St Mark's Broomhill and BroomhallReadings: Genesis 1.14-17: John 3.1-17 Sermon: Psalm 19 begins: The heavens are telling the glory of God and the firmament proclaims his handiwork That is great fun to sing but we all realise that humanity’s understanding of the earth, our solar system, and of the whole cosmos has developed greatly since the ancient story of […]
Readings: Proverbs 8: John 16. Sermon: In the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. I am going to begin my sermon at the end, with a question. “So what?” I don’t propose to answer that question for you but to suggest that on this Trinity Sunday 2019 […]
“Healing” – a disability reading of Acts 16:16-34 and John 17:20-end. 2nd June, 2019 – Revd. Cate Thomson What the enslaved girl needed: compassion; to be remembered by name; To be recognised as having value beyond her status as property; To be liberated from the abusive setting and structures which didn’t even recognise her as […]
Readings: Acts 11:1-18; John 13:31-35 Sermon: What Kind of Love is This? Yesterday I was privileged to be part of a celebration of women’s ministry in the Church of England, 25 years since women were priested, fifty years since they were admitted to the role of Reader. It was a joyful celebration and yet…It is […]
Readings: Acts 9.36-43: John 10.22-30 Sermon: Make me to know your ways, O Lord, and teach me your paths. Lead me in your truth and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; for you have I hoped all the day long. Psalm 25, verses 3 & 4 Easter 4 is a point […]
Readings: 1 Corinthians 8: 1-13; John, 21: 1-19 Sermon: The Christians in the young church in Corinth were living in the city where there were many temples dedicated to all manner of gods. The sacrifice of animals was a major part of the worship in many of these temples. This meant that a major source […]
Readings Ephesians 6. 10-12; John 19. 10-16 Talk At the beginning of last month, Eve Saunders included these words in her intercessions: “We ask forgiveness for any part we are playing in the spread of ‘poverty of the human spirit’ over our world today – a dark spirit, which prizes division over unity, personal gain […]
Mothering Sunday Talk Mothering Sunday is a day when we say thank you for the amazing way other people care for us, day in and day out. Sometimes we say thank you by giving something like a card, or a bunch of flowers. Often thank-you’s involve food – whether it’s a box of chocolates, breakfast […]
Readings 1 Samuel 8.4-18: Luke 18.18-27 Sermon: Challenging Poverty Do you remember the dragon Smaug in the films of ‘The Hobbit’? Wonderfully voiced by Benedict Cumberbatch, he was the epitome of the hoarder of wealth – miserable, violent, his whole life spent merely guarding his mountains of gold. The preacher of Ecclesiastes would agree with this […]
Lent II: Sermon Series- “Seeing Afresh” Readings: 2 Corinthians 5.16-21: Luke 24.13-32 Sermon: Prologue In the Lent course sessions this coming week, opportunities are being offered to explore how being people of faith and members of a Christian community, the body of Christ, influences and changes the way we perceive and relate to one another […]