21 December 2014: Fourth Sunday of Advent 10.30 Sung Eucharist Revd Ali Dorey 2 Samuel 7. 1-11; Luke 1. 26-38 The area of North Sheffield where I work as a mission enabler is made up of about 11 outer urban estates, of predominantly social housing and private rented accommodation. It is a place of benefit…
14 December 2014: Third Sunday of Advent 10.30 Sung Eucharist Revd Simon Cowling Isaiah 61. 1-4, 8-11; John 1. 6-8 & 19-28 (John) came as a witness to testify to the light, so that all might believe through him. He himself was not the light, but he came to testify to the light. Rabbi Shmuel…
07 December 2014 Advent Sunday Revd Hannah Smith Isaiah 40. 1-11; Mark 1. 1-8 At this time of year, many people ask what would it be like if Jesus was born not 2000 years ago, but in our world today – in Yorkshire in 2014? Would he be born in a service station or a cheap B&B? Would…
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…
23 November 2014 10.30 Priory Sung Eucharist The Feast of Christ the King Canon Philip Gray, Vicar of St Margaret’s, Ilkley Ephesians 1. 15-end; Matthew 25. 31-end Anyone who reads the financial pages of any serious newspaper will know the immense power of the consumer. One of the present narratives is the radical change which…
09 November 2014 10.30 Sung Eucharist The Third Sunday before Advent (Remembrance) Revd Simon Cowling Isaiah 9. 1-6; Matthew 5. 43-end A few months after he became Prime Minister, David Cameron led a trade delegation to China. During that visit, which took place during the month of November, Mr Cameron politely declined a Chinese request…
02 November 2014, Commemoration of All Souls 16.30 Evensong Revd Simon Cowling Wisdom 3. 1-9; 1 Peter 1. 3-9 At the very beginning of St John’s Gospel there is a highly poetic description of the birth of Jesus. John’s account doesn’t have shepherds or angels – or even a baby. John tells us simply that…
St Luke’s tide This weekend is St. Luke’s tide …. The feast of St. Luke being 18 October. Luke is, of course, one of the evangelists whose account, whose gospel, made it into the New Testament when the books to be included in the New Testament were settled in the fourth century. Other gospels such…
12 October 2014 Trinity 17 Revd Simon Cowling Readings: Philippians 4 .1 – 9; Matthew 22. 1 – 14 Twenty years ago the Spice Girls passed fleetingly across my cultural horizon during a period when our two daughters, like most little girls at the time, became ardent fans of girl power. It was doubtless…
28 September 2014 Priory Eucharist Revd Simon Cowling 2 Corinthians 9. 6-end; Luke 12. 16-30 Reflecting on this morning’s Gospel reading, and in particular on Jesus’s thought-provoking teaching about material wealth, I am reminded of the small boy who approaches the Rector at the end of a service and says brightly: ‘I’m going to give…