Welcome to Kootenay christian Fellowship, we are glad you are here!

As a community of ordinary people, we believe something extraordinary: that God loves us as we are, has a plan to not leave us as we are, and has made a way for us to be with him, to know and experience him in our lives. This literally makes all the difference in the world. We believe that he loves each and every person, and our desire is that we might be able to serve you in knowing him more, either to introduce him to you for the first time or to fuel the fire in your ongoing journey of faith.

As a community, our vision is to be GATHERED together around Jesus, to be FILLED with his Spirit and to be SENT on the mission of the Father; to bring hope and restoration to the world around us. We would love for you to join us on the journey.

We look forward to getting to know you and please let us know how we can help.

May you experience the peace and love that he has for you.

 

Andrew and Rachelle Freeman (on behalf of Kootenay Christian Fellowship)

 

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This coming Sunday...

One thing that I love about the Bible is that it has its own agenda. Or rather the God inspiring the writers by his Spirit has an agenda for what he wants to convey and what he wants to reveal to the readers or to the listeners. For a reader to really understand, or for a listener to really hear, one has to yield themselves to the message. To really receive we have to try to lay down our agenda and let it speak its message to us.

 

It’s rather like when you (i’m sure you never have) get into a heated argument with someone, maybe your partner, husband or wife, Mom or Dad or a friend… and you are sure they are wrong. As they are speaking, you are in another world preparing your rebuttal, your reply. But the problem is you are simply not listening (This may have happened to me once or twice with my wife : ) maybe..)  We simply will not understand the other person if we can’t lower our ammunition, and stop planning our counter attack, and just start to really listen and understand where the other person is coming from.

 

There are many things in the Bible I would like to gloss over or even remove to ensure my own convenience or comfort - but the Bible speaks its own message and a true listener will sit down, lay down their agendas and hear what the God of the universe is seeking to convey to our hearts.

 

But why all this talk of demons, it starts to make me uneasy… All sorts of questions arise: Why are they here? Where did they come from? How did they control this man that we are reading about? Where did they go after? Why did they want to go into pigs? Why did Jesus let them? Are they around today? Should I be worried about them? Isn’t this all a bit far-fetched for our modern world?

 

It was interesting that today at ‘Our Daily Bread’ (our 5 day a week hot meal program) one person attending asked me if we do deliverance here? And what followed was an interesting conversation about the reality of spiritual forces and Jesus’ authority over them - not all the table agreed, but most were sure of the realness of ‘something other’ than what we see with our natural eyes.

 

One thing I am convinced of, is that spiritual powers of good and of evil are alive and at work in the world around us. And I am also convinced that Jesus has the power over it all. He has the power and he is the focus. The focus is not getting goosebumps talking about evil but understanding the declaration of his word, that he is over all - it is not even a close fight - Jesus is supreme and as our sight gets filled with him and who he is we are left in awe and wonder and amazingly …peace.

 

So, this Sunday, as we approach this story, let's see the Jesus that it declares and marvel at him.

 

Andrew Freeman

(Pastor/team leader at KCF)

 

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