Fourth Sunday of Advent20 December 202010.30 Morning ServiceRevd Nicholas Mercer In the midst of this pandemic, you could be forgiven for having missed the start of HS2 which began in September of this year It is the successor to HS1 which, as most of you know, runs from London to the Channel tunnel HS2 is the second high…
Third Sunday of Advent13 December 202010.30 Morning ServiceRevd Nicholas Mercer As we journey through Advent, we turn our attention this Sunday to John the Baptist He is mentioned, for the first time, in our Advent Prayer together with our Gospel Reading, where we learn he is in prison John the Baptist however is a mysterious figure and not…
The Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity18 October 202010.30 Morning ServiceRevd Nicholas Mercer Today is the Feast Day of St Luke the Evangelist It punctuates the end of Ordinary Times and is a distinctive break in the calendar on what is otherwise the Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity St Luke, as most of us know, is one of the authors of…
The Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity27 September 202010.30 Morning ServiceRevd Nicholas Mercer During my summer leave, I took the opportunity to scatter my Father’s ashes Although not strictly permitted by the Church, as his sole executor, as well as his elder son, it was incumbent upon me to comply with his wishes In the busyness of life, these important…
The Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity6 September 202010.30 Morning ServiceRevd Nicholas Mercer Just before I went on leave I was listened to the last in a series of podcasts from the Charles Parker Awards I must confess that I had never heard of Charles Parker before He was a BBC Radio presenter who started his life working for Radio…
The Ninth Sunday after Trinity9 August 202010.30 Morning ServiceRevd Nicholas Mercer This is my twentieth sermon since we went into lockdown and my last sermon before I go on leave I sometimes measure out my life in sermons and have now preached, unbroken, for five months It is certainly time for a break When it comes to stamina,…
The Seventh Sunday after Trinity26 July 202010.30 Morning ServiceRevd Nicholas Mercer The sensation of touch is one of the five senses which help us navigate the world around us It is not surprising therefore that there has been much focus on touch in the recent lockdown The news was full of stories about why we crave touch and…
The Fifth Sunday after Trinity12 July 202010.30 Morning ServiceRevd Nicholas Mercer I was very taken by an article in the Daily Mail last week which had the heading, “There is nothing normal about the new normal” The article made reference to Independence Day and contrasted the scenes of revelry in Soho with a wedding in St Anne’s Church,…
The Fourth Sunday after Trinity5 July 202010.30 Morning ServiceRevd Nicholas Mercer On Easter Day, I was among the 13,000 people who watched the Archbishop of Canterbury celebrate Holy Communion at home This was the Anglican Communion’s first ever digital only Easter Day service and was “premiered” on YouTube and Facebook. The Archbishop celebrated Holy Communion at his kitchen…
The Second Sunday after Trinity21 June 202010.30 Morning ServiceRevd Nicholas Mercer One of my guilty pleasures is reading restaurant reviews Whereas, I am not inclined to spend money going out for dinner, I love to read about them I am a particular fan of Jay Rayner and Grace Dent As one might imagine, the last three months…