Your Neighbourhood

Place of Hope

Rev. Jeremy Bellsmith

Join us for worship online or in person every Sunday at 10:00 AM.

St. Andrews Presbyterian Church

Your Neighbourhood Place of Hope

4235 Departure Bay Rd, Nanaimo.

Rev. Jeremy Bellsmith

Join us for worship online or in person every Sunday at 10:00 AM.

St. Andrews Presbyterian Church

Your Neighbourhood Place of Hope

4235 Departure Bay Rd, Nanaimo.

Rev. Jeremy Bellsmith

Join us for worship online or in person every Sunday at 10:00 AM.

St. Andrews Presbyterian Church

Your

Neighbourhood

Place of Hope

4235 Departure Bay Rd, Nanaimo.

From The

Pastor’s Desk

A few years ago, I stood at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, praying beside ancient and massive stones that once formed part of the great temple complex rebuilt by King Herod. 

Those stones are all that remain of a place where generations came to seek the presence of God. Even today, it is among the most sacred places in Judaism-the closest many can come to where God once dwelled in the temple. 
Temples are meant to be houses for gods. Yet only a few decades after Jesus walked the earth, that temple was destroyed. So where does the living God dwell now? 

This Sunday, we explore the surprising answer of Scripture: God has made a new home for himself-not in stone walls, but in people. In all who follow Jesus, God's Spirit now lives and moves. 

Take a few moments to read this Sunday's texts (click here), then join us in person or online. Come and discover your place in God's new household-his living temple. 


A few years ago, I stood at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, praying beside ancient and massive stones that once formed part of the great temple complex rebuilt by King Herod. 

Those stones are all that remain of a place where generations came to seek the presence of God. Even today, it is among the most sacred places in Judaism-the closest many can come to where God once dwelled in the temple. 
Temples are meant to be houses for gods. Yet only a few decades after Jesus walked the earth, that temple was destroyed. So where does the living God dwell now? 

This Sunday, we explore the surprising answer of Scripture: God has made a new home for himself-not in stone walls, but in people. In all who follow Jesus, God's Spirit now lives and moves. 

Take a few moments to read this Sunday's texts (
click here), then join us in person or online. Come and discover your place in God's new household-his living temple. 

Grace and peace, 
Pastor Jeremy 

A few years ago, I stood at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, praying beside ancient and massive stones that once formed part of the great temple complex rebuilt by King Herod. 

Those stones are all that remain of a place where generations came to seek the presence of God. Even today, it is among the most sacred places in Judaism-the closest many can come to where God once dwelled in the temple. 
Temples are meant to be houses for gods. Yet only a few decades after Jesus walked the earth, that temple was destroyed. So where does the living God dwell now? 

This Sunday, we explore the surprising answer of Scripture: God has made a new home for himself-not in stone walls, but in people. In all who follow Jesus, God's Spirit now lives and moves. 

Take a few moments to read this Sunday's texts (
click here), then join us in person or online. Come and discover your place in God's new household-his living temple. 

Grace and peace, 
Pastor Jeremy 



With you for Christ - Pastor Jeremy 

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All Rights Reserved

© 2025 St. Andrews Presbyterian Church - All Rights Reserved.