Worship for Sunday 16 May 2021
Our worship for Sunday 16 May 2021 is now available:
Our worship for Sunday 16 May 2021 is now available:
Acts 5:30-32 Psalm 25 Genesis 12:1-3 You know you’re getting old when the candles on your birthday cake contribute to global warming. A reporter was interviewing a 104 year-old woman: “And what do you think is the best thing about being 104?” the reporter asked. She simply replied, “No peer pressure.” Clement Freud, towards the…
Ruth 1:16-18 Mark 12:41-44 ‘Commitment for Life’: three words that to many people simply mean the United Reformed Church’s world development programme. But if you met those words outside that context, most of us would probably run a mile. Who wants to be committed to something for life? No right thinking advertiser would think of…
Jeremiah 29:1, 4-72 Timothy 2:8-15 I have a question to ask you: How are you feeling about the world and our country right now? Unhappy? Uncomfortable? Unclear what is happening? We’re less than three weeks from potentially leaving the EU. But will it happen on 31 October? Will it ever happen? And if it does,…
This week’s Pause for Thought comes from our Minister, Philip. You can view the video here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmQf6R9a6QI You can listen to the audio recording by phoning 01252 978319, and a computer will play the audio recording automatically.
Luke 23:32-38 When the European missionaries came to Alberta, Canada, they were savagely opposed by many of the indigenous peoples. Among them was a young chief of the Cree named Maskepetoon. Eventually he responded to the missionary’s work, and became a Christian. Shortly afterwards, a member of the Blackfoot tribe killed his father. Maskepetoon rode…
Luke 1:26-38 You are going to have a baby! Years ago young women heard those words from their doctor. Nowadays they usually find out for themselves in a toilet when the second line appears. However one finds out, the news of an impending birth is often a cue for joy, excitement, and intense satisfaction. Perhaps…