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Anglican Parish of the Nerepis & St. John

How a Boat, Beach, and Bonfire Changed History

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John 21:1-19

Big Idea: Death couldn’t hold Jesus back from us, why should anything hold us back from following him?

X2: The risen Jesus is looking for nothing more and nothing less than followers.

#1: God’s Grace has a Face / Death couldn’t keep Jesus from showing up

#2: God’s Grace is Resilient (Resilient Grace)

  • Peter: closest follower -> Passionate&Impulsive

All disciples abandon Jesus -> BUT… He’s back

“So many of us expect to encounter a God who doesn’t like us, who is critical, judgemental, or disinterested in us. Leave those false visions of God and come meet the God on the beach who prepares breakfast.” Skye Jethani

  • “Do you love me.” x3 -> mirrors 3 denials -> reinstates Peter

Question is not: “Does God love me?” but, “Do I love him?”

#3: God’s Grace is completed in our Obedience/Discipline

True freedom is found in following Jesus

  • The fulfillment of our design is to listen to Jesus, love Jesus and love like Jesus
  • How!!?? Celebration of Discipline: Inward disciplines, Outward disciplines, Corporate disciplines

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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    PHONE: (506) 738-3474
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    ADDRESS:
    20 Macdonald Ave
    Grand Bay-Westfield, NB
    E5K0B3

    Anglican Church of Canada

    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.