Church of the Resurrection, Anglican Church

Anglican Parish of the Nerepis & St. John

How to deal with your darkness

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Big Idea: God’s Grace requires Resolve

X2: God’s Grace is activated through responsive action

  • Emot. Healthy Spirituality Kick-Off: Call to enter through narrow gate/road is hard that leads to life

#1: God can heal your history and your tendencies

  • Iceburg Illustration -> part we show, part we hide/ignore/suppress/etc
    Us?? Would you agree that we are each a work in progress??

o History issues, family issues, tendency issues, ICEBURG

o Even church family: Name tendency to behave certain way/dress/act/look/emotions.

o “Polish our iceburgs

Good News: Jesus wouldn’t have invited us to narrow way unless he would provide grace, strength, love to get there!!

  • Fruits of the Spirit: Love, Joy, Peace, patience, kindness, goodness faithfulness, gentleness, self-control…
  • HOPE

Question: Are you ready to admit there’s an iceburg.. maybe even a polished one??

Shine God’s light into history and tendencies

Exercise: God Show Me: family secrets, past hurts, loss/grief, traumatic events, shame issues, abuse, tendencies: anger/temper, compulsions, addictions, control, anxiety, imposed-expectations, etc.

Rev. Michael Caines

I live to answer the question: “So how did you go from civil engineering to becoming a priest??” I have been here since 2008 when I arrived as the assistant. Since 2012 I have been leading the church as the Priest-in-Charge, and now as the full-time Lead Pastor. I grew up in Sussex, N.B. and then studied Civil Engineering at UNB Fredericton. After a brief period in youth ministry my wife and I moved to Uganda to teach and work at an Anglican Secondary School. After that, I studied at Wycliffe College in Toronto, ON and was ordained in 2008. I served with the Naval Reserve for a number of years but now as the Chaplain for 3 Field Artillery Regiment in Saint John and Woodstock, N.B. I love the outdoors and in my down time I enjoy running, sailing and playing music, but most importantly, time with my family.

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    The Parish of the Nerepis & Saint John is located in New Brunswick, Canada, and is a member of The Anglican Diocese of Fredericton, and The Anglican Church of Canada.