metro church
We meet in the Metro Hub (1265 Ellis St) and you are welcome to join us! These services are live-streamed on Youtube.
We meet at 10:00 AM every Sunday and offer “Mini Metro” kids’ church. We also serve lunch after the service at about 11:30 AM
We are a community from all walks of life, created in the image of God, pursuing the hope of Jesus, where the vulnerable are held at our centre.
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our mission
We exist to seek God and pursue truth in an atmosphere of love, where judgement is left at the door.
our vision
We are a community from all walks of life, created in the image of God, pursuing the hope of Jesus, where the vulnerable are held at our center.
our values
Our values include…
Hope - Jesus is the way that leads to hope, the truth in confused times, and He offers us abundant life. His love is transformative and creates a sense of awe. We trust Jesus and His word and pursue Him through prayer, worship, and Holy communion.
Humanity - Every person is created in the image of God and is sacred. We are all worthy of His love and the love of His family. We exist to speak identity and value to a hurting and lonely world.
Dignity - We exist to elevate the marginalized and most vulnerable. Every person has intrinsic value, is worthy of extravagant dignity and the right to the basic necessities. We seek to be intentionally present and honour everyone’s voice.
Community - God Himself is community and invites us into radical and humble relationships. We desire to be an inclusive community that enjoys each other’s presence as we intentionally foster deep relationships through shared meals, creating sacred spaces and serving together.
Service - We are a community that seeks justice and loves mercy. We desire that every person contributes and uses their valued gifts to advance God’s mercy in our community and beyond. We desire to be an integral component of the fabric of our city that builds community partnerships and fights for justice.
Arts - A robust expression of the Arts is vital in a healthy community. We are committed to individual and corporate creativity in expressing our worship to God, and in communicating our life stories to those around us.
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May the God who is community
Be with us as we seek to be a communityMay God bless our dreams
And may God shatter our dreams
May God help us to be realAnd to find depth in weakness and brokenness
May God help us to face and grow through conflict
Rather than pretend by being niceMay we look at each other through the soft eyes of respect and compassion
Rather than the hard eyes of criticism and condemnation
May God help us let go of control And the need to fix one anotherMay God help us discover we are needy in our own souls
And give attention to our own heartsMay God shape us to be his people, until we resemble Christ
Who is full of mercy toward the wicked and the ungrateful.Amen.
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We exist to seek God and pursue truth in an atmosphere of love, where judgement is left at the door. We believe God made all people in His image therefore every person is worthy of dignity despite their life choices and through His Son, Jesus Christ. He draws all people to Himself for affirmation, healing and community. Our mission is to daily cultivate and live these beliefs and values in ourselves and in the hurting, alienated, and marginalised people in the city of Kelowna. To look for Jesus in each other (and in the most unexpected people) and what it means to create a sense of belonging and to be a place of hope and hospitality to one another.
spiritual home.
God designed us for community; we all need home and belonging. We seek to be a spiritual home where can all engage and have community together, centered around the good news presented to us by the Bible.
involvement.
The Church in Kelowna is a massive untapped resource that has yet to be engaged effectively. The very foundation of the Church was to look after the vulnerable and to love our neighbours as ourselves. We seek to create an organization that mobilizes the Church of Kelowna into meaningful engagement with those in our community who are living in poverty of various forms.
mini metro
Mini Metro is the children’s ministry here at Metro Community. It is a place for kids to have fun learning about The Bible. Mini Metro regularly meets on Sunday at the same time as our main service, and also has some special events.
And if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed, then your light will rise in the darkness, and your night will become like the noonday.
(Isaiah 58:10)
He defended the cause of the poor and needy, and so all went well. Is that not what it means to know me?” declares the Lord.
(Jeremiah 22:16)
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“Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the LORD, and he will reward them for what they have done.” (Proverbs 19:17)
“He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.” (Micah 6:8)
“Whoever shuts their ears to the cry of the poor will also cry out and not be answered.” (Proverbs 21:13)
“Those who give to the poor will lack nothing, but those who close their eyes to them receive many curses.” (Proverbs 28:27)
“And do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.” (Hebrews 13:16)
“If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in that person? Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.” (1 John 3:17-18)
“If anyone is poor among your fellow Israelites in any of the towns of the land the LORD your God is giving you, do not be hardhearted or tightfisted toward them.” (Deuteronomy 15:7)
“Defend the weak and the fatherless; uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed.” (Psalm 82:3)
“But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind,” (Luke 14:13)
“Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.” (James 1:27)
May the God who is community Be with us as we seek to be a community. May God bless our dreams And may God shatter our dreams. May God help us to be real And to find depth in weakness and brokenness. May God help us to face and grow through conflict Rather than pretend by being nice. May we look at each other through the soft eyes of respect and compassion Rather than the hard eyes of criticism and condemnation. May God help us let go of control And the need to fix one another. May God help us discover we are needy in our own souls And give attention to our own hearts. May God shape us to be his people, until we resemble Christ Who is full of mercy toward the wicked and the ungrateful. Amen.
May the God who is community Be with us as we seek to be a community. May God bless our dreams And may God shatter our dreams. May God help us to be real And to find depth in weakness and brokenness. May God help us to face and grow through conflict Rather than pretend by being nice. May we look at each other through the soft eyes of respect and compassion Rather than the hard eyes of criticism and condemnation. May God help us let go of control And the need to fix one another. May God help us discover we are needy in our own souls And give attention to our own hearts. May God shape us to be his people, until we resemble Christ Who is full of mercy toward the wicked and the ungrateful. Amen.
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