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)

 

Latest Blog:

No Quick Fixes… Invest in Jesus!

The Internet is full of quick fixes targeted at your own specific needs or desires. It is interesting that after turning 50 my Facebook and other feeds have been full of self improvement, fitness schemes to get me looking ‘better than ever’… I almost wonder if the camera on my phone is always on and they are watching me eating just one more Tim Horton’s doughnut?  Perhaps they are??  At any rate, app after app promises instant success; military fitness plans, Tai Che plans for over 50’s, chair work out programs that I can do from the comfort of my home… all promising almost instant results, “do this and you’ll be as fit as me in one month” says some ripped guy walking along a beach. The algorithms know exactly who you are and what you are into, language apps promise fluency in 30 days - and depending on who you are and what you are into, I am sure you have tailored advertisements just for you too. Maybe, there is a knitting app, or investment app, or sports app, etc. reaching out to you right now, promising quick results for minimal effort, and if the rest of you are anything like me, you’ve probably tried quite a number of them!! It’s good to laugh at ourselves from time to time.

 The problem with all of these schemes is… there is no quick fix! Making significant changes to our lives or intellect or skills or health takes significant amounts of investment. Many of these ads don’t tell you that part because that wouldn’t sell and most people just wouldn’t want it. We often want the instant fix without the effort, without the sacrifice.

 But, if we want to grow, if we want to become an expert or proficient at anything, whether it is a sport, or fitness goal, or language learning, we have to commit and we have to not quit!  It is as simple as that! This is the real secret of growth that most schemes don’t want to emphasize. 

 Jesus was clear and upfront wasn’t he: “If anyone wants to come after me, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.”  Ouch! “Couldn’t you put it in a nicer way than that Jesus? We are trying to be your disciples!” Okay… try another, “So therefore, any one of you who does not renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple.” (Luke 14:33).  Hmmmmm…  And to the rich young ruler who wanted the end goal of eternal life, maybe hoping for an easy option… Jesus said to him, “...go, sell what you possess and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come follow me.”  In other words, Jesus put his finger on the real treasure of this young man’s life and said, this goal that you are after is going to cost you, you have to choose what you are going to put first… and he went away sad because he had great possessions. He didn’t want to significantly invest in something that would have actually been far better for him. He didn’t want the cost.

 And so it is for us with following Jesus, yes the cost for our salvation, for us being right with God has been paid for by Jesus himself, but if we want to follow him, Jesus makes no qualms about this, it will cost us everything.  And yet we will gain everything! And as we saw last week, he promises us the power to live differently through the Holy Spirit.

 This Sunday we are talking about investing our lives in Jesus. He has won us, we are his, the price is paid in full. But if we want to follow him, if we want to grow in him, if we want to be used by him, it will take an investment of our time and of our lives.  There are things that we do that will grow our relationship with him, just as we grow our relationship with anyone important to us: We spend time with them; we listen to them; we pay attention to their words; we remember what they have said; we share words of love with them; we enjoy just being in their presence.  In marriage, you don’t just sign a piece of paper and say a few words and that’s it, done! No, you invest your lives together. And so it is in our walk with Jesus, we give ourselves to him. The end result is so, so, so, worth it, but there are no quick fixes, we have to invest our lives in him. 

 Love to all,

Andrew

(pastor/team leader at Kootenay Christian Fellowship)

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