Headway Christian Church Edmonton

09/07/2026

Thank you to our church family, visitors, friends, and everyone who came, prayed, served, and supported us as we celebrated 10 years of God’s faithfulness! 🙏

We celebrate how far God has brought us—but this is only the beginning.

Our mission continues: to reach more people, lead more lives to Christ, and make Jesus known. ✝️

10 years behind us. A greater mission ahead.
All for His glory. ❤️

📍 Join us every Saturday at 6:30 PM as we worship, fellowship, and grow together. Everyone is welcome!

“To God be the glory, great things He has done!” — Psalm 115:1

09/06/2026

09/05/2026

💚 Headway Christian Church is celebrating 10 incredible years!

Come celebrate with us as we look back with grateful hearts, rejoice in what God has done, and look forward to the future He is still building.

Everyone is welcome!!! 🎉
📅 September 5, 2026
⏰ 5:30 PM
📍 12320 Mt. Lawn Rd NW, Edmonton, AB T5J 4J3

✨ 10 years. Countless lives changed. One faithful God. One unshakable foundation.

Let’s celebrate God’s faithfulness together! 🙏💚

09/02/2026

09/02/2026

Creation Resonates with Praise

By Kevin DeRaaf — Wednesday, September 2, 2026

Scripture Reading — Isaiah 55:6-13

“The mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands.”
— Isaiah 55:12

Isaiah 55 captures the deep, joyful relationship between God and the world he has made. This chapter overflows with delight in the connection between Creator and creation. What Isaiah describes is resonance— the voice of God and the voice of the world echoing back and forth in harmony.

Isaiah points to the remarkable life cycle of the earth: the seasons for planting and harvesting, and the gifts of rain and snow that water the ground. We may not see the immediate effects of a rainfall; seeds planted in the soil respond to the moisture and begin to sprout. Those sprouts grow into crops, and the crops provide food. What begins quietly ends in abundance.

This imagery carried deep meaning for God’s people. Even if they had a river or a spring for water, they knew they could not survive without the gift of rain or snow. In periods of drought, some of the people turned to worship the gods of other nations, as if maybe those gods could bring rain for their crops. But those ideas yielded only false hope. Through Isaiah, God called the people back to trust and celebrate the only One who truly rules the world and everything in it.

Take some time today to reflect on the beauty of creation and hear the invitation to seek and trust in the one, true, faithful God, who provides for all our needs. Hallelujah!

Lord, we honor you as the King of creation. Help us to see that you always provide for us, and may we deepen our trust in you alone. In Jesus, Amen.

08/31/2026

Trust and Obey

By Kurt Selles — Monday, August 31, 2026

Scripture Reading — John 14:15-21

“If you love me, keep my commands.”
— John 14:15

As I’ve been reflecting on the Ten Commandments, an old gospel song keeps running through my mind: “Trust and Obey.” This simple hymn expresses the bedrock faith and action of seeking to live for the Lord. By trusting God and, through his strength, turning to him for support each day, we find joy in the new life we are promised forever in Christ.

The Ten Commandments reveal to us and convict us of our sin, our deeply ingrained failure and inability to love God and our neighbors as we are called to do. But through the gracious cleansing and renewing of our hearts, the Holy Spirit sets us on a new path of obedience. And on this new path, God’s commands become a guide for gratefully living in obedience to God.

Though we continue to struggle with sin in this life, God still calls us daily to trust him and obey him. The Ten Commandments and other helpful summaries of God’s law—Micah 6:8; Romans 12; 1 Corinthians 13; Galatians 5:22-25; Ephesians 2:8-10; and more—are faithful guides along the way.

When we trust and obey the Lord, as the song puts it, we can expect to be “happy in Jesus.” Actually, a clearer description is that we can be joyful through the inner contentment and wonder grounded in God’s amazing grace and love for us in the Savior, Jesus Christ.

In what ways can you share the joy of new life in Christ with others today?

Help us, Lord God, to walk in the light of your Word, trusting and obeying you in all things, so that our lives overflow with your joy. Amen.

08/27/2026

The Right Antidote

By Kurt Selles — Thursday, August 27, 2026

Scripture Reading — Exodus 20:17; Philippians 4:11-13

I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances.
— Philippians 4:11

If you are bitten by a rattlesnake, the right antidote can neutralize or block the venom that begins spreading into your body. The antidote can prevent death or even sickness.

Spiritually speaking, the sin of coveting can also introduce a poison that can lead to committing other sins in our lives.

The tenth commandment forbids us from coveting anything that belongs to our neighbor. When we covet what belongs to others, we develop a deep longing for what they have, and these other persons become little more than an obstacle to the fulfillment of our desires. Coveting becomes intertwined with envy, and these sins diminish us too, by making our spirits restless and filling our hearts with the toxins of bitterness and resentment.

But the Bible offers a powerful spiritual antidote. Paul wrote to the Philippians from prison, where everything had been taken from him, including his freedom. And he offers his own straightforward prescription: learn to live in contentment with what God has already graciously provided. At the most basic level, contentment means trusting that God knows what’s best for us and will always provide what we need. Deep contentment also leads us to rejoice in what God has graciously given to others.

Contentment is not a quickacting antidote. It comes gradually through the long, sometimes painful process of dying to ourselves and being made new in Christ, who died for us.

Lord, forgive our coveting. Help us to look to you for all good things and to rejoice in all you have given others. Amen.

08/26/2026

Striking a Balance

By Kurt Selles — Wednesday, August 26, 2026

Scripture Reading — Ephesians 4:14-16

Speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ.
— Ephesians 4:15

Sometimes hard conversations are necessary. Perhaps you need to discuss a painfully difficult situation with a family member, a neighbor, or a colleague. Maybe you are dreading it, but you know you must do it. The hardest part of a difficult conversation is to strike the right balance between speaking honestly and speaking with compassion. Speaking without honesty and truth risks misunderstanding, and speaking without compassion risks destroying the relationship.

When we need help with hard conversations, the apostle Paul provides some sound spiritual wisdom. After laying out the rock-solid foundation of Jesus Christ in the life of the church, Paul provides practical advice in Ephesians 4 for living together in maturity and unity. According to Paul, though Christ has given some members in the church gifts for teaching and leadership, he calls every member to grow in maturity and to strive for unity in the church. Then we will not be blown around “by every wind of teaching” and “deceitful scheming,” he says. Instead, we will grow mature as we speak the truth in love.

With the Holy Spirit’s guidance and blessing, when we keep truth and love in balance, we can expect that growth and maturity will take place in the body of Christ. Truth and love should guide all of our conversations, whether they are easy or difficult.

Lord, you speak to us with truth and love wherever we are. Help us also to speak with others in all situations with truth and love. Amen.