SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2026
imPOSSIBLE: BUT I'VE TRIED
~ SERVICE ORDER ~
CHANGING
WHAT I'VE DONE
MESSAGE
I SURRENDER TO YOU
FROM THE INSIDE OUT
GRAVES INTO GARDENS
LORD I NEED YOU
~ QUICK UPDATES ~
IT'S AGM TIME!
That's right, TMP's Annual General Meeting is right around the corner on Sunday, October 25th, 1pm at Oliver Woods Community Centre. Get all the details right here, and we'll see you there!
ROUTE 55 POTLUCK DINNER
Route 55 (TMP's 50+ social group) is getting together for a potluck at Sylvia C's home in the Westwood Lake area on Friday, November 6 at 5:30pm. RSVP, let us know what you're bringing to share, and we'll make sure you get the address. RSVP here or at the info table.
WOMEN'S BIBLE STUDY
We get together on Wednesday mornings in North Nanaimo from 10am to noon. We'd love to have you join us, fill out the contact form here for more information including the current location.
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.
THE CITY YOUTH
TMP's The City Youth (Grades 6 through 12) meets weekly on Thursday nights from 6:30-9:00pm at The Underground. Click here for more information to pass along to the youth in your life; including the current schedule, registration form, and other details.
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 October 4, 2026 - $5,603.76
* The week of October 11, 2026 - $2,523.96
* 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 help people take their next step towards Jesus.
That's right, TMP's Annual General Meeting is right around the corner on Sunday, October 25th, 1pm at Oliver Woods Community Centre. Get all the details right here, and we'll see you there!
ROUTE 55 POTLUCK DINNER
Route 55 (TMP's 50+ social group) is getting together for a potluck at Sylvia C's home in the Westwood Lake area on Friday, November 6 at 5:30pm. RSVP, let us know what you're bringing to share, and we'll make sure you get the address. RSVP here or at the info table.
WOMEN'S BIBLE STUDY
We get together on Wednesday mornings in North Nanaimo from 10am to noon. We'd love to have you join us, fill out the contact form here for more information including the current location.
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.
THE CITY YOUTH
TMP's The City Youth (Grades 6 through 12) meets weekly on Thursday nights from 6:30-9:00pm at The Underground. Click here for more information to pass along to the youth in your life; including the current schedule, registration form, and other details.
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 October 4, 2026 - $5,603.76
* The week of October 11, 2026 - $2,523.96
* 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 help people take their next step towards Jesus.
~ FROM THE MESSAGE ~
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! - 2 Corinthians 5:17
This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun! - 2 Corinthians 5:17
I was circumcised when I was eight days old. I am a pure-blooded citizen of Israel and a member of the tribe of Benjamin—a real Hebrew if there ever was one! I was a member of the Pharisees, who demand the strictest obedience to the Jewish law. I was so zealous that I harshly persecuted the church. And as for righteousness, I obeyed the law without fault. - Philippians 3:5–6
I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate to do. - Romans 7:15
For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. I want to do what is right, but I can’t. I want to do what is good, but I don’t. I don’t want to do what is wrong, but I do it anyway. - Romans 7:18-19
The sacrifice you desire is a broken spirit. You will not reject a broken and repentant heart, O God. - Psalm 51:17
Oh, what a miserable person I am! Who will free me from this life that is dominated by sin and death? Thanks be to God, who delivers me through Jesus Christ our Lord! - Romans 7:24-25
This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun! - 2 Corinthians 5:17
I was circumcised when I was eight days old. I am a pure-blooded citizen of Israel and a member of the tribe of Benjamin—a real Hebrew if there ever was one! I was a member of the Pharisees, who demand the strictest obedience to the Jewish law. I was so zealous that I harshly persecuted the church. And as for righteousness, I obeyed the law without fault. - Philippians 3:5–6
I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate to do. - Romans 7:15
For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. I want to do what is right, but I can’t. I want to do what is good, but I don’t. I don’t want to do what is wrong, but I do it anyway. - Romans 7:18-19
The sacrifice you desire is a broken spirit. You will not reject a broken and repentant heart, O God. - Psalm 51:17
Oh, what a miserable person I am! Who will free me from this life that is dominated by sin and death? Thanks be to God, who delivers me through Jesus Christ our Lord! - Romans 7:24-25
~ COFFEE QUESTIONS ~
1. What's one thing you've tried to change about yourself that turned out to be harder than you expected? (getting up earlier, eating healthier, putting your phone down, becoming more patient, etc.)
2. I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate to do. (Romans 7:15) Paul describes the struggle of knowing what he should do but failing to do it. Have you ever experienced that tension between what you want to do and what you actually do? And how did you respond? Why do you think knowing what's good doesn't always lead to doing what's good?
3. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. (Romans 7:18) Garry suggested that desiring change isn’t enough because the behaviour we want to change is connected to something deeper happening inside us. For example, worry might be connected to fear, and a lack of trusting God. Or a struggle with generosity might be connected to a lack of security and trust in God. Why is it important to ask, “What's going on inside me that's contributing to what I'm doing?” What might that look like in everyday life?
4. Garry suggested that willpower alone can't transform our hearts and that surrender is where transformation begins. What do you think it means to surrender to God when you're struggling to change? How is that different from trying harder or giving up?
5. Garry used the illustration of golf lessons to explain that transformation takes practice, patience, and learning a new way of doing things. What are some spiritual habits or practices that can help us develop new patterns of living? Which of these have you found helpful, or which would you like to develop?
6. Read Romans 7:24-25. Paul asks, Who will free me? rather than What will free me? The ‘who’ is Jesus. How does seeing Jesus as the one who transforms us, rather than simply looking for another technique or self-improvement strategy, change the way we approach personal growth?
2. I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate to do. (Romans 7:15) Paul describes the struggle of knowing what he should do but failing to do it. Have you ever experienced that tension between what you want to do and what you actually do? And how did you respond? Why do you think knowing what's good doesn't always lead to doing what's good?
3. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. (Romans 7:18) Garry suggested that desiring change isn’t enough because the behaviour we want to change is connected to something deeper happening inside us. For example, worry might be connected to fear, and a lack of trusting God. Or a struggle with generosity might be connected to a lack of security and trust in God. Why is it important to ask, “What's going on inside me that's contributing to what I'm doing?” What might that look like in everyday life?
4. Garry suggested that willpower alone can't transform our hearts and that surrender is where transformation begins. What do you think it means to surrender to God when you're struggling to change? How is that different from trying harder or giving up?
5. Garry used the illustration of golf lessons to explain that transformation takes practice, patience, and learning a new way of doing things. What are some spiritual habits or practices that can help us develop new patterns of living? Which of these have you found helpful, or which would you like to develop?
6. Read Romans 7:24-25. Paul asks, Who will free me? rather than What will free me? The ‘who’ is Jesus. How does seeing Jesus as the one who transforms us, rather than simply looking for another technique or self-improvement strategy, change the way we approach personal growth?