The Sixth Sunday after Trinity19 July 202010.30 Morning ServiceRevd Nicholas Mercer I recently listened to an excellent BBC podcast It was entitled “The Big Disease with a Little Name” and charted the history of the HIV-Aids For those who can remember, this was another pandemic caused by a virus about 40 years ago At the time, there was…
19 August 2018 10.30 Sung Eucharist The Twelfth Sunday after Trinity Canon Simon Cowling Ephesians 5. 15-20; John 6. 51-58 We believe in life before death. Some years ago, Christian Aid introduced this statement into its annual campaign. It succeeds in being unobjectionable, challenging and subversive in equal measure. The statement is unobjectionable because it’s…
Trinity 11 12 August 2018 10.30 Sung Eucharist Revd Jonathan Cain Ephesians 4:25 – 5:2, John 6:35 & 41-51 From today’s epistle: “So then, putting away all falsehood let all of us speak the truth to our neighbours, for we are members of one another.” Many of you will know that Rebecca, the boys and…
23 August 2015 10.30 Sung Eucharist Twelfth Sunday after Trinity Revd Jonathan Cain Ephesians 6. 10-20; John 6. 56-69 “Lord, to whom can we go? You have the words of eternal life. We have come to believe that you are the Holy One of God.” The Gospel-writer puts these words on the lips of Peter, following the departure of…
02 August 2015 10.30 Sung Eucharist Ninth Sunday after Trinity Louis della-Porta Lord, may our hearts and minds be open to receive your word. Amen. In this morning’s gospel, the crowd are chasing Jesus, hungry for something to believe in. Keen for a sign, Jesus tells them; ‘you must believe in the one he has sent .…
12 July 2015 10.30 Sung Eucharist Sixth Sunday after Trinity Revd Jonathan Cain Ephesians 1. 1-14; Mark 6. 14-29 It was a great and humbling privilege to be made deacon at Ripon Cathedral last week. Part of the service requires the candidates to make a series of nine declarations before bishop and congregation. Perhaps unsurprisingly, my family…