Moses sees the bush that looked to be burning and blazing but it was not being consumed, God calls to Moses into that sacred space and tells him he wants to go and free his people from Egypt. I think this is one of those iconic bible stories and it gives me a shiver every time I read it … More Ordinary doing the Extraordinary
The Exodus story is thought to have taken place in around 1250 BC, and the story enables Christians and Jews to understand a key facet of God’s nature – his intervention in human suffering and his ongoing will to save his people by providing them with freedom and a moral code for living … More The book of Exodus – and what it teaches contemporary Christians and Jews
Good morning and welcome to our service of Holy Communion for Sunday 19 February 2023. Rev Mike Dyson leads our worship.
We begin with the hymn “The Church’s One Foundation” … More The Transfiguration
I wonder if you can remember when you stopped believing in Father Christmas. I was about 4 when I queried the possibility of a man getting down our chimney. My mother, who was a fairly literal person, did not attempt a convincing answer. On the other hand, my daughter was still a firm believer at the age of 25 … More Belief in Miracles
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
We heard this sermon from our Reader Christine on Sunday 6 August 2017.
Transfiguration – a dictionary definition says; a complete change of form or appearance into a more beautiful or spiritual state.
I don’t think we could describe Jesus’ transfiguration any better, but explaining it is a bit more difficult … More Transfiguration
This service was given by Rev Deborah on Mothering Sunday 2017, and was highly interactive! It began with a Mothering Sunday quiz, with the two sides of the congregation playing against each other … More Mothering Sunday
On April 3, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. was speaking to a packed church in Memphis trying to stir the conscience of America. As he did so he recounted the struggle for human rights and the challenge that continued to lay ahead … More Listen and Anticipate
This sermon was given by our Reader Christine on Sunday 12 February 2017.
If we have to go on a journey somewhere today, there are many different ways of finding our way … More Choose the Right Path
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