Amelia Ware welcomed us to worship on 4th December, the second Sunday of Advent. We celebrated Holy Communion together and explored the idea of peace in our society and in all of creation. Watch the service again on Youtube Watch or read the the Sunday Prayers We lit the second Advent candle for Peace Watch Ian’s [...]
Kirsty Bennett welcomed us to worship on 27th November, to the first Sunday of Advent saying 'Yes, Christmas is coming once more, and so it is time for us to start preparing for the birth of the Christ Child. Today we will focus on hope, hope in the face of brokenness, hope in the face [...]
Ian Ferguson welcomed us to worship on 20th November, to Christ the King Sunday or the Reign of Christ Sunday, that relatively modern festival where we are invited to reflect on human leadership from the perspective of the divine. Watch the service again on Youtube Watch or read the the Sunday Prayers Ian invited us [...]
Helen Burnham welcomed us to worship on 13th November. Our Bible readings tookus from one extreme to another. From Isaiah 65: 17-25 we heard about New Heavens and a New Earth, challenging us to find this “New Way” in a time of violence and unrest. From Luke 21: 5-19, we heard Jesus apocalyptic words of [...]
Saide Cameron welcomed us to worship on 6th November. We welcomed Brad Coath, member of our congregation as our preacher. Brad is a community worker at Urban Neighbours of Hope and chaplain at a local primary school. We were glad to have Janet Reus-Smit, also a member of our congregation, presiding over our celebration [...]
Natalie Sims welcomed us to worship on 30th October. We continued hearing Luke’s stories of tax collectors: this time we meet Zacchaeus, who Jesus dined with, and who gave away half of his possessions. And we listened to another reading of hope from the minor prophets: this time from the book of Habakkuk, who [...]
Kirsty Bennett welcomed us to worship on 23rd October. We hear Luke’s story of the proud pharisee and the humble contrite tax collector, and reflected on shame and failure and what it means to be exalted. We also listened to a reading from the book of Joel, which offers us hope as it speaks [...]
Ian Ferguson welcomed us to worship on 16th October. We heard and sang Psalm 121, a great affirmation of God’s loving support in our lives. We reflected on the suffering and sacrifice of Jesus. Watch the service again on Youtube Watch or read the the Sunday Prayers Ian introduced Blessing who will be the [...]
Saide Cameron welcomed us to worship on 9th October. We shared a time for blessing our pets in person and online. We also remembered the many other non-human creatures that inhabit our planet and lamented the loss of bio-diversity and the ever-present threat of extinction. The reading from the prophet Jeremiah this morning encouraged [...]
Amelia Ware welcomed us to worship on 2nd October. We celebrated Holy Communion and we looked at what it is to have faith and to believe in the steadfast love of God, despite the bad things that happen and the changes that we experience. Watch the service again ** on Youtube Watch or read the the [...]