'Blessed are the poor in spirit for they shall know God'
Without a vision the people perish. Again and again in human history and in our own experience that Bible saying is proved to be true.
Jesus answered ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind’
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| 29 January | 1 Corinthians 1:18-31 | Every church has its problems and the church at Corinth was no exception. One of its problems was that its members wanted recognition by the world and status in this world. |
| 05 February | Matthew 5:13-16 | All of us influence others and are influenced by others. |
| 12 February | 1 Corinthians 3:1-9 | "For we are co-workers in God’s service; you are God’s field, God’s building." 1 Cor 3:9 |
| 19 February | Leviticus 19:1-2 & 9-18 | Living God’s Way: Leviticus 19:1-2 & 9-18 — The first thing to say about Leviticus 19 is that these instructions are not about how to gain access to God’s grace, … |
| 19 February(2) | God’s Way of Helping Us Live for Him: Psalm 119:33-40 | Psalm 119 is the longest chapter in the Bible. No one who wrote it. It is arranged in 22 sections, the first word of each starts with the next letter of the Hebrew alphabet. |
| 26 February | 1 Corinthians 3:18-4:5 | In the passage set for today, the Apostle Paul addresses the people first and then the leaders in an attempt to rid the church of these divisions. |
| 05 March | Psalm 32: | The Joy of Sins Forgiven - There are many things that give us joy. |
| 12 March | Genesis 12:1-4 and Romans 4 | Second Sunday in Lent - based on Genesis 12:1-4 and Romans Promises, As a kid you love it when people make promises to you. |
| 19 March | The Woman at the Well: John 4:4-42 | There is a saying: ‘you never know what a day will bring forth.’ That was certainly true for the Samaritan woman who met Jesus at Jacob’s Well, as recorded in John 4. |
| 26 March | Ephesians 5:8-14 | When Saul of Tarsus set out for Damascus with letters of authority to arrest Christian men and women and bring them back for punishment in Jerusalem, … |
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Introductory |
| 02 April | John 11:1-45 | I am the resurrection and the life (Concentrating on John 11:25-26) |
| 09 April | Palm Sunday: From the Epistle for the day: Philippians 2:5-11 | Those readings from the gospel are long, aren’t they? I’m really glad our church gets us to read the gospel story as we come up to Easter. |
| 16 April | Good News of the Resurrection Reaches the Outside World; Acts 10:34-43 | The reason we celebrate Easter is that it says to the world that death is not the end and that for those who put their trust in Jesus it marks the beginning of eternal life. As Jesus said, ‘Because I live, you shall live also’. |
| 23 April | HOMILY: Acts 2:14a, 22-32 | Not too many sermons are memorable but this one certainly was. It is not every day that the circumstances surrounding this sermon happen. Firstly there was the sudden sound from heaven like the rush of a mighty wind. |
| 30 April | Psalm 116: | Giving Thanks & Being Resolved |
| 07 May | Who’re Ya Gonna Call? – John 10:1-10 | With apologies to the Ghostbusters, when you’re in trouble, who’re ya gonna call? When you are stuck, or the car runs out of petrol, who’re ya gonna call? When something strange happens in your neighbourhood, who’re ya gonna call? |
| 14 May | No Other Way: John 14:1-14 | The passage appointed for today contains the famous statement by Jesus at verse 6: ‘I am the way, the truth and the life; no one comes to the Father except by me’. |
| 21 May | Acts 17:22-31 | Some people like to travel. They are fascinated by different cultures. |
| 28 May | John 17: | Jesus’ Prayer For The Church: Past, Present & Future |
| 04 June | Pentecost Sunday – Acts 2:1-21 | Do you ever think about why we are here? In this place, at this time, doing these things with this group of people? What led to this? |
| 11 June | The Great Commission: Matthew 18:18-20 |
The words of the great commission in today’s passage come from the highest possible authority, Jesus Christ himself. |
| 18 June | Romans 5:1-110 | When the Apostle Paul arrived in Corinth he found a Christian couple, Aquila and Priscilla, whom the Emperor had just expelled from Rome. |
| 25 June | Psalm 69: Where Do We Go When The Going Gets Tough? | Every one of us here to-day has experienced or will most likely experience hard times. It may be an illness, the death of a much loved family member, separation from loved ones, financial hardship, family dramas, … |
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| 02 July | Passage for homily: Romans 6:12 – 23 | You are second in the line at the supermarket checkout. The gentleman in front of you is proving not to be a gentleman. The young work experience girl on the checkout keeps making mistakes. |
| 09 July | How to Change from Our Ways to God’s Way: Romans 7:14-25 | We have all experienced the feeling of doing something we are ashamed of, but not being able to stop ourselves. |
| 16 July | Romans 8:1-11 | Have you ever met people who claim to be Christians and yet seem so weighed down by their Christianity? They talk about Christ and church and keep trying to say prayers and read the Bible … |
| 23 July | Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43: | Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43: The Kingdom Of Heaven |
| 30 July | Romans 8:26-39 | We use the word “love” in so many different ways. |
| 06 August | Come and Drink – Isaiah 55:1-5 | Isaiah 55 is a beautiful poem in which God, under the metaphor of eating and drinking, invites the reader to taste and drink deeply from the well of his grace. |
| 13 August | Romans 10:4-15 | Paul had been called by the Lord Jesus to be his Apostle to the Gentiles. |
| 20 August | Psalm 67: | Psalm 67: A Missionary Prayer |
| 27 August | Romans 12:1-8 – True Worship | We’ve reached the stage in our reading from the letter of the Apostle Paul to the Romans where the rubber hits the road. |
| 03 September | Romans 12:9-21 | The message of the letter to the Romans is that all have sinned and fallen short of God’s laws. |
| 10 September | Romans 13.1-10 | There has been a lot of debate about what is required of people to become an Australian citizen. The debate has been escalated by … |
| 17 September | Matthew 18:21-35 | Matthew 18:21-35 - Forgiving From The Heart Sometimes we are hurt by others and sometimes we hurt others. |
| 24 September | Philippians 1:1-11 | Homily from Philippians chapter 1 verses 1-11 ONLY… What do you long for? Really want more than anything else? What you dream about driving into town, or in the wee small hours of the morning. What are you working towards? |
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| 01 October | Philippians 2:1-13 | There are few passages in all of Scripture that match this for sheer beauty of expression and importance with respect of our knowledge of the majesty of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. |
| 08 October | Philippians 3 | The Apostle Paul had just concluded a wonderful mission tour of Galatia. He had preached that a person was justified by God through faith in Jesus Christ.. |
| 15 October | Philippians 4:1-9: | Philippians 4:1-9: Persevering In The Faith As We Wait For The Lord’s Return |
| 22 October | 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10 | In about 50 AD Thessalonika received a visit from the apostle Paul on his second missionary journey. Listen to the effect of his visit on some people after he had begun to tell people about Jesus Christ: |
| 29 October | 1 Thessalonians 2:1-13 | This is a part of Paul’s letter to the Thessalonians where he talks about how to be a good ambassador for Jesus Christ in a hostile world. |
| 05 November | 1 Thessalonians 4:1-8 | When Timothy arrived in Corinth with good news about the Church at Thessalonica, Paul was greatly encouraged and was spurred on in his preaching labours. |
| 12 November | 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18: | 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18: The Coming Of The Lord |
| 19 November | 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 | Without a vision the people perish. Again and again in human history and in our own experience that Bible saying is proved to be true. |
| 26 November | Ephesians 1:15-23 | Three Things to Pray For — It is hard to be a faithful Christian in a rich country that is apathetic or hostile towards God. |
| 03 December | 1 Corinthians 1:1-9 | Some churches can cause their pastors great pain. Corinth was such a church for the apostle Paul. |
| 10 December | Mark 1:1-8: | Mark 1:1-8: Christmas According To Mark |
| 17 December | John 1:6-8, 19-28: | What do these sayings have in common? “Brilliant!” “Help me! I’m feeling!” “Bah! Humbug!” |
| 24 December | Mary's Song | Today we are looking at the Song of Mary or Magnificat, as we Anglicans know it from the service of Evening Prayer. |
| 25 December | CHRISTMAS DAY | Lectionary passages: Isaiah 9:2-7; Psalm 96; Titus 2:11-14; Luke 2:1-14 (15-20) |
| 31 December | Luke 2:22-40 | When Luke began to research the details surrounding Jesus’ birth, even he must have been surprised at the supernatural events that occurred. |
Day of the Season |
Sermon |
Introductory |
| 4th Sunday in Lent | Ephesians 2.1-10 | Do you ever wonder what goes on in those huddles before a football game? […] The captain is saying : "Are you with me?" "Are you with me?" |
| 5th Sunday in Lent | Hebrews 5.5-10 Jesus Our Great High Priest: |
It is becoming obvious that our society is becoming increasingly hostile to Christianity and what it stands for. |
| 6th Sunday in Lent | Philippians 2.5-11 | When a person believes and is baptised into Jesus Christ that person is united with Christ. He dies with Christ and is raised with Christ. |
Day of the Season |
Sermon |
Introductory |
| 1st Sunday Easter | John 20:1-18 Homily for Easter Day 2018 |
1. Stand or Fall Day: We live in a world of faster and faster change. |
| 2nd Sunday of Easter | John 20.19-31 The strange case of doubting Thomas |
Sometimes we are tempted to doubt our faith;; could it be that after everything, it’s not true? |
| 3rd Sunday of Easter | Luke 24:36b-48 | Some cynic has said there are two certainties in life. One is death and the other is taxes. Luke, the evangelist […] would add a third and do so with a great deal more certainty. |
| 4th Sunday of Easter | John 10.11-21 I am the Good Shepherd. |
When the Apostle John set out to write his account of the life and ministry of Jesus, he too had a purpose in mind. |
| 5th Sunday of Easter | John 4.7-21 Like god, like people |
We heard in the 1980s a most remarkable story about the coming of the gospel of Jesus to tribes in what was then Irian Jaya – now West Paua. |
| 6th Sunday of Easter | Acts 10.44-48 Christianity becomes a world religion |
The most controversial matter that faced the very first Christians was how to get them to break out of their Jewish isolationism and take the good news of Jesus to the gentiles. |
| 7th Sunday of Easter | Acts 1.15-17, 21-26 | The Lord Jesus had been raised from death and for forty days had appeared to his disciples. |
| Pentecost (Whitsunday) | Acts 2:1-21: A Mind-Boggling Event | The coming of the Holy Spirit on the Day of Pentecost was a unique and extraordinary event re-told by Dr. Luke in Acts 2. |
| 1st Sunday after Pentecost | Trinity Sunday 2018 – Isaiah 6:1-8, Psalm 29, Romans 8:12-17, John 3:1-17 | There can be no greater aim in life than getting to know God. No greater vision than to grow in our love and knowledge of God. |
| – | Mark 2.23-3.6 How Religious Rules were used against Jesus |
The gospel reading today is part of a section where Jesus comes into conflict with religious leaders over his attitude to their religious rules. |
| 2nd Sunday after Pentecost | 2 Corinthians 4:13-5:1 | An outside observer of the apostle Paul at this stage in his ministry might well think that he had every reason to be dispirited and losing heart. |
| 3rd Sunday after Pentecost | 2 Corinthians 5:6-17 Living For Christ |
In our society today generally, with the odd exception, people live for themselves. There’s an irritating advertisement put out by the "ME" bank which reinforces this trend, […] |
| 4th Sunday after Pentecost | PSALM: Psalm 107: 1-3, 23-32 EPISTLE: 2 Corinthians 6:1-13 GOSPEL: Mark 4:35-41 |
Not too many people in our modern world are terrified of Jesus. If people think about him it’s either he is a kind of celestial teller machine - put the right code in (prayers) and out comes what you want […] |
Day of the Season |
Sermon |
Introductory |
| 5th Sunday after Pentecost | Two Miracles In One: Mark 5:21-43 |
In Mark Chapter Five we have two intertwined miracles which were clearly seen as significant, given that Matthew and Luke also record them in their gospels. |
| 6th Sunday after Pentecost | 2 Corinthians 12:2-10 | The Apostle Paul arrived in Corinth alone. He soon found paid work and fellowship with a Christian business couple who had been expelled from Rome. |
| 7th Sunday after Pentecost | A Christian’s True Identity: Ephesians 1:3-14 |
What is the Christian’s true identity? How does God see us? We find the answer in the opening words of Paul’s Letter to the Christians in Ephesus in Turkey. |
| 8th Sunday after Pentecost | Psalm 23 & Ephesians 2:11-22 | Have you ever thought how strange it is that Psalm 23 is so popular in Australia? |
| 9th Sunday after Pentecost | One Of The Greatest Prayers Ever Uttered Ephesians 3.14-19 |
There are many wonderful prayers in the Bible but few come near to the one we have heard read today. Listen again. |
| 10th Sunday after Pentecost | Ephesians 4.1-16 | The Apostle Paul was under house arrest in Rome, the centre of a great empire. |
| 11th Sunday after Pentecost | Be Imitators of GOD! Ephesians 4:25-5:2 |
In the verses before our passage today, Paul reminds his readers of their becoming Christians, being taught from the Bible and growing in the Christian faith. |
| 12th Sunday after Pentecost | John 6:51-58 | We are very familiar with the metaphor of eating and drinking; we “devour” books, “drink in” a lecture, “swallow” a story |
| 13th Sunday after Pentecost | Living For Christ Is Like A Battle Ephesians 6.10-20 |
Living for Christ in this world is like a battle. There are battles inside as we struggle with our own weaknesses and there are battles on the outside as we sometimes feel we a swimming against the tide of public opinion and fashion. |
| 14th Sunday after Pentecost | Deuteronomy 4:1-2,6-9 and Psalm 15 | If you fossick around in a dusty room of the church hall you may find two old notice boards. They would have once been pinned into the front wall of the church. |
| 15th Sunday after Pentecost | James 2.1-17 | Soon after Donald Trump was elected as the President of the United States, he quoined the expression fake news. If the Apostle James was writing his letter in 2018 he may well have used this expression to describe Christian faith […] |
| 16th Sunday after Pentecost | Mark 8.27-38 What do you think about Jesus? |
Greg Sheridan is the long-time Foreign Affairs Editor of the Australian Newspaper. He has written a very important book about Christianity in the West, entitled “God is Good For You; A defence of Christianity in Troubled Times.” |
| 17th Sunday after Pentecost | Mark 9:30-37 | Sometimes we can become so familiar with something that we no longer see it for what it really is or appreciate it. |
| 18th Sunday after Pentecost | Mark 9:38-50 | There was a noticeable, new intensity in Jesus’ manner and teaching as he and his disciples were on their way to Jerusalem this time. |
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| 19th Sunday after Pentecost | Hebrews 1:1-4 GOD has spoken and still speaks |
I wonder if you’ve ever received a card or letter in the mail and you haven’t the foggiest who it’s from?! Either the signature is illegible or the sender has deliberately kept his or her identity secret. |
| 20th Sunday after Pentecost | Mark 10:17-31 | Money and religion can be a heady and almost fatal mix. |
| 21st Sunday after Pentecost | Mark 10:35-45 Right Patterns of Christian Leadership |
When people are placed in positions of leadership in the church, either as ordained ministers or as lay-leaders in their local parish, […] |
| 22nd Sunday after Pentecost | Mark 10:46-52 | I wonder how many times the healing of blind Bartimaeus has been told from pulpits around the world and down through time? I wonder how many times his story […] |
| 23rd Sunday after Pentecost | Psalm 119.1-8 The centrality of God’s Word to the life of the Christian |
We have all had the experience of seeing a breathtaking and expansive view, perhaps capturing such a view with a panoramic photo on our camera, phone or iPad. |
| 25th Sunday after Pentecost | Mark 13.1-8 The End Of The World Is Coming Make Sure Your Are Ready |
It used to be that only religious people spoke about the end of the world, but not anymore. |
| Christ the King; last Sunday after Pentecost | Revelation to John 1:4b-8 | The old Churchman had many reasons to be disturbed, discouraged, sad and even bitter. |
| – | Luke 21:25-36 | Have you ever noticed how much of the creed speaks of the future? Each week we remind each other that Christian people are looking forward. Why? |
| – | Luke 3.7-18 | This year 4 teenage Queensland footballers suffered serious spinal damage. With specialist treatment one is almost walking normally, another is able to stand and take a step or two. |
| – | Is Your God too Small? | ‘Your God is too small’ is the provocative title of a little book written some years ago by J.B. Phillips. This intriguing title described those who have not found a God big enough for modern needs and issues. |
| – | Christmas Homily 2018 | What was it about this child that drove the shepherds to go and have a quick look and then tell all their mates? What were all the people amazed at? After all, the birth of every baby is amazing, even though some us might think: |
| – | SURPRISE SURPRISE! | How was your Christmas? Christmas is sometimes full of surprises: Family and friends may appear unexpectedly. We may receive gifts which take us by surprise. |
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| 03rd February | 1 Corinthians 13:1–13; Luke 4:21–30 | Recall a time when you’ve tried to speak with kindness and gentleness, but the person you spoke to just dismissed your words. In fact, they might even have tried to put you down. Two of our Bible readings for today help us reflect on that situation. |
| 10th February | Fishing Lessons! Luke 5.1-11 |
Today’s Gospel reading is in a class of its own. Truly an amazing experience for professional fisherman, Simon Peter, and a day he would never ever forget. |
| 17th February | Epiphany 6 2019 | It is no surprise to us when people outside the church scoff at the gospel message about Jesus. |
| 24th February | Loving enemies and not judging | Have you ever narrated a story only to be reminded by family members or friends you’ve told us that before! |
| 03rd March | Key Passage: Luke 9:28–36 - The Transfiguration | Why believe in Jesus? Can’t prove it, but we have evidence. Evidence that is compelling for those who want to believe |
| 06th March (Ash Wednesday) |
Lament and Lent | As 2019 is the ‘Year of Lament’ in the diocese, a good place to deepen our understanding of ‘Lament’ is to look at one of the Penitential Psalms, in our case Psalm 51. |
| 10th March | 1st Sunday in Lent | What is the “Spirit-filled life?” What does it mean to be “led by the Spirit”? |
| 17th March | Friend or Enemy of the Cross | In our reading from the Epistle today, from Philippians 3, the Apostle Paul gives not three but just two options concerning people’s attitude to the Cross of Christ: |
| 24th March | Luke 13:1-9 | As you look around your community, your friends, your family, have you wondered why it is that some people believe in Jesus, and others don’t? |
| 31st March | Real Relationships | Today’s sermon is based on Jesus’ well known parable, The Parable of the Lost Son in Luke chapter 15. |
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| 07th April | Being Genuine About Jesus | Our epistle reading today is a really strong challenge to be fair dinkum, to be genuine about Jesus. Do you need encouragement to be like that? |
| 14th April | The Triumphal Entry: (Palm Sunday)s | All around Europe there are Triumph arches indicating some military victory. The Romans built many. But there was no triumphal arch in Jerusalem on the day that Jesus came to town, but plenty of action. |
| 18th April | Washing the Disciples’ Feet | This passage describes Jesus washing his disciples’ feet. The passage reveals so much about Jesus himself. |
| 19th April | Beneath the Cross of Jesus | […] we remember with penitence and gratitude the agony and shame, the darkness and desolation that Jesus endured on Calvary for us, and for the redemption of the whole human race. |
| 28th April | An Eye-Witness Challenges The Authorities | Eye-witnesses often have a vivid and authoritative story to tell. One of the television stations used to call their news hour eye-witness news. |
| 05th May | Seeing the Whole Picture | There’s an old story about the sailor diligently cleaning the decks, training the new crew, making sure his duties are done to the best of his ability. |
| 12th May | Opening Up to God | The Psalms are songs of praise that invite us to open up to God. They have been used as a hymn book and a prayer book by countless generations of God’s people. |
| 19th May | Homily for Easter 5 2019 Acts 11:1–18; Psalm 148; Revelation 21:1–6; John 13:31–35 |
We look for the resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come I wonder what goes through your mind as we say those words together each week. |
| 26th May | An Exhortation, an Amazing Promise and an Extraordinary Gift | Have you ever been told something that made no sense to you at all until later? |
| 02nd June | What is God Doing in the World | What is God doing in the world? With the World Powers, the destructive forces of extremist religion and politics, realistically, what can God do? |
| 09th June | The Day of Pentecost | Today is one of those great days of Christian celebration. Like Christmas and Easter, the Day of Pentecost focuses our attention on God himself, who he is and what he’s done. |
| 16th June | Trinity Sunday | Today’s readings: Proverbs 8:1–4, 22–31 and Psalm 8 | Romans 5:1–5 | John 16:12–15 I wonder if you’ve ever thought like this: “God I can understand. Why complicate it by talk of a Trinity?” |
| 23rd June | Put Your Hope In God | It has been said that a picture is worth a thousand words. In Bible times, they didn’t have cameras but some of the contributors to the Bible drew pictures with words. |
| 30th June | What do you Follow? | What do you Follow? Do you have a particular sport team? Do you follow many friends on FaceBook? Of course you follow family - are there other particular people, or groups you follow? |
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| 07th July | Clothe Yourselves with Humility | A recent SBS TV Insight program dealt with the topic of ‘Remorse’. |
| 14th July | 5th Sunday after Pentecost | What must I do to receive eternal life? Every so often we need to ask ourselves: “Am I really fair dinkum about following Jesus?” |
| 21st July | The Supremacy of Jesus Christ | Biographies and autobiographies can be very interesting. We can get to know what makes people tick. |
| 28th July | 7th Sunday after Pentecost | Sometimes you hear really important news. News which changes your life. The Apostle Paul had not visited the town Colossae, but he heard from Epaphras how these people believed the news about Jesus. |
| 04th August | The Key To Everything | Tourists are everywhere. They arrive in their air-conditioned buses, stay for a few hours or less, take lots of photos including … |
| 11th August | 9th after Pentecost | 80% of the people in the world today who are being persecuted are Christians. |
| 18th August | Keep Running the Race, Looking to Jesus | In bowling clubs, RSL clubs and even some churches there are “Honour Rolls” listing the names of those from those clubs, churches or communities … |
| 25th August | 11th Sunday after Pentecost | The events recorded in the gospels keep revealing Jesus to us in fresh light. |
| 01st September | Turning Things Around | Sadly, in every local community, you will find people who call themselves ‘former’ church members and some indeed who say they are ‘former’ Christians. |
| 08th September | 13th Sunday after Pentecost | Imagine for a moment you have a really good reputation in the town and community. You are known as upright and moral. You always do the right thing. |
| 15th September | Repentance and Forgiveness | From time to time all of us fail God and fail one another. The Bible says that all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. |
| 22nd September | 15th Sunday after Pentecost | Through the parable we read today Jesus teaches his disciples to use what we have with generosity and faithfulness. |
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| 06th October | 17th Sunday after Pentecost | 2 Timothy 1:1–14 14 Guard the good deposit that was entrusted to you—guard it with the help of the Holy Spirit who lives in us … |
| 13th October | Praising God and Encouraging Others to Do the Same | When did you last ‘shout with joy’? During some sporting event? At the birth of a child? When you heard from a long lost friend or relative? When your finances were in the ‘black’? |
| 20th October | Encouragement to Pray for the Coming of Jesus | We know what it is to long for something important to us, and face such lengthy delays that you give up hope. |
| 27th October | The Two Worshippers | The story of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector is the story of two men who went to worship. |
| 03rd November | Pentecost 21 | What kind of people does the Lord Jesus want to see coming to our church? |
| 10th November | Jesus is Coming, Ready or Not! | All of us have probably played the game “hide and seek” as children and possibly as adults with children in our family network. |
| 17th November | Longing for Security 23rd Sunday after Pentecost |
This homily is based on Luke 21:5–19. In so many ways we face threat. Our world is in the grip of significant climate change, and we long to see some action taken to reduce the threat we all face. |
| 24th November | A Psalm of Comfort | This psalm has three parts. The first, in verses 1-3, expresses a general confidence in the power and providence of God. The second part, verses 4-7, expresses a particular experience, in this case the deliverance of the city. The last part, verses 8-11, is an assurance that God will establish his universal kingdom of peace. |
| 01st December | Happy New Year! | Happy New Year! Well, not quite! But today marks the beginning of the church’s year. |
| 08th December | Prayer for Unity & Hope | One of the great privileges of being a Christian, being in relationship with God, is that we can spend time in prayer, privately and together when the church meets. |
| 15th December | Mary’s Song 3rd Sunday of Advent |
Today is the third Sunday in Advent - and we’ll explore Mary’s Song in Luke chapter 1. Her song leads us to rejoice in God who is merciful, powerful and faithful. |
| 22nd December | A Righteous Man | As we approach Christmas, we reflect on one of the greatest of all moments, when God, in his Son, acted in history. |
| 25th December | Christmas Day | Christmas can be a wonderful distraction from Jesus. Instead of thinking and talking about who he really is we can do other things. |
| 29th December | After Jesus’ Birth, What Next? | When one of the royal babies is born in the UK, the world media makes a huge fuss. Later we are told of the child’s Baptism and from time to time we hear more of this royal baby. |