Hey church family! We are delighted to give you an update on what God is doing at our church as we ask Him to do great things during this season.

If you’ve been to Hope Oakville for a weekend service, there’s a good chance you’ve seen Neil Verburg’s smiling face greeting you or answering your questions. He has a story to share with all of us and he is asking us to pray with him for a community that needs the hope of Jesus Christ!

Truth in Troubled Times Episode Three features our friend and partner in the gospel, Vance Pitman from Hope Church in Las Vegas. Today we’re talking about encouraging the body of Christ in truth and wisdom, we hear Pastor Vance’s message for the Church right now, and get a look inside his first book, Unburdened. Pastor Vance shares this incredible encouragement with us: our circumstances do not shape the way we view our God—our God shapes

We’re excited to invite you to our prayer meeting tonight at 7:30pm. We’re continuing in our series, Counsel for the Heart in the Midst of a Pandemic, focusing on our theme verse from Psalm 139:23. We have been discovering together that when we ask the Lord to show us our heart, he is good and faithful in that. Let’s recap: week 1 we looked at suffering and lament, week 2 we looked at idolatry and

This edition of Live in the Text is in Colossians 1:9-10 looking at Paul’s prayer to the church in Colossae. There are several w’s in this text that we’ll dig into here, so grab your Bible and coloured pencils and follow along with us. WORD > WILL > WISDOM > WALK > WORK Ultimately this leads to the WEIGHT of the glory of God. Amen!

It’s another week and another opportunity to focus our eyes and hearts on Jesus! Take a few minutes to do just that with this encouragement from Pastor Robbie. Look to Jesus Christ and you will never be disappointed!

“The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit.” (Psalm 34:18) Join us in remembering the victims of the Nova Scotia tragedy that happened last weekend. Jesus Christ is the one who provides comfort! Please pray with us for those who are grieving the loss of loved ones through this tragedy and for our nation to turn to Christ, because we need Him!

Welcome to Episode 2 of Truth in Troubled Times! On this episode we are joined by Dr. Crawford Loritts. He has been with us in person several times and it was a pleasure to have him join us for this online series! He’s been preaching the gospel around the world since 1972 and there are many insights that he has for us during this season.

Join us tonight at 7:30pm as we consider how God might be using this season to apply pressure to our hearts to expose what He already sees there, the things that might be holding us back from running the race He has set before us.

Today’s Live in the Text segment comes from Romans 5. Grab your Bible and your pens and join Pastor Robbie digging into this passage. Here Paul is explicitly gospel-centred here. Amazing! We have joy because of Jesus, hope because of Jesus, and salvation because of Jesus. Wow! But Paul also addresses rejoicing in suffering – how can we do that? Many of us say that we need hope, but we don’t want to go through

Get into God’s Word today with Pastor Earl in Psalm 12—God’s Word is pure, perfect, complete, and so beautiful. Our days are still so so full, and in the busyness you may find yourself fractured or fearful…in these times we encourage you to turn to God’s Word to revive your soul. Get time alone with the Lord and let him minister to your heart this week.

Here’s a Family Chat from Pastor Robbie and Pastor Greg with a brief financial update on church operations and a reminder of what we are called to. A few key financial points from the chat: We hold to two general operating principles when reviewing the budget: Prudence and OpportunityPrudence – how to responsibly reduce expensesOpportunity – how to invest in highly valued opportunitiesExpenses for the next five months have been reduced by 20%We are emphasizing