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Luke 2:1-20 – Christmas Pageant I am starting with some congregational participation this morning! Could I ask – if you have ever been in a Christmas pageant or play – can you stand up? (This probably includes everyone who was at church two weeks ago!) Ok! You can sit down Read more…

Play Service Advent 4 – The Magnificat as Literature 1 Sam 2:1-8; Luke 1:46b-55 Some of you will know that I belong to a book club – I joined a group that Tracey had started nearly 20 years ago. At the time they were reading The Red Tent, a wonderful Read more…

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Play Service The day of the Lord – Malachi 3:1-4 & Matthew 24:42-44 Whereas the first Sunday in Advent invited us to tell the truth, to yearn, to wait expectantly, to lean into God’s promised future; the second Sunday in Advent forces us – abruptly – to transition between Christ Read more…

Play Service Jeremiah 33:14-16, Luke 21:25-28 There is a lot going on at the moment, isn’t there! We have friends sick and in care or in hospital. We have friends having treatment or nearing the end of treatment. We have friends and family who are grieving. There are also good Read more…

Play Service Luke 23:33-43 – Jesus, remember me This Sunday marks the end of one year in the church calendar and the beginning of another. Known as Christ the King Sunday it is a time to reflect on the meaning of Christ’s kingship before we again, in the season of Read more…

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Play Service Luke 20:27-38 – We belong to God I know I am meant to be speaking about life after death or resurrected life, but I am going on a brief tangent because the more I read this passage in Luke this week the angrier I became. I know the Read more…

Play Service Note this Sermon is in note form, not transcribed. Being father’s day – some licence for Dad jokes/puns!! Symbols: Clay (Jeremiah reading) place of malleability Where the potter and the clay need to work together Broken – fired clay Reminds us metaphors have inherent weakness, we need to Read more…

Play Service Luke 19:1-10 – Smile & Wave A good conversation starter a few weeks ago was, “How much of the Queen’s funeral did you watch?” I know some of you didn’t watch any of it, and some of you watched it all the way to Windsor castle. Others fell Read more…