Category: Sermons
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Third Sunday of Epiphany
Reflections on Bible readings for 3rd Sunday of Epiphany Revelation 19:6-10 & John 2:1-11 By Canon Janice Ward Officiating at a marriage ceremony is one of the great joys of priestly ministry. Our Gospel reading today is referred to in part of the Anglican Church marriage liturgy and the same verses are often chosen by…
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Second Sunday of Epiphany
A reflection from Nancy Clague 1 Samuel 3:1-10, Revelations 5:1-10 & John 1:43-51 You have probably heard the readings this morning before, especially the call of Samuel and the calling of the disciples. The reading from Revelation are visions experienced by John in exile. He sees a throne and an angel, 4 living creatures and…
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Plough Sunday
A short reflection on our readings for this Sunday from Genesis 1:1-5, Acts 19:1-7 & Mark 1:4-11. This Sunday, during our morning service at Marown, we should have been joined by our friends from the Crosby Methodist Chapel as we celebrated together the baptism of our Lord Jesus Christ and marked Plough Sunday with horses…
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Easter Sunday Sermon 2020
Hope you’re enjoying the sunshine and the quietness. Happy Easter! Because it’s the most important (and joyful) day in the Christian calendar I’ve done a small piece on the resurrection (nothing original – nothing really new). The old medieval scholars – philosophers and theologians – always referred to two books: the book of Scripture and…
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Maundy Thursday and Good Friday
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, Please find attached 2 services that I offer to you as we mark these holy days of Maundy Thursday and Good Friday plus a reflection from myself. I invite you to use the Maundy Thursday material this evening 7pm which is when we would have had our parish service…
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Palm Sunday Sermon 2020
During Lock-down I have, among other things, taken the opportunity to re-visit Richard Dawkins’s 2006 book The God Delusion. I have it on Kindle and a nice hardback edition too. Richard Dawkins is not pleased with God. He seems to have chosen God as his sworn enemy. The God Delusion is essentially an extended diatribe…
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Set your focus
In life we often get caught up in ourself and our own priorities. In this week’s talk, Rev. Ian Davies reminds us to set our focus on God and in doing so the rest of our lives will fall into place if we trust in him. Colossians 3:1-11 and Luke 12:13-21
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Just do it!
This week’s sermon is delivered by visiting Reader Eric Quirk. He talks to us about prayer and advises us to ‘Just do it!’. Colossians 2:6-15 and Luke 11:1-13
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Mary or Martha?
You are special. That’s what Rev. Ian Davies’ message is in his family talk. In the main sermon, we look at what Martha actually did wrong when she criticised Mary for not helping when Jesus came to visit… Luke 10:38-42
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If it won’t budge, scrub round it!
How do you deal with people that won’t accept you? In life we face all sorts of people and problems, and so did Jesus. Luke 9:51-56