Southside Community Church - Milton

This Sunday, we continue our journey through Mark’s Gospel as we explore the trial and Death of Jesus. Although Jesus appears to be the one on trial before Pilate, Mark reveals that everyone else is actually being exposed. As Pilate, the chief priests, and the soldiers each respond to Jesus, we see the contrast between the kingdom of self-preservation and the Kingdom of God; a kingdom revealed through Christ’s silence, His suffering, and ultimately the cross. Together, we’ll consider what it truly means to recognize Jesus as King and wrestle with the question that confronts every one of us: Do we try to fit Jesus into our own story, or will we surrender our lives to become part of His?

Pastor Andrew builds on what was shared at our "This Is Us" event last Saturday.

Pastor Andrew finishes Mark chapter 14. Together, we'll explore two contrasting responses: Jesus' faithfulness and Peter's denial. The question for all of us is, “Will you choose to be an agent of redemption like Jesus, or will you choose self-preserving denial like Peter?”As we draw closer to the end of our study in Mark, our hope is that, through our relationship with Jesus, we will be reminded and equipped to become more like Him and less like Peter, so that Milton can look more and more like heaven.

He will share from Jesus' time in the Garden of Gethsemane as we explore what it means to live with responsibility and faithfulness as followers of Christ.

Pastor Andrew continues our teaching through the Gospel of Mark. He will highlight two well-known stories: Jesus' anointing and His betrayal during the Passover. We will also take communion, as it's the first Sunday of the month and a fitting part of our journey through Mark's Gospel.

Pastor Andrew continues teaching through Mark 13, focusing on Jesus’ prediction of the temple’s destruction. He will reference the Old Testament prophet Daniel, whom Jesus quotes in this passage, to help us better understand what Jesus meant by His teaching and predictions.

This Sunday, Pastor Luiz will dive into Mark 12:18–27 to show how Jesus exposes the trap of empty religious arguments and points us back to what truly matters. Come ready for a message that challenges us to move past pointless debates, anchor our hearts in the sound doctrine of Christ's redeeming blood, and actively live out the faithful obedience He calls us to.

This Sunday, Pastor Andrew will continue our walk through the Gospel of Mark with a special Mother’s Day teaching, connecting Jesus’ teaching on paying taxes to themes of identity and belonging, and the important role mothers often play in shaping who we are. We’ll see how mothers model the sacrificial love of Jesus, providing for us while also pointing us toward our core human need: belonging that leads to a secure identity.

This Sunday, Pastor Andrew will teach through the beginning of Mark 12. We will explore what Jesus meant in His story about a vineyard, winepresses, watchtowers, tenants, murder, and the vineyard owner’s one true son.

This Sunday, Pastor Andrew will unpack Mark 11:27–33, where the chief priests try to trap Jesus with a dishonest question. In this story, Jesus outwits them while making clear where He believes His authority, and John the Baptist’s, comes from. We’ll reflect on how our own faith and its expression can easily drift into the political rather than stand firmly on the Truth.

We are excited to welcome Alliance Canada President (and proud Southside Member) Darren Herbold, who will share how courageous faith helped shape the Christian and Missionary Alliance, from A.B. Simpson’s bold beginnings to the global movement it is today. God is still inviting us to join Him. What step of faith will you take?

This Sunday, Pastor Andrew will cover two chapters of Mark’s Gospel, highlighting a common thread that leads us to the triumphal entry on Palm Sunday next week. This week will explore topics like true greatness, Jesus’ posture toward children, divorce, managing wealth, and more!

We have the privilege of learning from Dean Martin, a long-time member of Southside, as he continues our series on Mark. Together, we’ll reflect on the story of the Transfiguration and what it means for us today.

This Sunday, we celebrate God’s faithfulness and grace in the lives of four people from our community. Their Testimonies can be found separately on our YouTube channel.Channel Link: https://www.youtube.com/@southsidemilton

Are you desperate for a sign from God? You’re not alone. This week, Pastor Andrew will look at the beginning of Mark 8 and see how Jesus responded to the religious leaders and his very own disciples, as they continued to put Jesus to the test, requesting the very kinds of signs that had been in front of their faces the whole time.

This Sunday, Pastor Andrew will teach through the story at the end of Mark chapter 7, where Jesus heals a deaf and mute man in the region of Decapolis. He will show that 700 years before Jesus, the prophet Isaiah spoke of these very things happening when the Kingdom of God was at hand. This Sunday will build your faith by seeing the fulfillment of messianic promises after 700 years, and by seeing the fruit of this promised kingdom for 2,000 years since the life and teaching of Jesus.

This week Pastor Andrew goes through Mark 7:24-30

We are excited to welcome Christin Taylor to Southside this Sunday! A member of the teaching team at Westheights Community Church, Christin has been sharing the Word since 2018. She holds a doctorate in English Literature, manages Writing Services at Wilfrid Laurier University, and is a published author. Christin lives in New Hamburg with her husband, Dwayne, and their two children, Nathan and Noelle.This Sunday, Christin will lead us through Mark 7 as we explore Jesus’ radical redefinition of purity, where the old rules give way to a new reality that begins not with what we do, but with what Jesus does in us. Join us as we consider the question Mark keeps asking every reader: Will you cling to the old way, or step into the freeing, heart-level way of Jesus?

This Sunday, Pastor Andrew will share a brief teaching from Mark 6. He’ll also take time during the service to talk about Southside communities, introduce leaders and hosts, and help everyone get connected in different ways to life at Southside.

This Sunday, David Busuttil will continue our teaching series on the Gospel of Mark. He’ll zero in on the amazing story of Jesus’ healing of Jairus’s daughter in Mark 5:21-43 as we kick off the new year.