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:
Ephesians 5:15-20 24 May is as close as you get to a holy day in the Methodist Church, because 24 May 1738 was the day on which John Wesley’s heart was “strangely warmed”, and he was at in a house in Aldersgate Street that evening, and so the Sunday before 24 May is always celebrated…
Isaiah 6:1-8 Psalm 138 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 Luke 5:1-11 There’s a story told that in the early in the nineteenth century, the King of Prussia, Frederick William III, found his nation in great trouble. He had been attempting to bring prosperity to his land, but constant wars had drained the treasury. So, he wrote an…
Isaiah 2:1-5 Psalm 122 Romans 13:8-14 John 1:6-8 & 19-23 The Advent wind begins to stir With sea-like sounds in our Scotch fir, It’s dark at breakfast, dark at tea, And in between we only see Clouds hurrying across the sky And rain-wet roads the wind blows dry And branches bending to the gale Against…
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…
Ephesians 2:11-22 The last time I watched a soccer match it was West Germany versus the USSR, so I’d be lying if I told you that I followed the World Cup. Indeed, having grown up in Rugby, and attended Rugby School, I really should say that I don’t accept the heretical breakaway version football that…
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…