Welcome to Immanuel…
Training people to love like Jesus to bring hope, healing and wholeness to the world.
Sunday services @ 10 AM
Sunday, December 14, 2025
Christmas Drama
”Do Not Be Afraid “
ADVENT 2025
As we continue our reflective Advent journey, our simple stage décor is meant to help us slow down, pay attention, and trust God in this season of anticipation.
Advent holds both joy and struggle- hope mixed with the real tensions of our lives. Throughout Scripture, angels often say, “Do not be afraid,” because they know we carry many fears. Instead of ignoring them, this season invites us to name them honestly.
On this Third Sunday of Advent "Joy", we acknowledge that joy often grows right alongside our fears, as we trust that God meets us in the very places that feel uncertain.
This week we also look ahead with joyful anticipation to our upcoming Christmas drama, “Do Not Be Afraid.” This intergenerational pageant, drawn from the stories of Matthew and Luke, centers on the angel’s message to Mary and the good news of Christ’s birth. The drama invites us to explore the heart of Advent: hope in fear, peace in anxiety, joy in burdens, and love in difficulty; connecting the classic Christmas story to the realities of modern life.
May this season help us face our fears with faith, receive joy even in uncertainty, and discover hope growing quietly among them.
Upcoming 10 am Services
Pastor - Joe Abbey-Colborne unless otherwise noted
Sunday, December 21 -Advent 4 - Candle of Love
Wednesday, December 24 - Christmas Eve Service 6 pm
Christmas Day - NO Service
God is in the business of transforming — recreating, rebuilding, and renewing all kinds of things: lives, friendships, marriages, organizations, cities, tribes, and nations. He invites us to participate with him in this. He calls it “following him." We call it our mission.
Watch & Listen
Enjoy church online each Sunday! Watch our services at home at 10 AM each week.
Beliefs and Values
Our church name is Immanuel which means “God with us.” Our name is one of our foundational beliefs – that God is with us in everything that happens. Immanuel is one of the names of Jesus, God’s own Son, who came into this world . . .
Sermons
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New to Immanuel
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Worship at Immanuel
Worship at Immanuel is a time for our community to gather together to bring praise to God, to share our lives and stories with each other, and to hear what God has to say to us through the Bible. Our hope is that worship mirrors our relationship with God, and so gives us opportunity as a community to pray, sing, reflect, lament, offer, listen, and respond to the challenges of the Bible. Through the Holy Spirit, we pray that our worship will transform our lives so that we grow in our relationship with Jesus Christ our Saviour.
Serving at Immanuel
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“Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name; bring an offering and come before him. Worship the Lord in the splendor of his holiness.”
1 Chronicles 16:29
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Email
office@immanuelcrc.ca
Phone
905-451-7182