Welcome to Immanuel Community Church…
… where we encourage, equip, enfold and engage all people to reach out and serve with the transforming love of Jesus.
Sunday services
@ 10 AM
May 17, 2026
"Lust & Chastity"
Pastor Joe Abbey- Colborne
Both “Lust” and “Chastity” are really loaded words.
They’re also very old words that don’t get used much in everyday language anymore. And if the words have fallen out of use, it may indicate that they have lost the significance, weight and meaning, they once had.
The Deadly Sin of Lust is specifically sexual (and its significance in the list of Seven Deadly Sins recognizes the unique power and place of sex and sexuality in our lives). We admittedly live in a highly sexualized world - sex sells - everything from toothpaste to cars. Movies and TV commonly portray sexual relations among characters as central features of the story. Pornography is a major part of internet searches.
But what is “Lust”? Is it any sexual attraction or desire? Is it always sin? Can “Lust” ever be good (or at least okay)?
And what is “Chastity”? Is it puritanical disgust about anything to do with the human body or human sexuality? Why do we make it such big deal?
What’s the problem that “Chastity” seeks to correct? And how does it fit into the virtues that attempt to restore us to life-affirming balance?
For this week… read Galatians 5: 13-26
Upcoming 10 am Services
Pastor - Joe Abbey-Colborne unless otherwise noted
Series - The Seven Deadly Sins and the Seven Life-Giving Virtues
May 24 - Pentecost! Breakfast Church and Communion
May 31 - Sloth (Diligence)
June 7 - Rage (Patience)
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.
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Beliefs and Values
Our church name is Immanuel Community Church. Immanuel means “God with us.” Our name is one of our foundational beliefs – that God is with us in everything that happens, and he is calling us to serve in this community. . .
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
We gather and serve in many different ways - and love to welcome and enfold all who want to walk with us! From setting up for the service, to making coffee, greeting, playing or singing, teaching - there are countless ways to use eyour gifts at Immanuel Community Church!
“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