Monthly Archives: April 2018
Sermon: Fifth Sunday of Easter, 29 April 2018, St Mary Magdalene
Reading John 15.1-8 Preacher Revd Alan Sykes I was never very good at science when I was at school – especially chemistry and biology. I could never work out whether I wasn’t very good because I wasn’t interested – … Continue reading
Sermon: Fourth Sunday of Easter, APCM, 22 April 2018, St Matthias
APCM – Sunday 22 April 2018 What does God want us to be and do in our churches and community? That is a question we have been grappling with in the past year and a half and which has … Continue reading
Sermon: Fourth Sunday of Easter & ACM, 22 April 2018, St John the Divine
Preacher Revd Neil Summers Today is an important one in the life of our three churches as we hold our annual meetings. It is RTM’s equivalent of the State of the Union – a time to review the past … Continue reading
Sermon: Third Sunday of Easter, 15 April 2018, St John the Divine
Readings Zephaniah 3.14-20, Acts 3.12-19, Luke 24.36-48 Preacher Revd Neil Summers For me, perhaps for you, too, Easter Sunday is the most wonderful day of the Christian year. It comes as such a relief after the sombre heaviness of Passiontide … Continue reading
Sermon: Second Sunday of Easter, 8 April 2018, St John the Divine
Reading John 19.19-31 Preacher Revd Alan Sykes We don’t have a TV at home so we’re pretty much a radio household – mainly Radio 4 but with a dash of Radio 5 because I have a mild but … Continue reading
Sermon: Easter Day, 1 April 2018, St John the Divine
Reading Isaiah 25.6-9, Acts 10.34-43, Mark 16.1-8 Preacher Revd Neil Summers One of the many striking features of the Easter narratives in the Gospels is that places which were thought to be enclosed, protected and safe are thrown wide open. … Continue reading