29 July 2018 10.30 Sung Eucharist The Ninth Sunday after Trinity Canon Simon Cowling Ephesians 3. 14-end; John 6. 1-21 The Gospel is bad news before it is good news. Rather a surprising comment for a Presbyterian Minister to make, you might think. But that is the view of Frederick Buechner, a widely admired American…
Second Sunday of Easter 08 April 2018 10.30 Sung Eucharist Canon Simon Cowling Acts 4. 32-35; John 20. 19 – end When the Chancellor of the Exchequer rises to give his Budget speech (and we have not yet had a woman Chancellor) he traditionally precedes the announcement of his detailed fiscal intentions with an…
29 March 2018 Maundy Thursday Revd Jonathan Cain 1 Cor. 11: 23-26; John 13: 1-17, 31b-35 This evening we actively remember the events of the evening before Jesus’ death on the cross. Simon will wash feet, as Jesus washed his disciples feet. We will share the Eucharist of the Last Supper. We will strip the…
09 October 2016, Twentieth Sunday after Trinity 10.30 Sung Eucharist Revd Jonathan Cain Jer. 29: 1, 4-7; Lk. 17: 11-19 “Widely believed to be the world’s oldest disease, leprosy is also one of the most stigmatised … [the] stigma surrounding leprosy sees entire families robbed of their job opportunities, education, marriage prospects and their dreams shattered. Fear and…
03 July 2016 10.30 Sung Eucharist St Thomas the Apostle Canon Simon Cowling Ephesians 2. 19-end; John 20. 24-29 (The) doubting disciple cured the wound of our disbelief. His scepticism was more advantageous to us than the faith of the disciples who believed. The words come from a sermon of St Gregory the Great, a…
17 April 2016 10.30 Sung Eucharist Revd Jonathan Cain Acts 9:36-end; Jn. 10:22-30 Whenever I see a prison scene on the TV I am reminded of a visit I made a few years ago to the Wetherby Young Offenders Institution. The visit was part of an initiative designed to close the gap between the boardroom and…
03 April 2016, Second Sunday of Easter 10.30 Sung Eucharist Louis della-Porta Acts 5:27-32 John 20:19-end Last week after the solitude of Lent, the Church burst into life rejoicing in Christ’s resurrection from death and his return to us. By contrast, the Apostles, yet to experience Christ’s return, are completely crushed by events. With Jesus…
01 November 2015 16:30 Evensong Eve of All Souls’ Day Revd Jonathan Cain Wisdom 3:1-9; 1 Peter 1:3-9 Just inside the entrance to Tate Britain there is a very impressive spiral rotunda staircase leading down into the basement. Set below an equally impressive glass dome, it is a place to pause before moving through into the various galleries. …
20 September 2015 10.30 Sung Eucharist Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity Revd James Turnbull Jeremiah 11. 18-20; Mark 9. 30-37; Mark 8. 27-end A story is told of an incumbent who had been in post in the same parish for a number of years. He began to notice, on regular reading of his Church Times, that a number of…
06 September 2015 10.30 Sung Eucharist Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity Louis della-Porta Isaiah 35 4-7a; Mark 7. 24-end May our hearts, Lord, be opened to receive your love. May our minds be open to hear your word. Amen. Isaiah is shouting out loud and clear – Courage, do not be afraid, Look your God is coming,…