Choosing God, in the face of oppression
March 21, 2018
This sermon was given by Rev Caroline on Wednesday 21 March 2018. You can listen again here … More Choosing God, in the face of oppression
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Mothering Sunday 2018
March 21, 2018
When God created mother, it was well into overtime on the sixth day. An angel dropped down and commented, ‘Lord, you are taking your time over this creature.’ … More Mothering Sunday 2018
Relationship
March 21, 2018
When I was a child, I had piano lessons. I longed to be able to play Chopin and Mozart as beautifully as my grandmother could and was disappointed to find that there was an awful lot of practice of the basics, such as scales, before what I was doing would become a thing of beauty … More Relationship
Gloria
March 15, 2018
The “Gloria”, or Greater Doxology is sung in churches every Sunday all over the world, unless of course it is either Lent or Advent. As you probably know, this hymn begins with the words that the angels sang to announce the birth of Christ to shepherds in Luke 2:14 … More Gloria
Bogoroditse Devo (Rachmaninov arr. Apperley)
March 7, 2018
As members of Maggie’s Music Makers are learning, there are many, many languages to sing in, and English is quite possibly the worst of the lot … More Bogoroditse Devo (Rachmaninov arr. Apperley)
TearFund
March 7, 2018
On Sunday 4 March, in place of a sermon, a speaker from TearFund visited to tell the congregation about their work … More TearFund
Dismiss Preconceptions
March 7, 2018
Rev Caroline gave this sermon on Wednesday 7 March. You can listen again here … More Dismiss Preconceptions
To Serve…
February 28, 2018
This sermon was offered by Rev Deborah on Wednesday 28 February 2018. If you missed it (there was a lot of snow underfoot!) you can listen again here … More To Serve…
Candlemas
February 23, 2018
We all know Candlemas as the time in the Christian year when we bless the candles that are used in church throughout the year and as the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple when it was customary for parents to present their baby boy in the temple to give thanks to God … More Candlemas
Transfiguration
February 16, 2018
When I was a teenager (and before I had come to a personal faith), I recognised that there was something different in the faces of those that I knew that believed. Before I understood that it was the Holy Spirit shining out of them, I used to describe this phenomenon as them having “ITV” faces which drew its analogy from the sparkly radiance that make up and lights achieved in a TV studio … More Transfiguration
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