Southside Community Church - Milton

This past Sunday, Pastor Andrew continued the teaching season called What Christians Think by exploring a common Christian epistemology: the correspondence theory of truth. He contrasts this with secular postmodern assumptions that challenge our Western culture and institutions. Pastor Andrew explains why a prior knowledge—accepted by faith—serves as the only viable foundation, and he explores how faith and revelation work together as pathways to understanding in the Christian framework.

This week Pastor Andrew sets up our What Christians Think teaching season with attention on the Nicene Creed and some thoughts from his time in London.

What if the future of the Church isn’t something we wait for, but something we build together? In a time when many see decline, we believe God is inviting us into a sacred opportunity: to invest in the next generation with intentionality and faith. In this message, Gabriel unpacks what it means to have Faith in the Future, not as wishful thinking, but as a calling to speak truth, equip, and empower our young people to walk boldly with Jesus.

This week, Pastor Andrew shares some visions for Southside and transitions us from the topic of joy to a teaching on basic Christian doctrine in a series called “What Christians Think”. This Sunday our focus and attention is on the Great Commission in Matthew 28.

This Palm Sunday, Pastor Andrew delivers a thoughtful message exploring Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem, drawing from the parallel accounts in Matthew 21 and John 12. The teaching particularly examines how this pivotal moment connects to Philippians 2, where Paul articulates the profound call for believers to embrace and embody Christ's humble mindset. We reflect together on what it means for the contemporary church to follow Jesus' example and willingly participate in both his humility and his suffering.

This Sunday, Pastor Andrew shares an uplifting message about finding joy through discipline! Drawing from the encouraging words of Hebrews 12:5-7, he helps us explore how God's loving guidance, though sometimes challenging, leads us to deeper joy. Together, we discover how embracing these growth moments can bring unexpected happiness and transformation. As our Road to Joy Lent devotional beautifully reminds us, God's heart is always for our flourishing, and welcoming His gentle shaping of our lives helps us grow more like Christ each day

This Sunday we had a Family Fun & Blessing Service. The first mention of the word “bless” in the Bible is found in Genesis 1:28 when God the Father blessed them with a prophetic word to be fruitful and multiply. The Hebrew word for blessing is “Baruch” which means, "To empower to prosper", and as a church we want to create space to provide blessings to each other. Pastor Andrew provides guidance for creating and giving a blessing, and then the congregation breaks off into their family or friend groups to participate in the practice of blessing.

This week Pastor Andrew builds on the teaching from Todd Hall's Relational Spirituality. Last week, we were introduced to the framework that produces spiritual formation: loving presence → attachment filters → explicit to implicit knowledge → deep growth. This week, we explore the practical rhythms and routines in church life that facilitate Relational Spirituality movements.

Pastor Andrew shares vision with the church and reminds us of the foundational principles that underpin our discipleship approach during this significant season at Southside. He explains how these core values continue to guide our community's spiritual journey and development, while addressing practical ways to implement these principles in our daily lives—all through the lens of our desired outcome this season: Joy.

This week, Pastor Andrew explored how wisdom and generosity emerge from bravely facing our mortality. He shows how these qualities open paths to joy when we understand life's limited nature. Drawing from Proverbs and Ecclesiastes, Andrew offers a chance to thoughtfully consider life's fragility and discover joy within that truth.

Pastor Andrew continues our journey through The Joy Refuge Series by exploring the Joy of blessing others this past Sunday! He's also joined by our friend Marcio Padovan, who shares some practical ways we can all bless and honour to those closest to us.

This Sunday, Pastor Andrew continues our discussion on joy with a brief teaching about finding joy in wisdom.

This week, we had the pleasure of having Woro (Aykay) Akara lead our Sunday teaching. With his passion for studying Scripture and gift for teaching, Woro explores the definition of joy and shares practical ways to experience it. His focus is on the enduring joy found in Christ. Drawing from Scripture, including John 16:33, he discusses how our joy transcends fleeting emotions and circumstances, rooted in Jesus' victory. Woro also examines Jesus' teachings on joy from John 14–16 and Paul's insights in Galatians 5:22, helping us reshape our understanding and experience the joy of salvation in our daily lives.

January 19th, 2025 | This Sunday, Pastor Andrew continues teaching on Joy in Generosity, and focuses the attention on relational generosity in Christian community. Alastair Sterne says in his book on Joy that “the space between us is sacred because Jesus dwells among us. We are made to behold him in each other”

Sunday August 11, 2024 This Sunday Pastor John Mah from Mississauga Chinese Alliance Church is coming to teach in our Milton.Church series. Pastor John is a friend of Southside and is coming to share some stories from his life, ministry, and God's Word about missional living alongside the body of Christ.

Sunday, August 4, 2024 Speaker: Rachel Ayala This Sunday we have the exciting opportunity to learn from Rachel Ayala. Rachel is an Elder at Southside and a Psychotherapist by vocation. Rachel is going to talk about identifying cracks in a relationship and what kind of tools God has given us to reconcile towards oneness and unity.

Sunday, July 28, 2024 Speaker: Andrew Wood This Sunday Pastor Andrew is going to continue to teach about the fundamental goal throughout all of scripture: oneness. We'll see how the entire plot of the scriptures is to become one and unified under Christ. Starting at home then bleeding out to our communities and into the world.

Sunday, July 21, 2024 Speaker: Andrew Wood Over the next two Sundays, Pastor Andrew is going to teach about the fundamental goal throughout all of scripture: oneness. This Sunday we'll see how God, right from the start in Genesis 1-2, designed us for oneness. Starting with the male/female creation story, we'll see how the entire plot of the scriptures is to become one and unified under Christ. Starting at home then bleeding out to our communities and into the world.

Sunday, July 7, 2024 Speaker: Regan Neudorf Regan is the leader of New Ventures in the Canadian Central District of the Alliance Canada. New Ventures is the wing of the Alliance that empowers and equips new missional ventures (many of which are church plants) in our region. https://www.newventurescanada.com/ Regan will share some of his story and experience with churches working together to start new churches and invite us to consider our role in the future Church of Milton.

Sunday, June 30, 2024 Speaker: Andrew Wood The family service message focused on milton.church