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Look upstream... Here comes the future.

22/1/2024

Readings:     Ecclesiastes 3: 1-7, Luke 5:27-38, Matthew 2: 1-6
Sentence:        But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins.
Luke 5:38
Collect:           Jesus, our Redeemer, give us your power to reveal and proclaim the good news, so that wherever we may go the sick may be healed, lepers embraced, and the dead and dying given new life; for the glory of your holy name. Amen.
Preacher: Peter Olliver

Seeing and Believing

15/1/2024

Readings:       1 Samuel 3:1–10, John 1:43–51
Sentence:        Now the LORD came and stood there, calling as before, “Samuel! Samuel!” And Samuel said, “Speak, for your servant is listening.” 1 Sam 3:10
Collect:           Praise to you, God, for all your work among us. Yours is the vigour in creation, yours is the impulse in our new discoveries. Make us adventurous, yet reverent and hopeful in all we do. Hear this prayer for your love’s sake. Amen.
Preacher: Glen Ashworth

From whom do we seek praise?

8/1/2024

Readings:     Hebrews 11:1-16, Philippians 3:7-15
Sentence:        ‘Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal; but store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consumes and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. Matthew 6:19-21

Collect:           Holy Spirit, as you drove Jesus into the wilderness, when John baptised him and the heavens opened, drive us to wrestle and reflect so that we may fulfil our baptism, and live the life of victory. This we ask through the same Jesus Christ our Redeemer. Amen.

Preacher: Alastair Smith

Sing a New Song to the Lord

4/1/2024

Readings:     Psalm 96, Luke 2:16-20
Sentence:        Sing to the Lord a new song; sing to the Lord all the earth. Sing to the Lord, praise his name; proclaim his salvation day after day. Psalm 96: 1-2

Collect:           As we are glad, Creator God, when the dawn reveals the world to us, innocent and fresh, so may we discover the infant in the manger, and in delight be ready to start anew. Amen
Preacher: Miriam Taylor

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Look upstream... Here comes the future.

Seeing and Believing

From whom do we seek praise?

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