Morning Worship for Sunday 13 December 2020

Psalm 23 1 John 3:16-end John 10:11-18 Well it’s hotting up. The General Election is round the corner, and most of us are feeling a mixture of battered and bewildered by the barrage of promises, the endless stream of claim and counter claim. Those of us who aren’t economists really have little idea what pledges…

Isaiah 7:10-16 Psalm 80:1-8, 18-20 Romans 1:1-7 Matthew 1:18-end One hundred and seventy years ago Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol was published: a story of a visionary dream leading to a change of heart. The tale features Ebenezer Scrooge, who seven years after the death of his business partner Joseph Marley, has become cruel and…

Luke 1:5:25 Luke 1:57-80 Suddenly at this time of year, you lot all remember my son. John the Baptist, you call him, and I wonder how much you know about him and how he came to be part of our family? My wife Elizabeth was a descendant of Aaron, so she born into a line…

Acts 3:12-19 Luke 24:36-48 A man walked into a corner shop with a shotgun and demanded all the cash from the till. After the cashier put the cash in a bag, the robber saw a bottle of scotch that he wanted behind the counter on the shelf. He told the cashier to put it in…

Matthew 16:13-20 2 Timothy 3:10-4:8 An article in a recent issue of Reform magazine asked “what will the church be like in 40 years?” They asked four people in various positions of leadership throughout the church to give their view, and these were published in the magazine. Firstly, they asked Susan Durber, the principal of…