Sermons
Sermon: Seventh Sunday after Trinity, 15 July 2018, St Matthias
Readings Amos 7.7-15, Mark 6.14-29 Preacher Revd Alan Sykes There’s sometimes confusion about what a prophet does – a prophet in the Bible, that is. A prophet in the biblical sense does not predict the future. If the prophet … Continue reading
Sermon: Fifth Sunday after Trinity, 1 July 2018, St John the Divine
Readings Wisdom 1.13-15, 2.23-24, 2 Corinthians 8.7-end, Mark 5.21-end Preacher Revd Neil Summers Although it’s the theme of death that lurks in two of this morning’s readings, the words we heard from the Wisdom of Solomon affirm that God … Continue reading
Sermon: Fourth Sunday after Trinity, 24 June 2018, St Mary Magdalene, evening
Readings Job 38:1-11, Mark 4: 35-41 Preacher Revd Alan Sykes Our first reading was taken from the Book of Job. Just in case you’re not very familiar with it, it’s the story of an absolutely righteous man who undergoes … Continue reading
Sermon: Third Sunday after Trinity, 17 June 2018, St Mary Magdalene, morning
Reading Mark 4: 26-34 Preacher Revd Alan Sykes I’ve been spending some time again with my old friend the Oxford English Dictionary. In my opinion at least, you can’t beat the thrill of a good definition. Well, maybe you … Continue reading
Sermon: Trinity Sunday, 27 May 2018, St John the Divine
Readings Isaiah 6.1-8; Romans 8.12-17; John 3.1-17 Preacher Revd Neil Summers On Trinity Sunday we try to talk about God. That is very difficult. All our language about God is picture language. The abstract language used by philosophers and … Continue reading
Sermon: Pentecost, 20 May 2018, St Mary Magdalene, evening
Readings Galatians 5.16-26 & Ezekiel 36.22-28 Preacher Revd Alan Sykes Sometimes, in an idle moment, I speculate on what makes human beings different from other animals. After all, you have to do something with your spare time. But that … Continue reading
Sermon: Pentecost, 20 May 2018, St John the Divine
Readings Ezekiel 37.1-14, Acts 2.1-21, John 15.26-27, 16.4b-15 Preacher Revd Neil Summers Pentecost tells the story of the coming of the Holy Spirit on the early Christian community. We read it in the Book of the Acts of the … Continue reading
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