YEG Supper Club, 11614/119 Street NW, Unit 101, Edmonton, AB (2026)

04/10/2026

This Weekend: Learn to Pray the Way Jesus Taught

We’re walking through the Lord’s Prayer as more than words, as a pattern for daily life with God.

Saturday
2–4 PM — Kingdom, Conflict & Intercession
7–8:30 PM — The Pattern of Prayer

Sunday
Concert of Prayer

Come learn how to:
- Pray with purpose
- Live under God’s Kingdom
- Grow in confidence and dependence on the Spirit

This isn’t just teaching, it’s an invitation to practice prayer together.

02/26/2026

HOW DOES GOD-GIVEN IDENTITY SHAPE HOW WE LIVE OUT OUR CALLING?

Last week, (with all the overwhelming things happening in the world) we didn’t just talk about identity. We prayed into it.

We prayerfully asked a few simple questions:

1. Who and what suffering do you see around you?
2. How is the suffering you’re seeing important to God? What does he want to do there?
3. What identity is God calling us to today?

We then listened and wrote down what we were noticing. Then we prayed for one another as a family, young and old, families and singles. And we recorded one concrete step toward living out that identity this week.

The photos we’re sharing are moments from that prayer time: burdens named honestly, visions of hope, and identity words spoken out loud.

In Exodus 19, God says: "You shall be my treasured possession… a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.” (Ex. 19:5–6)

Identity comes before instruction. Belonging comes before assignment. And our identity shapes our actions. Because before God tells His people what to do, He tells them who they are.

God forms His people together. And He often begins by reminding us who we are, so we can live it out.

READ: Exodus 19:1–8
CONSIDER: What does God say about Israel before giving them commands?
APPLY: Ask God: who are You calling me to be, and what is one step toward living that out this week?

02/14/2026

HOW DOES GOD'S SAVING WORK RESHAPE OUR IDENTITY AND DIRECTION?

In Egypt, Israel’s identity was defined by Pharaoh. They were slaves surviving under his rule, their labor sustaining Egypt’s power and prosperity. But through the plagues, God reveals a deeper truth: the LORD (not Pharaoh) is God.

Earlier, when Egypt’s livestock died, Israel was simply spared (Ex. 9:4–6). God made the distinction. But at Passover, something changes. This time Israel must act. They place blood on their doorposts (Ex. 12:7, 13), a visible sign that they belong to the LORD. They are not just protected. They are marked.

God is not rescuing them for private safety. He is reclaiming their identity and redirecting their purpose. They are no longer a people surviving for Egypt’s well-being. They are becoming a people sent for God’s glory.

The Promised Land -- Canaan was not random. It stood at the crossroads of the ancient world.

God’s purpose was public witness: a holy people whose worship, justice, rest, and trust would show the nations what life under His rule looks like (Ex. 19:5–6; Dt. 4:6–8).

The blood on the door was the beginning. A holy people in the land would be the ongoing sign. Marked people. Rescued people. Sent people.

Then comes the Red Sea. Fear rises. Pharaoh pursues. They long to return (Ex. 14:11–12). And God says, “Tell the people of Israel to go forward.” (Ex. 14:15) God rescues them from bo***ge, but He also calls them into freedom. They must step into it.

Freedom is not just from something. It is forward into a life of worship, trust, and witness.

READ: Exodus 12:21–33; 14:10–15
CONSIDER: What does God call His people to do after rescuing them?
APPLY: Where might God be calling you not just away from something, but forward into trust?

God calls saved people to become sent people.

02/06/2026

WHY DOES OBEDIENCE TO GOD'S CALL OFTEN FACE RESISTANCE?

When God first speaks through Moses, His request is clear and intentional: “Let my people go, that they may hold a feast to me in the wilderness.” (Exodus 5:1)

God’s aim is not just relief from suffering (or complete autonomy), but freedom to worship: to gather, rest, and re-center life around Him.

Pharaoh’s response in Exodus 5:4 and 17, reveals the nature of false power: “Why do you take the people away from their work? Get back to your burdens.” “You are idle… that is why you say, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to the Lord.’”

Instead of releasing the people, Pharaoh increases their workload. Not all work is evil, but work used to prevent worship is.

False power resists God not by denying Him outright, but by keeping His people busy, exhausted, and discouraged, so they begin to doubt God’s call and grumble against His messengers.

The resistance Moses faces doesn’t mean he heard God wrong. It reveals what happens when God’s call to worship and freedom confronts systems built on control.

READ: Exodus 5:1–23
CONSIDER: What does Pharaoh’s response reveal about what he fears losing?
APPLY: Name one place where busyness, distraction, or discouragement is crowding out worship, rest, or trust in God, and choose one small way to make space for Him this week.

God’s power is still at work, even when obedience leads to pressure before release.

02/04/2026

HOW DOES GOD CALL US PERSONALLY, AND WHY DOES HE START WITH HIS PRESENCE?

Moses doesn’t hear God because he’s confident or qualified. He hears God because he stops.

Before the burning bush, Moses’ story is complicated. Raised as a prince of Egypt, he was always hiding who he was, the only Hebrew boy his age to survive. After killing an Egyptian, he fled in fear and spent years in Midian distancing himself from his past.

By Exodus 3, Moses isn’t leading anyone. He’s tending sheep, doing quiet, ordinary work. And that’s where God meets him. Moses notices the bush and turns aside. That moment of attention (right in the middle of everyday life) is where God speaks his name.

Continuing in Exodus 4, we read that hearing the call doesn’t erase fear or resistance. Moses questions his credibility, his ability, and finally his willingness. As psychiatrist and author Curt Thompson says, “we use our energy to hide that which we are ashamed of.” Moses has spent years doing exactly that: hiding, surviving, staying unnoticed. Yet, God does not withdraw His call, even as He accommodates Moses’ fear. God’s call is not simply to use Moses, but to restore and re-form his identity through God’s presence.

Before God gives Moses a mission, He gives a promise: “I will be with you.” (Exodus 3:12)

READ: Exodus 3:1–12; cf. Exodus 4:1–14
CONSIDER: What happens before God gives Moses instructions, and what does that tell us about how God calls?
APPLY: Intentionally slow your pace this week and practice noticing God’s presence before trying to act or decide.

Calling doesn’t begin with credentials. It begins with presence: God’s presence with us (amid everyday life, especially when we're running away), and our willingness to slow down and notice.

01/22/2026

If God is calling us, why does He start by seeing, not by demanding action or certainty?

In Exodus 1–2, God’s people aren’t brave, organized, or spiritually confident. They’re exhausted. Oppressed. Crying out without a plan.

Before God sends anyone. Before He gives instructions. Before anything changes.

God sees. God hears. God remembers.

Calling doesn’t begin with readiness. It begins with compassion.

READ: Exodus 1:8–22; 2:23–25
CONSIDER: What does God notice and respond to before He acts or speaks?
APPLY: Where might God already be seeing your struggle, hearing your cry, or moving toward you, before you feel ready?

Exodus shows us that God moves toward people in pain (not away from them) and that His call often starts right where life feels hardest, most confusing, or most overwhelming.

01/04/2026

It’s easy to start the year by doing.
We want to start by listening.

Jesus reminds us that the Sabbath was made for people, not people for the Sabbath. Today at Supper Club, we’re practicing Corporate Sabbath (no Sunday service today) receiving rest as a gift, together.

Simple ways to practice Sabbath today:
- Take a slow walk and notice God’s presence
- Start a new book of the Bible in a coffee shop
- Visit another local church and worship with the wider body of believers
- Serve someone God has already placed on your heart
- Rest on purpose, without needing to prove or produce

We’ll gather again this Friday for House Worship at 7:00pm
📩 DM for the location

Then next Sunday, Jan 11 at 4:00pm, we come together for Joint Worship.

And on Jan 18, we begin a new teaching series:
Called — a journey through Exodus, learning how God calls and forms a people, not just individuals.

12/30/2025

In Mark’s Gospel, Jesus is consistently effortlessly authoritative. He stills storms without effort. He silences demons with a word. He never strains to prove His power.

But at the cross, something unique happens in all the gospels.

In Mark 15, Jesus cries out loudly, twice. First, He cries out in abandonment, embodying Psalm 22: “My God, my God, why have You forsaken Me?” He fully enters the separation humanity feels from God. This cry is not weakness. It is intentional, costly obedience. Jesus is not losing control, He is bearing the full weight of separation so others never have to.

Then He cries out again, the temple curtain tears from top to bottom, and the centurion confesses Jesus as the Son of God. The order matters. Here, God restores presence before anyone confesses, repents, or understands. No ritual is completed. No sacrifice is offered by human hands. No one reaches upward. God moves first.

In the creation account, Jesus (the Word of God) acts effortlessly, yet here it's His loud cry which tears the veil. Unlike human religion (where people strain to reach God through effort and ritual) the gospel reveals a God who strains to reach people not out of weakness, but out of love.

This is how Mark ends: not with humanity finding God, but with God making Himself known, and then sending His people to go, be near, and share that same good news (in the same way that Jesus did), trusting that God’s presence always moves first.

READ: Mark 14:1–16:20; focus on Mark 15:33–39
CONSIDER: What does the tearing of the temple curtain reveal about God’s desire to be near to people?
APPLY: As you enter the new year, sit quietly for a moment this week. Let go of striving, fixing, or proving. Pray simply: “Jesus, thank You that You’ve made the way.” Grace has already brought you near.

Presence comes before confession. Nearness comes before understanding. Grace comes before response. Jesus bears the distance so God can draw near. Not because we reached Him, but because He reaches for us.

12/26/2025

In Mark 10, many approach Jesus, but not all in the same way.

The Pharisees come to test Him, using Scripture to protect their authority. The rich young man comes sincerely but clings to his success for security. James and John come seeking status, assuming greatness comes through position. Each holds something (control, achievement, recognition) that keeps them from fully trusting Jesus.

In contrast, the parents come with simple trust, asking blessing for their children. Jesus welcomes them and says God’s kingdom belongs to those who come open-handed. And then there is Bartimaeus: blind, poor, and powerless. He has no status, no leverage, no achievements. He simply cries out for mercy.

And Jesus stops. Jesus doesn’t ignore his cry or rush past it. Jesus calls Bartimaeus personally, even when the crowd tries to silence him, and invites him to speak. Jesus heals him, commends his faith, and then Bartimaeus follows Jesus on the way.

On Christmas Day, this matters. Jesus welcomes the humble and unguarded, because relationship is built through nearness, and He chose to draw near to us first, laying aside power to enter our world in vulnerability and love.

Bartimaeus doesn’t strive. He doesn’t prove himself. He simply calls out, and Jesus responds.

READ: Mark 9:30–10:52; focus on Mark 10:46-52
CONSIDER: Why does Jesus stop for Bartimaeus while others try to move him aside? What does that reveal about who God responds to?
APPLY: Today, let Jesus meet your real need, not your best version. When He asks, “What do you want Me to do for you?”, begin your prayer with: “Jesus, have mercy on me.”

This is the heart of Christmas: God draws near not to the strongest, but to the sincere.

12/24/2025

This past Sunday, the Syrups became our 2025 Supper Club Cup Winner!

Join us for our last Sunday Service of the year this Sunday, December 28, at 4 pm. Then on January 4, we encourage you to start the year in rest, reflection, and retreat as we practice Corporate Sabbath (no service).

Our first gathering of the year is a multi-cultural joint service on January 11 at 4pm. Everyone is invited.

Have a Merry Christmas!

12/20/2025

You’re invited to Supper Club’s Christmas Party — this Sunday!

Join us Sunday at 6pm for a relaxed, welcoming Christmas potluck with food, games, prizes, and a White Elephant gift exchange (optional, max $25)

Come as you are and bring what you can.

New here? Curious about Jesus or want to come early? We’re also hosting a Christmas service at 4pm.

Whether you’re coming with friends or on your own, there’s a seat at the table for you.

12/19/2025

The Bible doesn’t just warn us that spiritual attack happens: it shows us how it unfolds, step by step. Most attacks don’t start loud; the majority begin quietly, with distraction, busyness, and drift. That’s why this matters in Mark’s Gospel: nearly one-fifth of Mark shows spiritual warfare, reminding us that following Jesus happens in contested space.

In the storm, fear changes: at first “They were filled with great fear…” (Mark 4:41) to their fear moving from the waves to awe of Jesus. Right fear puts our focus back where it belongs.

Later, Jesus teaches the same lesson in public: “O faithless generation…” (Mark 9:19) “This kind cannot be driven out by anything but prayer.” (Mark 9:29) The same people, same struggle, same pattern.

Spiritual warfare in Mark isn’t about hunting demons or fixing storms. It’s about protecting trust, remembering Jesus’ word, and depending on Him.

And this matters because the battle has already been decided. Jesus defeated Satan in the wilderness before the ministry even began (Mark 1:12–13). The enemy is already beaten, but still tries to distract, confuse, and shake faith.

Are you facing spiritual attack?

Ask two questions:

1. Is this voice drawing me closer to Jesus? Toward trust, obedience, truth, humility, and prayer. “My sheep hear my voice…” (John 10:27)
➡ If yes, follow it.

2. Is this voice pulling me away from Jesus? Stirring fear, doubt, accusation, isolation, or self-reliance. “Did God really say…?” (Genesis 3:1)
➡ If yes, name it as attack and resist it with truth.

When Jesus was tempted in the wilderness, He didn’t panic or perform.
He stood on God’s Word, trusted the Father, and rejected the lie.

So when attack comes: Pause. Listen. Answer with Scripture. Pray honestly. Trust God’s character. Stay aligned with your calling.

We don’t fight to win. We stand in the victory Jesus already won. That is how faith grows, and how fear loses its power.

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