14 January 2018 Second Sunday after Epiphany 10.30 Sung Eucharist Canon Simon Cowling Revelation 5. 1-10; John 1. 43-end Come and see is the title of a film that was produced in the Soviet Union in 1985. It commemorates the fortieth anniversary of the victory over the Nazis and tells the story of a young…
16 April 2017 Easter Day Revd Jonathan Cain Acts 10: 34-43, Mt. 28: 1-10 It’s Easter, and so today we say with joy in our hearts, Alleluia, Christ is risen! In raising Jesus from the dead God has dealt with our greatest fear. No more do we have to live with the fear of death,…
29 January 2017 10.30 Sung Eucharist The Presentation of Christ in the Temple Revd Jonathan Cain Heb. 2: 14-end; Lk. 2: 22-40 “When the time came …” the first words from the gospel reading this morning tell us that what follows accords to established tradition. Luke describes this simply as “their purification” but in this…
05 June 2016 10.30 Sung Eucharist Second Sunday after Trinity Canon Simon Cowling Galatians 1. 11-end; Luke 7. 11-17 The irresistible rise of Donald J Trump has ensured that the forthcoming American presidential election will continue to provide rich pickings for the world’s media over the next six months. At the same time, though in…
29 November 2015 10:30 Sung Eucharist Advent 1 Revd Jonathan Cain Jeremiah 33:14-16; Luke 21:25-36 Many of you will be familiar with the work of the human rights charity Amnesty International; some of you may even be members. As a single candle burns in our Advent wreath this morning I am reminded of Amnesty’s logo, a candle with barbed…
01 November 2015 10.30 Sung Eucharist All Saints’ Day Canon Simon Cowling Readings: Isaiah 25. 6-9; John 11. 32-44 My opponent says, ‘You worship one who was born a mere human being…….; Jesus was a Magician; he accomplished all these things by secret arts; he stole the names of angels of might from the shrines…
28 June 2015 10.30 Sung Eucharist Fourth Sunday after Trinity Revd Simon Cowling Wisdom 1. 13-15; 2.23-24; Mark 5. 21-end Jesus says: do not fear, only believe. The late Revd Ian Paisley softened his political stance enough, in the final decade of his life, to work reasonably harmoniously with Martin McGuiness – to the undoubted…
19 April 2015: Third Sunday of Easter 10.30 Sung Eucharist Louis della-Porta Acts 3. 12-19; Luke 24. 36b-48 May our hearts, Lord, be opened to receive your love, so may our minds be open to hear your word. Amen. This prayer is rooted in our gospel reading to-day; the disciples’ hearts were first opened to…
08 March 2015, Lent 3 10.30 Sung Eucharist Louis della-Porta I Corinthians 1. 18-25; John 2. 13-22 May our minds, Lord, be open to hear your word, may our hearts be open to receive your love. Amen. During the quiet winter months whilst nature is sleeping, the Church certainly isn’t, as it takes us on…
30 November 2014 Advent Sunday Revd Rachel Wood Isaiah 64. 109; Mark 13. 24-end As I was preparing for this sermon I came across a commentary on today’s readings that described the season of Advent as ‘forced inactivity’. Some hope, I thought. In fact, I wouldn’t mind at all if someone forced me to stop…