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July 25, 2026 • 3 Minute Read
Last week at SCC
Welcome to last weeks snapshot 👋 Here’s a quick look back at life around SCC.
Catch up on what happened, celebrate what God is doing, and revisit last week’s updates. Sunday, July 26th 10:00am Worship Service - Join us for Sunday service in person or online. 10:00 - 11:45 am Kids Ministry - Age-specific programming during the service. 12:00 pm SCC Annual BBQ - Stick around after church for our Summer BBQ! Great food, games, and fun for all ages. 4:00 pm Jesus the Anointed One Church - Meets in the Kids Wing. Monday, July 27th Take time to rest, connect, and enjoy the day. Tuesday, July 28th Celebrate Recovery is cancelled this week! See you next week for our big chip night! Wednesday, July 29th Nothing on the calendar today. Thursday, July 30th 9:30 am Worship & Prayer in the Great Room. Start the day by seeking God together through prayer and worship. 7:00 pm Elev8 Youth - Are you a student seeking connection or a parent of a junior high or high school student? Our amazing youth room opens at 6:30, meeting from 7-9pm. Friday, July 31st Today is open. Enjoy the day. Saturday, August 1st All Day | Loaves & Fishes Cook Day - On the first Saturday of each month, Loaves & Fishes brings volunteers together to prepare free meals for our community. Join the team!Click here if you are curious! Upcoming Events Baptism Sunday - Baptism Sunday is coming up on August 9 at Cabot Beach! If you are interested in being baptized or would like more information, please complete the form below.Baptism Info HereNew here? We'd love to connect. We’re making space to celebrate one another as a church family through birthdays and our People We Love feature. Fill out the form below so we can know more about you!Help us get to know you! Community Prayer We carry each other through the spiritual practice of prayer. Here's what our community is lifting up this week: 🙏 Loaves & Fishes – Pray for the volunteers, guests, and every conversation that takes place through the ministry of Loaves & Fishes. 🙏 YWAM Niagara Mission Team – Pray for Deb, Gideon, Deborah, Nathan and Jazmyn as they prepare to head to Niagara, Ontario to serve alongside YWAM Niagara on August 2nd. 🙏 Isaac Gillis – Pray for Isaac as he prepares to return to New Zealand in November to put his YWAM training into practice.Submit your own prayer request . Giving Update - July 12th General: $3,945.00
Building: $390.00
YTD General: $186,204 *updated as of June 30th*
2026 Revenue Forecast: $462,600.00 Please note that our giving update section may not be updated every week. While we strive to provide regular updates, there may be occasions when circumstances prevent us from doing so. Your generosity helps make the life and ministry of SCC possible. Thank you for being part of what God is doing here. If you’re new, we’re simply glad you’re here.Give Now Here Missed Last Week? 👇Watch our Services OnlineSubscribe To Our Between the Shores Podcast Stay Connected 📩 Subscribe to this Collection to get these updates delivered directly to your inbox. 📸 Follow us on , Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube 💬 Pastoral care or questions? Connect with us here. Services: Sundays at 10:00 AM
150 Industrial Crescent, Summerside, PE, C1N 5N6
July 19, 2026 • 3 Minute Read
July 19
Welcome to the weekly snapshot 👋 Take a look at what’s happening around the life of SCC this week.
You’ll find upcoming events, gatherings, and opportunities to connect with our church family. Sunday, July 19th 10:00am Worship Service - Join us for Sunday service in person or online. 12:00 pm Souper Sunday - Stay after church, where every bowl helps support service projects in Niagara. Kids Ministry - Age-specific programming during the service. 4:00 pm Jesus the Anointed One Church - Meets in the Kids Wing. Monday, July 20th Take time to rest, connect, and enjoy the day. Tuesday, July 21st 7:00 pm Celebrate Recovery - A safe place to find healing, hope, and freedom in Christ at Centre 150. Wednesday, July 22nd Nothing on the calendar today. Thursday, July 23rd 9:30 am Worship & Prayer in the Great Room. Start the day by seeking God together through prayer and worship. 7:00 pm Elev8 Youth - Are you a student seeking connection or a parent of a junior high or high school student? Our amazing youth room opens at 6:30, meeting from 7-9pm. Friday, July 24th Today is open. Enjoy the day. Saturday, July 25th 5:00pm Freedom Feast - Bring a dish if you’re able, or simply come and enjoy good food, great company, and the freedom we have in Jesus.Click here if you are curious! Upcoming Events SCC Family BBQ - Sunday, July 26th after church. Click here to sign up! Baptism Sunday - Baptism Sunday is coming up on August 9 at Cabot Beach! If you are interested in being baptized or would like more information, please complete the form below.Baptism Info HereNew here? We'd love to connect. We’re making space to celebrate one another as a church family through birthdays and our People We Love feature. Fill out the form below so we can know more about you!Help us get to know you! Community Prayer We carry each other through the spiritual practice of prayer. Here's what our community is lifting up this week: 🙏 Loaves & Fishes – Pray for the volunteers, guests, and every conversation that takes place through the ministry of Loaves & Fishes. 🙏 Isaac Gillis – Pray for Isaac as he prepares to return to New Zealand in November to put his YWAM training into practice.Submit your own prayer request . Giving Update General: $3,945.00
Building: $390.00
YTD General: $186,204 *updated as of June 30th*
2026 Revenue Forecast: $462,600.00 Please note that our giving update section may not be updated every week. While we strive to provide regular updates, there may be occasions when circumstances prevent us from doing so. Your generosity helps make the life and ministry of SCC possible. Thank you for being part of what God is doing here. If you’re new, we’re simply glad you’re here.Give Now Here This Week's Message "Get 'em God: When God Loves Your Enemies"
Joel Wydysh | Jonah Jonah is about far more than a great fish. This Sunday, Joel will explore how God’s mercy reaches unexpected people and reveals the conditionof our own hearts. As the story unfolds, we’ll consider a question that still challenges us today: Is our heart becoming more like Jonah’s, or more like Jesus’? Watch last week’s sermon 👇Watch our Services OnlineSubscribe To Our Between the Shores Podcast Stay Connected 📩 Subscribe to this Collection to get these updates delivered directly to your inbox. 📸 Follow us on , Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube 💬 Pastoral care or questions? Connect with us here. Services: Sundays at 10:00 AM
150 Industrial Crescent, Summerside, PE, C1N 5N6
July 26, 2026 • 7 Minute Read
When Love Rearranges Your Heart
When Love Rearranges Your Heart Most people can remember something they carried everywhere as a child. A favourite blanket. A stuffed animal that had seen better days. A toy that somehow made unfamiliar places feel a little more manageable. Those objects offered real comfort. They helped us take small steps into a world that felt much bigger than we were. Then, almost without noticing, there came a day when they stayed behind. We had grown, and what once felt essential quietly became something we no longer needed. Growing older changes the things we carry. The blanket may disappear, yet the longing to feel safe remains. We don’t usually outgrow our need for security. We simply find new ways to look for it. Over the years, life quietly teaches us habits that help us navigate disappointment, uncertainty, and pain. Some become so familiar that we stop noticing them altogether. Those habits look different for each of us. Some people learn to stay in control because uncertainty feels overwhelming. Others work tirelessly to get everything right, hoping perfection will protect them from failure or criticism. Some become fiercely independent after learning that relying on other people can lead to disappointment. These responses rarely appear without a story. They are often shaped by experiences that taught us, consciously or unconsciously, what was necessary to make it through. The surprising part is that these ways of coping often begin as something genuinely helpful. They carry us through difficult seasons and help us keep moving when life feels uncertain. Over time, though, what once served as protection can quietly become a limitation. The need to stay strong can make it difficult to receive help. The desire to get everything right can leave little room for grace. Independence can become isolation, and control can make trust feel risky. Where Trust Was Broken This tension is much older than any one of us. The opening pages of the Bible tell a story that helps make sense of our own. They show us where trust was broken, why fear took root, and how our hearts learned to protect themselves. Genesis 3 begins in a garden where humanity lived in close relationship with God. Adam and Eve enjoyed His presence, cared for His creation, and experienced life as He intended it. Fear had no place there, and shame had not yet entered the story. Their lives were marked by trust. Then another voice entered the conversation. The serpent quietly planted doubt about God’s character, suggesting that He was holding something back. In that moment, trust gave way to suspicion. Adam and Eve reached for life on their own terms, and everything changed. The first thing they noticed was their own vulnerability. They covered themselves, hid from God, and began blaming one another. Those responses have echoed through every generation since. When we feel exposed, we instinctively look for something to hide behind. We protect ourselves from rejection, disappointment, and pain in ways that often feel ordinary because they have become so familiar. We stay in control, work harder, keep people at a distance, or convince ourselves that we can manage on our own. Although those responses look different from person to person, they all grow from the same place. Somewhere beneath them is a question that has lingered since the garden: Can God really be trusted? God Keeps Moving Toward Us The story could have ended there, with humanity hiding and God walking away. It didn’t. From the very beginning, God has been moving toward the people who turned from Him. Throughout the Bible, He continues pursuing hearts that have learned to hide, patiently revealing His faithfulness to generation after generation. The distance between God and humanity was never created because He stopped loving His creation. Even in the middle of humanity’s rebellion, His desire has always been to rescue, restore, and bring people back into relationship with Himself. That story reaches its fullest expression in Jesus. He entered the very world that had become marked by fear, shame, and self protection, not to condemn it but to save it. His life, death, and resurrection opened the way for something entirely new. The question is no longer whether God is willing to come near, in Jesus, He already has. The invitation now is to learn to trust the One who has been reaching toward us all along and allow Holy Spirit to work from the inside out. Life in a Different Atmosphere That is why Paul’s words in Romans 8 carry such hope: “There is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.” This is more than a comforting promise for difficult days. It describes the kind of life Jesus has made possible. Life with Jesus is shaped by a different atmosphere. Many of us have spent years expecting failure to be met with rejection, weakness to be met with criticism, or vulnerability to be met with disappointment. Those expectations become part of the way we move through the world, and before long we begin assuming God will respond to us in much the same way. Romans 8 tells a different story. Through Jesus, we no longer have to live beneath the constant weight of shame or the fear that one wrong step will push God away. His presence becomes the place where honesty is safe, grace is abundant, and healing can begin. This is where the work of Holy Spirit becomes so personal. He does not expose our hearts to embarrass us or make us feel guilty. He brings truth into the places we have kept hidden because those are the very places where God’s healing is needed most. What we have spent years protecting, He gently invites us to place into the hands of Jesus. The purpose of His light is to reveal what is real and true, ultimately leading us to recognize that we can trust His goodness and that His presence is meant to heal and restore that which was distorted and lost. From that place we can then begin to experience the freedom to be who we are and continue to grow in the light of Holy Spirit in us. Learning to Let Go The security blankets of childhood were never meant to stay with us forever. They gave us comfort for a season until we were ready to take the next step. In much the same way, many of the ways we have learned to protect ourselves once served a purpose. They helped us through difficult moments, painful relationships, and uncertain seasons. Yet Jesus loves us too much to leave us depending on what was only ever meant to carry us for a while. Most of us eventually left our childhood security blankets behind. The harder things to recognize are the ones we still carry today. The Holy Spirit has a gentle way of bringing those places into the light, not to shame us, but to remind us that we no longer have to carry them alone. What are you still holding because it once helped you feel safe? Jesus meets us there with patience and kindness, inviting us to trust Him with the parts of our hearts we have guarded for so long. Watch the Sermon 👇When Love Rearranges Your Heart
July 30, 2026 • 1 Minute Read
Men's Fire Update
A fire worth coming back to Life asks a lot of a man. There are responsibilities to carry, people depending on you, decisions to make, and a constant pull to keep moving. Every so often, it’s worth stepping away from the noise to spend an evening with men who understand the journey. Our Men’s Fires are a place to strengthen one another, share what God is doing, and be reminded that courage, faith, and brotherhood are built over time. Around the fire, you’ll find honest conversations, genuine friendships, and men committed to helping each other follow Jesus well. Our next Men’s Fire is Saturday, August 15 at 7:00 pm.
Bring a lawn chair and join us around the fire.
July 30, 2026 • 1 Minute Read
Sept 12
Come Holy Spirit, Come Across Prince Edward Island, believers gather each week in different churches, led by different pastors and expressed in different ways. Every congregation shares the same hope. We long to see Jesus lifted high, lives transformed, and Holy Spirit moving in fresh ways throughout our communities. Worship in Unity is an opportunity to express that shared hope together. Join believers from multiple churches on Saturday, September 12 at 6:00 pm at Summerside Community Church for an evening of worship, prayer for Prince Edward Island, and declarations of God’s goodness. As we come together with one heart, we are praying with expectation and inviting Holy Spirit to move among us. Prayer & Fasting As we prepare for Worship in Unity, we invite you to join churches across PEI
in prayer and fasting on August 15, 22, 29, and September 5. Set aside time each Saturday to seek God, asking Him to pour out His Spirit, strengthen His Church, and prepare our hearts for what He wants to do across our province.
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