Sunday Worship for 11 April 2021
Our worship for Sunday 11 April 2021 is now available:
Our worship for Sunday 11 April 2021 is now available:
Deuteronomy 15:7–11 Matthew 14:13–21 2 Corinthians 9:6–15 I didn’t get to where I am by not enjoying many good dinners. I once enjoyed a very good meal on the high table at Mansfield College Oxford, after preaching in the college chapel, but then I am biased in favour of Oxford. In an episode of Inspector…
There’s an episode of Open All Hours, where Arkwright looks up to the sky, and remarks in a philosophical tone, “93 million miles from here to the sun”, and Granville, sweeping with a worn out brush, replies, “aye, and that’s about how many miles this brush has done”. I don’t know about you, but my…
Genesis 9:8-17 Mark 2:9-15 Many years ago, the clown Roly Bain came to this church to perform his presentation of the Christian story using clowning. When he offered prayers, he used a small pot of bubble mixture, and as he blew the bubbles he invited us to look at the bubbles and drew our attention…
Our service for Maundy Thursday is now available. If it is helpful to you, you might want to have something to eat and drink while the service is on, or even to watch the service while you eat your meal. The service lasts about 34 minutes, and the shared meal reflection begins at about 21 minutes…
Luke 9:1-6 1 Kings 8:22-24 & 27 Colossians 1:19-20 It’s hard to believe now, but the potato was once a highly unpopular food. When first introduced into England towards the end of the 1580s, the early printing presses were used to condemn the potato, ministers preached sermons against it, and the general public wouldn’t touch…
Luke 24:1-12 1 Corinthians 15:17-26 ‘These words seemed to them an idle tale, and they did not believe them.’ Why not? Why were the eleven disciples and the others so incredulous? Perhaps because those who brought the news were all women: Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and others. Resurrection, if it happens,…