Recent Messages
Below are some of the messages that have been preached at our church recently. Please feel free to have a listen.
Please note that some of the older messages are password-protected to prevent unauthorized use.
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HLEC's YouTube channel for videos of recent messages.
Click below to listen to or download the audio recording of the May 16, 2021, service.
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Click below to listen to or download the audio recording of the April 18, 2021, service including a children's feature by Esther Ford as well as Pastor Don Ford's message, 'How Shall We Live in These Times?', based on Ephesians 4:22-32 & 5:1,15-21.
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Click below to listen to or download the audio recording of the April 4, 2021, service including a special feature by Esther Ford as well as Pastor Don Ford's message, 'Do You Love Me More Than These?', based on Matthew 28:1-20 and John 21:15-17.
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Click below to listen to or download the audio recording of the February 21, 2021, service, including a special feature by Melanie DenOudsten as well as Pastor Don's message, 'How Depraved are We?', based on Ephesians 2:1-13.
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Click below to listen to or download the audio recording of the February 14, 2021 service, including Pastor Don Ford's message, 'The Law of Marriage Restored', based on 1 Corinthians 7:1-16.
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Click below to listen to or download the mp4 audio recording of the February 7, 2021 service, including a skit by the Zorilla family telling the story of the Tower of Babel as well as Pastor Don Ford's message, 'The Law of Marriage', based on Matthew 5:20, 31-32 & Deuteronomy 24:1-4.
NOTE: The skit (which comes right after the announcements) gets quite loud, so you may want to be ready to adjust the volume!
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Click below to listen to or download the audio recording of the January 31, 2021 service, including a children's feature by Alyssa Jeffrey as well as Pastor Don Ford's message, 'Adultery in the Heart', based on Matthew 5:20, 27-30.
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Click below to listen to or download the audio recording of the January 24, 2021 service, including a special feature by Esther Ford as well as Pastor Don's message, 'Murder in the Heart', based on Matthew 5:20-26.
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Click below to listen to or download the audio recording of the January 17, 2021 service, including Pastor Don Ford's message, 'You Have to Be Perfect to Get into Heaven', based on Matthew 5:17-48.
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Click below to listen to or download the audio recording of the January 10, 2021, service, including APD District Superintendent Don Harder's message about the power of giving and receiving blessing, based on Matthew 3:13-17.
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Click below to listen to or download the audio recording of the January 3, 2021, service, including Pastor Don Ford's message 'The Kingdom vs. My Rights', based on Matthew 5:1-16.
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The December 27, 2020, service at HLEC was a 'virtual service'. A video produced by the EFCC Alberta Parkland District was played, which included a testimony from HLEC member Jake Gerbrandt as well as a message from APD Superintendent Don Harder.
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Click below to listen to or download the audio recording the Christmas Eve service from December 24 ,2020, including Pastor Don Ford's message 'Surprised by Joy', based on Luke 2.
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Click below to listen to or download the audio recording of the December 13, 2020, service including Tim DenOudsten's message for the third Sunday of Advent (Joy), 'Finding Joy', based on Matthew 2:1-12.
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Click below to listen to or download the audio recording of the December 6, 2020, service including Pastor Don Ford's message
for the second Sunday of Advent (Peace), ' based on Luke 2:1-14.
Click below to listen to or download the audio recording of the November 29, 2020, service, including Pastor Don Ford's message for the first Sunday of Advent (Hope), 'A Covid Christmas', based on 1 Peter 1:3-22.
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Click below to listen to or download the audio recording of the November 22, 2020 service, including Pastor Don Ford's message, 'Blessed are the Persecuted', based on John 15:9-15. On this Sunday, HLEC also took part in the International Day of Prayer (IDOP) for the Persecuted Church.
Open Doors Canada helps Christians living in countries where they face extreme persecution for their faith. To learn more about IDOP and the ministry of Open Doors, you can visit their website or download this PDF.
Click below to listen to or download the audio recording of the November 15, 2020 service, including Pastor Don Ford's message.
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Click below to listen to or download the audio recording of the October 18, 2020 service, including Pastor Don Ford's message 'The Meek Win', based on Matthew 5:5 and Philippians 2:1-11.
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Click below to listen to or download the audio recording of the October 11, 2020, service, including Pastor Don Ford's message, 'Thank You', based on Luke 17:11-19.
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Click below to listen to or download the audio recording of the baptism and membership service on September 20, 2020, including Marcus Ruehl's message, Jesus in First Place, based on Colossians 1:15-23.
Click below to listen to or download the audio recording of the church service on September 13, 2020, including worship led by David Dyck, a special feature by Marilyn Ruehl, a song by Hannah Wolfe and Abe Klassen's message 'Come and Live', based on Matthew 11:28-30.
Click below to listen to or download Pastor Don Ford's message from September 6, 2020, 'Leaders Make the Difference' (Part 2), based on Titus 1:1-9.
Click below to listen to or download the audio recording of the church service on August 30, 2020, including Pastor Don Ford's message, 'Leaders Make the Difference', based on 1 Timothy 3: 1-13.
Click below to listen to the audio recording of the June 28, 2020 service, including a children's feature by Esther Ford, a question-and-answer style update from missionary Asa Tabuavou facilitated by Ike Doerksen, and a message from Don Harder, the district superintendent of the Alberta Parkland District of the Evangelical Free Church of Canada, of which HLEC is a member. The message, based on selected passages from Habakkuk, discusses trusting God through life's ups and downs.
Click below to listen to the audio recording of the June 21, 2020 service, including a special feature by Suzanne Wolfe and Pastor Don Ford's message, 'The King Jesus Gospel', based on Matthew 1:17-2:12. This is Part 2 of Pastor Don's series on the book of Matthew.
Here also is a link to the humorous video that was played during the service in honour of Father's Day: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cngiEk5co-o
Click below to listen to the audio recording of the June 14, 2020 service, including worship songs from the Quantz family, a special feature by Esther Ford and Pastor Don Ford's message, 'Follow Me', based on Matthew 9:1-13. This Part 1 of Pastor Don's new series on the book of Matthew.
Here are links to the two videos mentioned during the service:
Evangelical Free Church of Canada (EFCC) update: https://www.efccm.ca/wordpress/efcc-sunday/
AGC Virtual Choir performance of 'Cornerstone': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycR3OAOifh4
Click below to listen to the audio recording of the June 6, 2020, evening service. You can also watch the YouTube video of Pastor Don Ford's message.
Please note that the sharing time held during the service is not recorded.
David Dyck opens with a song and Pastor Don finishes his series on Heaven with his message, 'The Practice of Eternity', based on 1 John 2:15-17 and Hebrews 11:8-10. Esther Ford also provides a special feature about books. David Dyck then closes with a song and benediction.
Click below to listen to the recording of the May 30, 2020 evening service. Pastor Don Ford answers more common questions about Heaven, based in part on Revelation 21 & 22, and Esther Ford provides a children's feature. David Dyck closes with the song 'In My Father's House' by Dallas Holm.
Click the following link to listen to the recording of the May 23, 2020 evening service. Pastor Don Ford reviews our church's requirements for people attending services during COVID-19 and answers some common questions about the current COVID-19 restrictions imposed by the Government. This is followed by Pastor Don's message 'How Should we Live?', then a children's feature by Esther Ford and finally a closing song (Christ is Mine Forevermore by City Alight) by David Dyck.
Click the following link to watch the video of Pastor Don Ford's message, 'The New Heaven and the New Earth,' based on Revelation 21, from May 17, 2020: May 17, 2020 Message Regular audio and video recording will resume next week.
Click below to listen to or download Pastor Don Ford's message, 'Heaven's Timeline', from May 10, 2020.
Click below to listen to or download Pastor Don Ford's message, 'Common Questions About Heaven', from May 3, 2020.
Click below to listen to or download Pastor Don Ford's message, 'Look Up, There Are Better Things Ahead', based on Ezekiel 1 and Revelation 4, from April 26, 2020.
Click below to listen to or download Chad Freeman' s message, 'God's Emergency Instructions', based on 2 Corinthians 1:1-11, from April 19, 2020.
Click below to listen to or download Pastor Chad Freeman's message, 'He's Alive!', based on Luke 24:36-49, from April 12, 2020.
Click below to listen to or download Pastor Chad Freeman's message, 'Why did Jesus die?', based Isaiah 53, from April 10, 2020.
Click below to listen to or download Pastor Chad Freeman's message, 'Peace in this Pandemic', based on Luke 19:28-44, from April 5, 2020.
Click below to listen to or download Pastor Don Ford's message, 'What Does the Bible Say about Anxiety and Fear?', based on Psalm 56:3 and 1 Peter 5:7, from March 29, 2020.
Click below to listen to or download Pastor Don Ford's message, 'COVID-19: Our Response', from March 22, 2020. You can also click here for the Youtube video of the song 'Shepherd' by City Alight.
Click below to listen to or download Pastor Don Ford's message from March 15, 2020, entitled 'I May Be A Fool, But I know Whose fool I Am. Whose Fool Are You?', based on Luke 12:16-21 and Romans 12:1-8.
Click below to listen to or download the message from March 8, 2020, 'Truth Matters', based on John 14:1-17, by Pastor Keith Dillabough of Family Life Canada. To learn more about the ministry of Family Life Canada, click here to visit their website.
Click below to listen to or download Tyrell Quantz's message, 'Identity Theft: Do we know who we are?', based on Ephesians 2:1-10, from March 1, 2020.
Click below to listen to or download Pastor Don Ford's presentation on February 23, 2020, of the proposed changes to the church's leadership structure, which would see the existing deacons' board and elders' board replaced with a single unified board. This proposed new leadership structure is illustrated in the hierarchy chart below and will be further discussed and voted on at a future membership meeting.
Click below to listen to or download Pastor Don Ford's message, The Character of a Leader,' based on 1 Timothy 3:1-16, from February 23, 2020. This is Part Six of the Leadership series.
Click below to listen to or download Pastor Don Ford's message, 'The Responsibilities of a Leader,' based on Titus 1:5-9, from February 16, 2020. This is Part Five of the Leadership series.
Click below to listen to or download Pastor Don Ford's message, 'The Calling and Character of a Leader,' based on 1 Timothy 3:1-15, from February 9, 2020. This is Part Four of the Leadership series.
Click below to listen to or download Pastor Don Ford's message, 'Don't Choose Sinking Ships', based on 1 Timothy 1:12-2:8, from January 26, 2020. This is Part Three of the Leadership series.
Click below to listen to or download Pastor Don Ford's message, 'If You Want to Make Everyone Happy, Don't Be a Leader - Sell Ice Cream', based on 1 Timothy 1:1-3, 1: 18-19 & 6:20-21 and 2 Timothy 1:6-7, from January 19, 2020. This is Part Two of the Leadership series.
Click below to listen to or download Pastor Don Ford's message, 'As the Leaders Go, So Goes the Church', based on 1 Timothy 1:1-7 and Revelation 2:1-7, from January 12, 2020. This is Part One of the Leadership series.
Click below to listen to or download Pastor Chad Freeman's message, 'Excited Praise!', based on Psalm 103, from December 29, 2019.
Click below to listen to or download Pastor Chad Freeman's message, 'God Has Come!...To Forgive,' based on Luke 7:36-50, from December 22, 2019.
Click below to listen to or download Pastor Chad Freeman's message,' God Has Come!...To Prove', based on Luke 7:18-35, from December 15, 2019.
Click below to listen to or download Pastor Chad Freeman's message, 'God Has Come!...To Help', based on Luke 7:1-17, from December 8, 2019.
Click below to listen to or download Pastor Don Ford's message, 'A Worthy Life', based on Ephesians 4:1-16, from December 1, 2019.
Click below to listen to or download Pastor Don Ford's message, 'Churches Need Healthy Conflict', based on Acts 15:1-35, from November 24, 2019.
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Click below to listen to or download Pastor Don Ford's message, 'They Hated Me Without a Reason', based on John 15:18-25 and Revelation 12:10-12, from November 17, 2019, in recognition of the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church (November 3).
Here are links to the videos referenced in the message:
San-chul: North Korea https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGqEgxkF7I8 (Voice of the Martyrs)
Secret Worship: North Korea Defector Tells of Survival https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMkL1HcUXe4 (CBN.com)
Powerful North Korean Student Testimony https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KEFbo2tJ_8
Imagine Joy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veiH7A70xOs (Bible League Canada)
The two best ways to help the Christians being persecuted around the world are to:
1. PRAY for them. Open Doors Canada has created a video explaining how to pray most effectively for the persecuted church: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nny-6hoLSjU
2. Provide them with a BIBLE. For more information, visit Bible League Canada's website: https://bibleleague.ca/imagine-joy/
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Click below to listen to or download Pastor Don Ford's message, I Must Get to Know Him, based on 1 Samuel 18:1-16, from November 10, 2019.
Click below to listen to or download Pastor Don Ford's message from November 3, 2019.
On October 26-27, 2019, HLEC was privileged to host the annual conference of the Alberta Parkland District (APD) of the Evangelical Free Church of Canada (EFCC), of which HLEC is a member.
Click below to listen to or download the October 27, 2019, message, 'Spreading the Word: Beautiful Feet', based on Romans 10, from Pastor Emmanuel Chiwele of the Evangelical Free Church of Lac La Biche. His message is preceded by an introduction from District Superintendent Don Harder.
Click below to listen to or download Pastor Don Ford's message from October 20, 2019.
Click below to listen to or download Pastor Chad Freeman's message from October 13, 2019.
Click below to listen to or download Pastor Chad Freeman's message from October 6, 2019.
Click below to listen to or download Pastor Chad Freeman's message from September 29, 2019.
Click below to listen to or download Pastor Chad Freeman's message from September 22, 2019.
Click below to listen to or download Pastor Chad Freeman's message from September 1, 2019.
Click below to listen to or download Pastor Chad Freeman's message from August 25, 2019.
Click below to listen to or download Pastor Chad Freeman's message from August 18, 2019.
Click below to listen to or download Pastor Don Ford's message from August 11, 2019.
Click below to listen to or download Pastor Don Ford's message from August 4, 2019.
Click below to listen to or download the audio from the July 28, 2019, Baptism Service. (The order of the testimonies and baptisms will be indicated in the file information once you open it.) The baptisms and testimonies were followed by presentation of church membership certificates to those that were baptized.
Finally, we were blessed to officially introduce Chad and Sarah Freeman (and their children) as the new Associate Pastor couple for HLEC. Welcome Chad and Sarah!
Click below to listen to or download Josh Dekker's message from Jul 21, 2019.
Click below to listen to or download Pastor Don Ford's message from July 7, 2019.
Click below to listen to or download Abe Klassen's message from June 30, 2019.
Click below to listen to or download Pastor Don Ford's message, based on 1 Cor. 6:12-20, from June 23, 2019.
Click below to download Pastor Don Ford's message, based on Ephesians 5:1-19, from June 9, 2019.
Click below to listen to or download Ike Doerksen's message, based on John 14:15-21, from May 19, 2019.
Click below to listen to or download Pastor Don Ford's message, based on 1 Cor. 6:12-20 & 1 Cor. 10:23-33, from May 5, 2019.
Click below to listen to or download Pastor Don Ford's Palm Sunday message, 'Jesus Enters Jerusalem', from April 14, 2019.
Click below to listen to or download pastoral candidate Chad Freeman's message, 'God's Emergency Instructions,' based on 2 Cor. 1:1-11, from March 31, 2019.
Click below to listen to Peter Fehr's message from February 3, 2019.
Click below to listen to or download Micah Quantz's message, 'He is Risen', based on Mark 16:1-14, from January 20, 2019.
Click below to listen to or download Pastor Don Ford's message, 'Distracted Living' (Thinking Like a Christian, Part 2), based on Matthew 13:1-23, from January 6, 2019.
Click below to listen to or download Pastor Don Ford's message, 'Do You Have a Hard Heart?' (Thinking Like a Christian, Part 1), based on Matthew 13:1-23, from December 30, 2018.
Click below to listen to Pastor Don Ford's message from December 23, 2018.
Click below to listen to Pastor Don Ford's message, 'We are More than Neurons', based on Romans 12:1-8, from October 14, 2018. This is Part 2 of the series 'Thinking Like a Christian.'
Click below to listen to the message from October 7, 2018.
Click below to listen Alberta Parkland District Superintendent Pastor Don Harder's message, based on Psalm 23, during the official (re)installation of Pastor Don Ford as senior pastor of HLEC on September 23, 2018.
Click below to listen to Pastor Don Ford's message, 'Renewing the Mind', based on Romans 12:1-8, from September 16, 2018. This is Part 1 of the series 'Thinking Like a Christian.'
Click below to listen to Pastor Don Ford's message, 'Rediscovering Your First Love', based on Revelation 2:1-7, from September 2, 2018.
Click below to listen to Marcus Ruehl's message, 'The Armor of God', based on Ephesians 6:10-20, from August 26, 2018.
Click below to listen to Marcus Ruehl's message, based on Galatians 5:16-26, from August 19, 2018.
Clock below to listen to Asa Tabouavou's message, 'Jesus Feeding the Multitudes', based on John 6:1-15, from August 12, 2018.
Click below to listen to Micah Quantz's message, based on Mark 15:21-37, from August 5, 2018.
Click below to listen to Jeremy Quantz's message from July 29, 2018.
Click below to listen to Tyler Braun's message, 'The Hidden Value of Youth', based on 1 Tim. 4:11-16, from July 8, 2018.
Click below to listen to the message from Darren Froese of Pineridge Bible Camp message from June 17, 2018, based on Acts 13:21-22.
To learn more about Pineridge Bible Camp, click here.
Click below to listen to Asa Tabuavou's message from May 20, 2018, based on 1 Peter 3:8-22.
Click below to listen to Peter Fehr of Eagle's Nest Ministry Centre's message from May 27,2018,
"In the Face of Suffering, Carry On", based on 1 Peter 4:1-11.
To learn more about Eagle's Nest, click here.
Click below to listen to Marcus Ruehl's message from May 13, 2018, based on 1 Peter 3:1-7.
Click below to listen to Jeremy Quantz's message from May 6, 2018, "What Kind of Stone is Jesus to You?", based on 1 Peter 2.
Click below to listen to Ike Doerksen's message from April 22, 2018, "Prepare for Action', based on 1 Peter 1:13-1 Peter 2.
Click below to listen to Abe Klassen's message from April 15, 2018, "Obedience to and Dependency on Christ", based on Gal. 2:15-21:
mp3 audio file of recent Sunday messages at HLEC can be downloaded by clicking a link below:
March 25, 2018 Message - Marc Gareau of Eagle's Nest
As part of HLEC's Mission Conference weekend, on Saturday, April 14, 2018, we were privileged to have Gracia Burnham join us to share her remarkable story of faith and perseverance . "While serving as missionaries in the Philippines with New Tribes Mission, Gracia and her husband Martin were kidnapped by terrorists and spent the next 13 months as hostages in the Philippine jungle." (from the Ethnos Canada website)
The evening was MC'ed by Peter Enns of Ethnos Canada, who provided an introduction as well as closing remarks. After Ms. Burnham shared her story, there was a Question & Answer period. With the gracious permission of Gracia Burnham and Peter Enns, below is an audio recording of the evening.
For more information about the ministry of Ethnos Canada, please visit www.ethnos.ca.
Gracia Burnham's bestselling books 'In the Presence of My Enemies' and 'To Fly Again' are available at many bookstores. A copy of each will also soon be available for checkout from the HLEC library.
No file downloading is required to listen to the evening's discussions; simply click the triangular Play button.