Readings: Acts 1: 1 – 9 & Luke 1: 1 - 4
 
Sentence: You shall love the Lord you God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.  This is the greatest and first commandment.  And a second is like it: you shall love your neighbour as yourself.  On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
Matthew 22:37-40
 
Collect: God of love, your Son teaches us the heart of the law.  Open our minds, souls and hearts to discern what you ask of us. Empower us to love you with our whole being, to love our neighbour as ourselves and thus fulfil your law. Through Jesus Christ our Liberator, who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen

Sermon: John Neal (8 & 10am)

Readings: Matthew 13:44-46 & Matthew 11:12.
 
Sentence: This is our God for whom we have waited; let us be glad and rejoice in his salvation.
Isaiah 25:9
 
Collect: Almighty God, you reign over all things and have created each one of us in your own image.  Assist your people to give to earthly rulers and powers what belongs to them and to give our allegiance and ourselves to you alone, the one whose image is imprinted on every human soul. Through Jesus Christ our Liberator, who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen
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Sermon: Nathan Hughes

Readings: John 12:20-26 & Habakkuk 3:1-2
 
Sentence: Forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, let us press on toward the goal for the prize of the heavenly call of God in Christ Jesus. Philippians 3:13b-14 
 
Collect: Kind and generous God, you prepare a feast for all people.  May we prepare for your banquet by putting on the garment of love that springs from a pure heart, a clear conscience, and a genuine faith.  Help us to bring the lost and lonely, the poor and those in need to your feast where all are fed.  Through Jesus Christ our Liberator, who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen  

Sermon/Bishops' Charge: Bishop Steve Maina (via recording)

Readings: Hosea 1:2-3 & 3:1-5 and John 14:1-7
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Sentence: Come let us return to the Lord, that we may live before Him.  Hosea 6:1a-2b
 
Collect; Loving God, yours is the vineyard and the harvest. Help us to recognise the one you send and to follow him.  Make us willing workers in your vineyard, so that we may offer you an abundant harvest.  Through Jesus Christ our Liberator, who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen

Sermon: Joe Keighley ( 8am)
                Kaye Dyer ( Family Service -10am ( not recorded))

Readings: 1 Kings 19:1-10, James 5:13-18
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Sentence: “Come, let us return to the Lord, that we may live before him.”  Hosea 6:1a, 2b
 
Collect: God of all authority, enable us to hear your call and do what you ask of us.  Forgive us for judging others, help us to embrace the outcast and the downtrodden.  Transform our lives so that everything we do may proclaim your generous love.  Through Jesus Christ our Liberator, who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen

Readings: Ruth 4:1-12 & Luke 15:1-7

Sentence: “By grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not your own doing: it is the gift of God.” Ephesians 2:8,9
 
Collect: God of grace, you are kind to all people, good beyond our understanding. Help us to be grateful for what we have been given and merciful and generous with our sisters and brothers.  Teach us the ways of your kingdom where the last will be first and the first will be last. Through Jesus Christ our Liberator, who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen

Sermon: ​Joe Keighley (8 & 10am)
 

Readings: Romans 14:1-12, Matthew 18:21-35

Sentence: “If you, O Lord, should note what we do wrong, Lord, who could stand?  But there is forgiveness with you, so that you may be revered.” Psalm 130:34
 
Collect: Compassionate God, your forgiveness is more than we can imagine.  Enable us to take hold of the forgiveness you offer and to have the grace to forgive others as we are forgiven.  Through Jesus Christ our Liberator, who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen

Sermon: Miriam Taylor 8 and 10am
 

 
Readings: Romans 13:8-14 & Matthew 18:15-20 

Sentence:” Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for whoever loves another has fulfilled law.” Romans 13:8 

Collect: Gracious God, when two or three are gathered in your name you are there.  Ever present with your family, the church.  Give us grace and maturity when we are in conflict.  Help us to listen, to forgive and to live together in mutual love.  Through Jesus Christ our Liberator,  who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.  Amen 

Sermon:  Kevin Thompson (8am) Family Service at 10am ( not recorded)

Readings: Romans 8:26-39 (NIV) &Luke 10:25-37
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Sentence: “If you want to become and disciple of Jesus, deny yourself, take up your cross and follow Him.” Matthew 16:24-25
 
Collect: Eternal and ever living God, our beginning and our end, you give us strength in the face of suffering and death.  Set our minds on divine, not worldly things.  Give us courage to take up our cross and follow you.  Help us to trust and live in the power of the resurrection of Jesus.  Through Jesus Christ our Liberator, who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen
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Readings: Romans 12:1-8 & Matthew 16:13-20
 
Sentence: “Martha said, ‘Yes Lord, I believe that you are the Messiah, the Son of God, the one coming into the world.” John 11:27
 
Collect: Living God, you sent your Son Jesus to your people.  Embolden your church to proclaim Jesus as Messiah, and to trust in him.  Through Jesus Christ our Liberator, who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen

Sermon: John Neal 8 & 10am