With Sacrifices?<br>July 30 - Did God Command and Commit Genocide?</p>

<p>If you would like to give to help support God's work at Main Street Church then please follow the giving link below</p>

<p>If you would like to give to help support God's work at Main Street Church then please follow the giving link below</p>

<p>A Study Through the Book of 1 Peter</p>

<p>A Study Through the Book of 1 Peter</p>

<p>A Study Through the Book of 1 Peter</p>

<p>A Study Through the Book of 1 Peter</p>

<p>A Study Through the Book of 1 Peter</p>

<p>A Study Through the Book of 1 Peter</p>

<p>A Study Through the Book of 1 Peter</p>

<p>A Study Through the Book of 1 Peter</p>

<p>A Study Through The Book of 1 Peter</p>

<p>1 Peter</p>

<p>God is often silent but He is never distant. When God is silent He's often preparing us for something miraculous. That's what he was doing with Zechariah, an often overlooked character in the Christmas story. Zechariah had a part to play and a song to sing that broke 400 years of silence. Listen as Pastor Shawn teaches us how God uses silence to teach us to live with a greater sense of Hope.</p>

<p>Silent Night, O Come Let Us Adore Him, The First Noel - you’ve probably heard and sang these carols at some point in your life. But before they were written there were some Songs of Christmas sung by some of the original characters in the Christmas story. At first glance it would seem that none of them had a reason to sing. They faced hardship, struggled with heartache and wrestled with promises that seemed too good to be true. But in the end their struggle, confusion and waiting was not wasted. God did something incredible that led them to respond with songs declaring the promise of Christmas as a melody that is still being heard today.<br> <br>Join us for the month of December as we discover and learn from the original Songs of Christmas.<br> <br>December 4 – Why Me?: Mary’s Song<br> <br>December 11 – Hope is Here: Zechariah’s Song<br><br>December 18 – Watching and Waiting: Simeon’s Song <br> <br>December24 – Christmas Eve - A Strange Way To Save The World</p>

<p>• Speak Peace or Blessing. If we bless the lost we will stop cursing them. Speak life!<br>• Become Friends. Develop genuine friendships with not-yet Christians<br>• Serve Them – Pray for Them – Take Care of Them. ‘Go fishing, not hunting’<br>• Share the Good News (Gospel)</p>

<p>John Chalkias shares incredible stories of how Jesus is at work the lives of Children through Seeds of Hope in Zambia Africa.<br><br>If you would like more information about Seeds of Hope or would like to sponsor a child click the link for <a href="http://www.seedsofhopecm.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">http://www.seedsofhopecm.com/</a>.</p>

<p>“Stay alert! Watch out for your great enemy, the devil. He prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour.” <br>(1 Peter 5:8)<br><br>We're talking about how to STAY ALERT today as we kick off our new series LIGHT & DARK.</p>

<p>We invite you to partner with us in our 2016 Campaign.<br><br>Our goal for H2H 2016 is to raise $30,000 (or more) to provide 100 amazing Christmas Hampers to families in need in our community – with the average cost of a hamper being $300 (providing Christmas dinner & extra food supplies for the holidays, along with gifts for the kids). <br>Around 70 families will be referred directly through our partnership with McCammon & Central Elementary Schools, with the remaining 30 families will being referred through our Main Street Church community.<br><br>Here are some of the ways you can partner with H2H 2016. <br>Give to the Goal <br>Give towards the $30,000 goal between October 9-October 31. <br>*The entire $30,000 will be used to purchase all of the food and gifts. <br>*We are NOT collecting dry/canned food donations this year. <br>If a business/individual wishes to provide a specific item (like milk, buns, oranges, poinsettias…) for all (100) of the hampers we are open to that. <br><br>Click the GIVE button to give to the Hunger To Hope Campaign on the Main Street App or Online.<br><br>Refer a Family <br>*Referral forms will be available through the churchat the beginning of November (once our donation amount confirms how many hampers we can do). <br>- You must attend Main Street Church to be able to refer a family for a hamper, but the recipient family doesn’t need to attend our church. <br>- Permission to refer must be given by the family first. <br>- Families are not permitted to refer themselves.<br><br>Adopt-Pray-Deliver <br>*Adopt-Pray-Deliver: Groups & Individuals are welcome to ‘Adopt’ a family (or more) that they refer to us, or that we assign to them. Adopting this family means that you commit to Praying for this family during the weeks leading up to Christmas, and it means that you will Deliver their Hamper to them on D-Day (Saturday, December 10th).<br><br>Serve with the H2H Team <br>*Along with Delivery Drivers on D-Day our Admin Team will need a certain number of volunteers to help with gift-shopping and hamper-prep in early December. <br>*If you are interested in helping please contact us. <br><br>If you are interested in partnering with us in any of these ways please contact us.<br><br>Staff Contact: <br>Eryn Moore <br>Community Life Pastor <br>604-792-6844. <a href="http://[email protected]" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">[email protected]</a></p>

<p>When it comes to the Bible there is no shortage of opinions. Many claim that it's full of contradictions, that it's historically inaccurate and that it can't be trusted because we don't have any originals. They say that the Bible is just an invention of a bunch of people who wrote what they wanted and who stamped God's name on it to further their own desires and plans. For many these are just a few of the reasons why you can't trust the Bible.<br><br>We think those questions and claims are worth talking about and that's what we will be addressing today at Main Street Church as we continue our series "The Good Book." Join us as we look into whether or not the Bible can be trusted.</p>

<p>Have you ever had someone tell you that the Bible can't be trusted because there are so many Translations or maybe after you explained a verse to them they responded with the statement, "Well, that's your interpretation." <br>Why are there so many translations and how do we interpret the Bible? Those questions and more are answered in this message.<br><br>Some recommended resources are Erdman Bible Commentary and Dictionary and a NLT Study Bible.</p>

<p>What’s the best book you ever read? What made it a good book? What caused you to recommend it to others? The reasons will be many. For some it was the plot for others it was the information. Some like a book for the action or the romance or the suspense. There are a lot of reasons that people give to describe a good book. But what about the GOOD BOOK itself? That’s how many people describe the Holy Bible? They say it’s good but often don’t know why or what’s good about it. That’s the question we are going to answer during this series. <br>What makes the Bible good? How are you supposed to read it? How are we to interpret it and does it make any difference when you apply it? <br>Click the link below to download the Bible Reading Plan.</p>

<p>"Have you lost sight of the mission."</p>

<p>Join us for Kickoff Sunday September 11th at 9 & 10:45am.</p>

<p>"When things don't go your way does your faith or do your circumstances dictate how you respond."</p>