KGF Church

Healthy Pastor & Healthy Leaders = Healthy Body

Exodus 17:8-16

How does your garden grow?

If you plant the best seeds but don't water them, will they produce? If you water and weed, but don't fight bugs and birds, will you have a bountiful harvest?

How's your sports team doing?

If you have the best players, but no coaching, practice, or team chemistry, will you win? If you're a baseball team with great hitting but terrible pitching, will you succeed?

Producing a healthy garden or a successful team requires a variety of healthy components and practices.

How is a healthy congregation formed?

Congregations face unsettling seasons (as KGF has over the years), or times of renewal and wondering what's next (as we are). A healthy congregation depends on healthy church leadership, and healthy church leadership depends on the components and practices of a healthy congregation.

To know Jesus and make Him known, it's crucial we learn about the realities of pastoral ministry and church leadership, and proactively invest in their health and well-being. How can church leaders be in partnership with the whole body, leading to their and our success?

Join us this Sunday as Bob Armstrong, Executive Director of Oasis Ministries, brings decades of experience in supporting the development of healthy pastors and congregations. We will explore the realities of pastoral ministry and how we as a body can be a healthy congregation with healthy leaders.

Phil Wagler, Interim Pastor

Harmony in the body: Embracing Your Unique Role

1 Corinthians 12

Ever feel like there’s a melody still within you, waiting to be played? Or have you ever wondered why some believers seem to be joyfully and effortlessly serve others well, while you (or someone you love) struggle and meander through life?

This Sunday, we’ll journey through the biblical origins and importance of spiritual gifts. We’ll see God’s beautiful intention for His gifts in our own lives and within our body of believers. Find out how easy it can be to discover new joy and passion through the unique part that only you can play.

Todd Ringness

Why All the Churches?

Have you ever looked at one of the Kelowna’s sports fields, buzzing as they do this time of year with kids in neat uniforms, and asked, “Hey, what’s with all the teams?”

Or, have you been to the food court, or walked through our beautiful downtown, and asked, “What’s with all the restaurants anyway?”

In the same vein, have you scooted around the city, noticed all the church buildings and wondered, “Hey, what’s with all the churches?”

If there is one body of Christ, why all the churches? Why the diversity, and at times disagreements? This weekend we raise these questions in our exploration of “The Body.”

And, perhaps, we’ll see the church and our city differently.

Phil Wagler

Interim Pastor

P.S. Here’s a challenge: count how many churches you see on the way to KGF on Sunday.

Citizens of God's House

Ephesians 2:19-22

What does it really mean to belong to the Church? Is it just about showing up on Sundays or volunteering in ministry… or is there something deeper God has in mind?

This week, we’ll explore a powerful vision from Ephesians 2:19–22: that we’re not just attendees — we’re citizens in God’s Kingdom, members of His household, and stones in a living temple where He dwells. Christ hasn’t just saved us from something, He’s saved us into something: a people, a place, a purpose.

Whether you’re new or deeply invested, come ready to be reminded that God is building something beautiful, and it includes you.

Pastor Devan Scollon

Why Does the Church Exist?

Here's some pre-work for Sunday...

Ponder an answer to this question:  Why does the Church exist?

How would you answer that for someone in your life who is wondering why the Church matters today?
This is the question we will explore this Sunday when KGF gathers.
 

Phil Wagler
Interim Pastor

Pillars of a Worshiping Community

Acts 2:42-47

Jerusalem after the death, resurrection and ascension of Jesus was marked by the explosion of a new religion. Jesus' disciples sparked a revolution unlike any other in history as people from all over the Middle East, North Africa and Eastern Europe witnessed the events of pentecost, and heard the gospel in their own languages. About 3,000 people became followers of "the way" that day and became new creations in Christ Jesus. Their faithful lives as the early church was marked with trials and persecution, but nothing could stamp out the movement of God's Kingdom. So what made these radicals so effective? And how can we learn from their way of being an unstoppable worshiping community?

Radical Roots: 500 Years of Anabaptist Faithfulness

1 Corinthians 3:11

500 years ago, a fire was lit in the hearts of young believers who dared to follow Jesus with radical conviction. Born in the midst of persecution, the Anabaptist movement defied the norms of its day—insisting that faith must be personal, Scripture must lead, and discipleship must be costly. This Sunday, we’ll trace the Spirit’s movement from the Reformation to those early house churches, to the birth of the Mennonite Brethren, discovering how their story still shapes ours. Come ready to be challenged and inspired as we remember our roots and reclaim our calling to be people of the Book, the towel, and the basin.

Resurrection Power

This Easter Sunday, we celebrate the truth that changes everything: Jesus is alive! The tomb is empty, death is defeated, and hope is alive because the risen Christ is reigning!

We know what the resurrection means but are we actually living like it’s true? Are we walking in the freedom, identity, and calling Jesus secured for us, or are we still letting shame and fear write our story?

We’ll look at two disciples: Peter and John. Two different men. Two different stories. But one Risen Saviour who met them both where they were, brought them freedom, rooted them into new identity, and called them into kingdom purpose.

As we enter into these stories, our hope is that something awakens in us. A fresh awareness that the resurrection isn’t just a moment in history, but the very reality we live in now. Jesus still restores, still redefines, and still calls. May we be awakened to our resurrection calling, to live as those made new, for the sake of those around us.

- Devan Scollon & Anthony Tisher

Victory through Surrender: Contradictory Obedience

Mark 14:32-42

In the garden of gethsemane, Jesus faced humanity’s ultimate crossroads - surrender or self-preservation. His choice illuminates a paradoxical truth; Our greatest victories often emerge from difficult moments of surrender.

We’ll explore how letting go becomes a revolutionary act of claiming God’s best. Discover the surprising power hidden in surrender, and why the things we desperately cling to, might be the very barriers to our breakthrough.

Join us this week for an honest look at how we can transform “giving up or in” into a significant mission upgrade - where surrender becomes our gateway to freedom.

Todd Ringness

What A Waste

What a Waste!

Mark 14:1-11

Waste of time. 
Waste of resources. 
Waste of energy. 
Waste of talent.  

What do you see as wasted? 

It can be very frustrating to see something go to waste. We can also be quite critical of such things.

This week we journey with Jesus on the way to the cross and discover a waste that raised quite a debate. Check out Mark 14:1-11 and come along for the ride!

Phil Wagler
Interim Pastor