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  • HWY 33 (RUTLAND)
    Address

    439 Hwy 33
    Kelowna, BC, V1X1Y2

    Our in-person church services happen on Sundays at 10:30 am and 5 pm (Pursuit). We also meet at Church Online on Sundays at 10:30 am.

    Service Times

    Sunday 10:30am
    Sunday 5:00pm

  • DOWNTOWN (previously SOUTH)
    Address

    1305 Gordon Dr, Kelowna, BC V1Y 3E7

    Our in-person church services happen on Sundays at 9 am and 11 am.
    ** starting June 11, 2023

    Service Times

    Sunday 9.00am & 11.00am
    Online 10:30am

  • CREEKSIDE (LAKE COUNTRY)
    Address

    11370 Bottom Wood Lake Rd
    Lake Country, BC, V4V1V4

    Our Creekside community meets on Sundays at 10 am. We share space with the Winfield SDA Church in Lake Country.

    Service Time

    Sunday 10:00am

  • Online Church
    CHURCH ONLINE
    Live every Sunday from our

    Hwy 33 & Downtown locations

    On-demand on YouTube for our

    Creekside, Hwy 33 & Downtown locations

    Live Service Time

    Sunday 10:30am

  • Pursuit
    Address

    439 Hwy 33
    Kelowna, BC, V1X1Y2

    Pursuit is our evening service that is known to be a more intimate gathering, spending prolonged times in worship and the Lord’s presence. While we see all ages calling Pursuit their home, many young  adults gather to worship together here.

    Service Times

    Sunday 5:00pm

Salt can make a difference

May 17, 2022

We are witnessing a change in Western Society; racial discrimination is being challenged. What is the role of the faith community? Have we lost our voice? Eighteen months ago, I stood on a perfectly groomed lawn, with strategically placed Palm Trees swaying in the breeze. The bright flower beds were wonderfully manicured, and the legendary Sea of Galilee glittered before me. I could have been standing at an Okanagan Winery. This was the spot Jesus had delivered his world-shaking Sermon on the Mount. It did not look like this when Jesus preached early in his ministry. He spoke to a group of poor Galilean villagers who were irrelevant to the rest of the world. It would have been a rocky hillside with the same stunning view. On this spot, Jesus said, you are the Salt of the Earth (Matthew 5:13). Heads would have turned. It would have been laughable that these humble people would be anything to the earth.

Today we have fridge-freezers, ice machines and vacuum-packed foods. Back then, the only way you kept the meat from rotting and the flies swarming was to take a salt solution and rub it into the meat. Jesus was looking at this group and speaking with them, and us, in mind. You and your presence will stop the decay of the world, and you will be that salt that makes a difference to the rot. This may surprise some people. Jesus believed faith stops the rot in families, communities, and nations. A little bit of salt can make a big difference. You and I are called to bring healing, rubbing salt into the infected wounds of society.

Just a dash of salt goes a long way! William Wilberforce, the man who almost alone created the Slavery Emancipation Bill in England, was living proof of this – hindered by illness, he did not appear to be a character who would complete anything. After attending one of his lectures, Boswell wrote of him, “I saw a shrimp mount the table, but as I listened, he grew and grew until the shrimp became a whale.” Tiny, elfish, misshapen, he was salt to British society, not only bringing preservation but enticement to Christ by his magnificent life. A little salt will make its presence felt.

Salt can make a difference. Christ’s expression of this image is fundamentally encouraging. Jesus said, “You (resounding: you alone) are the salt of the earth.” Jesus says, “I believe in you. I have called you.” Jesus believes that we can have a healing, preserving influence on our society and world. He believes that we can bring flavour to life and make the world thirsty for him. You may feel irrelevant, but you can make a difference.