SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2025
DIFFERENT: LET IT GO (BUT NOT THE SONG FROM FROZEN)
~ SERVICE ORDER ~
THE HEART OF THE MATTER
LET IT GO
MESSAGE
BEAUTIFUL THINGS
OCEANS
10,000 REASONS
ALL THINGS NEW
~ QUICK UPDATES ~
BLANKET NANAIMO
During the month of November we're collecting sleeping bags, tarps, emergency blankets, and items such as gloves, socks, toques--things to help people living on the street stay warm during cold weather. Please no comforters or afghan-style blankets (they take a long time to dry and end up being abandoned.) You can bring donations to the Galaxy lobby on Sunday mornings or drop them off during the week at 5665 Dustin Place in Nanaimo. Simply leave them on the front porch, no need to knock. Thanks in advance for your generosity, TMP!
CLASS 3
In Class 3, we look at how we can give away our time, our talent, and our treasure to our church and community. We also explore ways that God has individually shaped us to serve and how you can do that at The Meeting Place. Want to figure out how you can plug in and serve? Sign up for Class 3, happening next Sunday, November 30th at 12:30pm right here. (It's free, and lunch is included.)
TUESDAY MEN'S GROUP
Come hang out with us for an hour every Tuesday morning from 7-8am on Zoom. Email men@themeetingplace.org to get the link. Can’t make it every week? That’s ok, join us when you can.
WOMEN'S BIBLE STUDY
We'll be looking at some of the parables (stories Jesus told) in the Bible. This study is great for new Bible readers as well as those very familiar with it. We'll learn a lot about Jesus through his parables, and get to know each other better, too. Please bring: a Bible & a copy of "Parables: The Mysteries of God's Kingdom Revealed Through the Stories Jesus Told" by John MacArthur. It costs $25 and is available on Amazon. Worksheets will be provided.
TWO opportunities! Monday evenings, 6:30 to 8:30pm and Wednesday mornings, 10:00am to noon. Questions? Email otterfox4@hotmail.com
TMP CARE TEAM
When you, or someone you know are in need of practical, spiritual, or emotional help, please reach out to the TMP Care Team by emailing support@themeetingplace.org or by filling out the form online.
SUFFER FROM FOMO?
Do you have a Fear Of Missing Out on what's going on at TMP? Join our email update list--it's usually only one email per week, max, and it'll help keep you "in the know" around here. Sign up here.
DONATIONS RECEIVED
* The week of November 9, 2025 - $4,759.15
* The week of November 16, 2025 - $8,487.37
* Required weekly giving to meet budget - $6,400
Our Vision: to be people who are all about unleashing God's extravagant love on this city and around the world.
Our Mission is simple: to equip people to love God and love others - everyday, everywhere.
During the month of November we're collecting sleeping bags, tarps, emergency blankets, and items such as gloves, socks, toques--things to help people living on the street stay warm during cold weather. Please no comforters or afghan-style blankets (they take a long time to dry and end up being abandoned.) You can bring donations to the Galaxy lobby on Sunday mornings or drop them off during the week at 5665 Dustin Place in Nanaimo. Simply leave them on the front porch, no need to knock. Thanks in advance for your generosity, TMP!
CLASS 3
In Class 3, we look at how we can give away our time, our talent, and our treasure to our church and community. We also explore ways that God has individually shaped us to serve and how you can do that at The Meeting Place. Want to figure out how you can plug in and serve? Sign up for Class 3, happening next Sunday, November 30th at 12:30pm right here. (It's free, and lunch is included.)
TUESDAY MEN'S GROUP
Come hang out with us for an hour every Tuesday morning from 7-8am on Zoom. Email men@themeetingplace.org to get the link. Can’t make it every week? That’s ok, join us when you can.
WOMEN'S BIBLE STUDY
We'll be looking at some of the parables (stories Jesus told) in the Bible. This study is great for new Bible readers as well as those very familiar with it. We'll learn a lot about Jesus through his parables, and get to know each other better, too. Please bring: a Bible & a copy of "Parables: The Mysteries of God's Kingdom Revealed Through the Stories Jesus Told" by John MacArthur. It costs $25 and is available on Amazon. Worksheets will be provided.
TWO opportunities! Monday evenings, 6:30 to 8:30pm and Wednesday mornings, 10:00am to noon. Questions? Email otterfox4@hotmail.com
TMP CARE TEAM
When you, or someone you know are in need of practical, spiritual, or emotional help, please reach out to the TMP Care Team by emailing support@themeetingplace.org or by filling out the form online.
SUFFER FROM FOMO?
Do you have a Fear Of Missing Out on what's going on at TMP? Join our email update list--it's usually only one email per week, max, and it'll help keep you "in the know" around here. Sign up here.
DONATIONS RECEIVED
* The week of November 9, 2025 - $4,759.15
* The week of November 16, 2025 - $8,487.37
* Required weekly giving to meet budget - $6,400
Our Vision: to be people who are all about unleashing God's extravagant love on this city and around the world.
Our Mission is simple: to equip people to love God and love others - everyday, everywhere.
~ FROM THE MESSAGE ~
Get rid of all bitterness, rage, anger, harsh words, and slander, as well as all types of evil behavior. Instead, be kind to each other, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God through Christ has forgiven you. - Ephesians 4:31-32 (NLT)
But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners. - Romans 5:8 (NLT)
You were dead because of your sins and because your sinful nature was not yet cut away. Then God made you alive with Christ, for he forgave all our sins. He canceled the record of the charges against us and took it away by nailing it to the cross. - Colossians 2:13-14 (NLT)
You must have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had. Though he was God, he did not think of equality with God as something to cling to. Instead, he gave up his divine privileges, he took the humble position of a slave and was born as a human being. When he appeared in human form, he humbled himself in obedience to God and died a criminal’s death on a cross. - Philippians 2:5-8 (NLT)
He has removed our sins as far from us as the east is from the west. - Psalm 102:12 (NLT)
And “don’t sin by letting anger control you.” Don’t let the sun go down while you are still angry, for anger gives a foothold to the devil. - Ephesians 4:26-27 (NLT)
If I could speak all the languages of earth and of angels, but didn’t love others, I would only be a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. - 1 Corinthians 13:1 (NLT)
Take away from me the noise of your songs; to the melody of your harps I will not listen. - Amos 5:21-24 (ESV)
So now I am giving you a new commandment: Love each other. Just as I have loved you, you should love each other. - John 13:34 (NLT)
Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they don’t know what they are doing.” - Luke 23:34 (NLT)
But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners. - Romans 5:8 (NLT)
You were dead because of your sins and because your sinful nature was not yet cut away. Then God made you alive with Christ, for he forgave all our sins. He canceled the record of the charges against us and took it away by nailing it to the cross. - Colossians 2:13-14 (NLT)
You must have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had. Though he was God, he did not think of equality with God as something to cling to. Instead, he gave up his divine privileges, he took the humble position of a slave and was born as a human being. When he appeared in human form, he humbled himself in obedience to God and died a criminal’s death on a cross. - Philippians 2:5-8 (NLT)
He has removed our sins as far from us as the east is from the west. - Psalm 102:12 (NLT)
And “don’t sin by letting anger control you.” Don’t let the sun go down while you are still angry, for anger gives a foothold to the devil. - Ephesians 4:26-27 (NLT)
If I could speak all the languages of earth and of angels, but didn’t love others, I would only be a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. - 1 Corinthians 13:1 (NLT)
Take away from me the noise of your songs; to the melody of your harps I will not listen. - Amos 5:21-24 (ESV)
So now I am giving you a new commandment: Love each other. Just as I have loved you, you should love each other. - John 13:34 (NLT)
Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they don’t know what they are doing.” - Luke 23:34 (NLT)
~ COFFEE QUESTIONS ~
1. Can you think of a time when you hurt or offended someone and then asked them to forgive you? What happened?
2. How about a time when someone hurt or offended you? What happened?
2. Talk about this statement from the message: People that follow Jesus ought to be willing to forgive others, because they realize how much God has forgiven them.
3. When we hang on to anger, “The darkness laughs as the wound destroys”. Or as we read in the Bible: ”And ‘don’t sin by letting anger control you.’ Don’t let the sun go down while you are still angry, for anger gives a foothold to the devil.” Ephesians 4:26-27 (NLT) What do you think about that?
4. Revisit these Bible verses from the message:
“If I could speak all the languages of earth and of angels, but didn’t love others, I would only be a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.” 1 Corinthians 13:1 (NLT) “Take away from me the noise of your songs; to the melody of your harps I will not listen”. Amos 5:21-24 (ESV)
What do you think about the idea that if we hang on to anger & unforgiveness and refuse to love people, then our prayers “turn to noise”?
5. Russ mentioned that he once heard a Christian say “I’ll never forgive this person”, and how that’s different than saying “I’m not sure I can ever forgive this person”. Have you ever felt like you weren’t willing to forgive or could not forgive someone?
6. We might have a right to be angry, but we can choose to let go of that right. And our inspiration for doing that is because Jesus gave up his “rights”:
You must have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had. Though he was God, he did not think of equality with God as something to cling to. Instead, he gave up his divine privileges (his “rights”), he took the humble position of a slave and was born as a human being. When he appeared in human form, he humbled himself in obedience to God and died a criminal’s death on a cross. Philippians 2:5-8 (NLT)
He left his rights - will you leave yours? Who do you need to forgive in your life?
2. How about a time when someone hurt or offended you? What happened?
2. Talk about this statement from the message: People that follow Jesus ought to be willing to forgive others, because they realize how much God has forgiven them.
3. When we hang on to anger, “The darkness laughs as the wound destroys”. Or as we read in the Bible: ”And ‘don’t sin by letting anger control you.’ Don’t let the sun go down while you are still angry, for anger gives a foothold to the devil.” Ephesians 4:26-27 (NLT) What do you think about that?
4. Revisit these Bible verses from the message:
“If I could speak all the languages of earth and of angels, but didn’t love others, I would only be a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.” 1 Corinthians 13:1 (NLT) “Take away from me the noise of your songs; to the melody of your harps I will not listen”. Amos 5:21-24 (ESV)
What do you think about the idea that if we hang on to anger & unforgiveness and refuse to love people, then our prayers “turn to noise”?
5. Russ mentioned that he once heard a Christian say “I’ll never forgive this person”, and how that’s different than saying “I’m not sure I can ever forgive this person”. Have you ever felt like you weren’t willing to forgive or could not forgive someone?
6. We might have a right to be angry, but we can choose to let go of that right. And our inspiration for doing that is because Jesus gave up his “rights”:
You must have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had. Though he was God, he did not think of equality with God as something to cling to. Instead, he gave up his divine privileges (his “rights”), he took the humble position of a slave and was born as a human being. When he appeared in human form, he humbled himself in obedience to God and died a criminal’s death on a cross. Philippians 2:5-8 (NLT)
He left his rights - will you leave yours? Who do you need to forgive in your life?