Sermons

Sermons

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Date	Preacher	Title and abstract

9 Sept 07	Rev R Cotton	Harry Potter meets Rowan Williams The final book in the Harry Potter series explores some of the difficulties on the long journey of friendship; Rowan Williams' book "Tokens of Trust" reflects in a similar vein on building trust. This sermon brings the two together.
6 May 07	Susan Bloomfield	Jesus is the good herdsman
14 Jan 07	Peter McBride	The Baptism of Christ
26 Nov 06	Rod Pierce	Evensong St Andrew, Simon Peter's brother - reliable & competent, who brings people to Jesus.
05 Nov 06	Peter McBride	Half a bar of chocolate and a bag of tortilla chips (I kid you not!)
05 Nov 06	Rod Pierce	All Saints Day A sermon drawing attention to the words of Fred Pratt Green's All Saints Day hymn, and those present-day Saints, unknown to most of us, that work quietly without fuss behind the scenes. Such an example is Martha, from today's reading, as Lazarus is raised.
01 Oct 06	Brian Roberts	Is Jesus simply a nice chap?
24 Sep 06	Peter McBride	Storms and Demons
30 Apr 06	Rod Pierce
30 Apr 06	Rev R Cotton	Matt Vernon An appreciation of Matt Vernon, one time curate in this parish, and a description of how he is getting on in Hong Kong
09 April 06	Susan Bloomfield
12 Mar 06	Vicky Barlow
05 Mar 06	Philip Hancock	The Tree of Life The contrasts of life: from betrayal to love, from a frantic, over-busy world with no time to .... to what?
26 Feb 06	Rev R Cotton	Seeing who we really are Jacob wrestles with God in the night; Jesus is transfigured. Both stories challenge us to rage, wrestle and not give in.
12 Feb 06	Rev R Cotton	Sea and Islands After an meeting of the General Synod.
29 Jan 06	Mike Bishop and Rev R Cotton	Mike Bishop in dialogue with The Rector Mike Bishop in dialogue with The Rector Exploring what is involved in being backroom staff. Can we have an "us" without creating a "them"?
22 Jan 06	Rev R Cotton	God is always on the road Feeling awkward in the face of age-old problems of homelessness is part of the disciples' calling - and yet it is worth trying to help.
08 Jan 06	Rev R Cotton	The giver and receiver are one In true giving, as in profound prayer, the one who gives and the one who receives can become deeply united.
01 Jan 06	Rod Pierce	Sermon for Christmas No, the road ahead is not all rosy, and Jesus shows that by shedding blood for us from just a week into his very special life.
25 Dec 05	Rev R Cotton	Let us go to Bethlehem and see the things that have come to pass An encouragement to see what is good and to make it known to others.
24 Dec 05	Rev R Cotton	What spare change do you have in your pocket? Respect, courage, confidence are what is needed for God to change the world little by little.