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April 07th, 2025

7/4/2025

Theme:           Outrageous Love
Readings:       Luke 7:36-50
Sentence:        Therefore, I tell you, her sins, which were many, have been forgiven; hence she has shown great love. But the one to whom little is forgiven, loves little.” Luke 7:47
Collect:           Jesus, receive our love and worship. Show us how to give you what we have, for nothing is too big or too small for us to offer, or for you to use; for you live and reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit, one God for ever. Amen.
Preacher: Bishop Steve Maina

Who is Zacchaeus?

31/3/2025

Readings:       Luke 3:1-14, Luke 19:1-10
Sentence:        “Today salvation has come to this house, because he too is a son of Abraham. For the Son of Man came to seek out and to save the lost.” Luke 19:9-10
Collect:           We praise you God, that the light of Christ shines in our darkness and is never overcome; show us the way we must go to eternal day; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Preacher: Alastair Smith

In Tune or a clanging cymbal

24/3/2025

Readings:       1 Corinthians 13:1-7 & 13, John 8:1-11
Sentence:        For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. John 3:17
Collect:           God of grace and goodness, you know that by reason of our frailty we cannot but fail; keep us always under your protection and lead us to all things profitable to our salvation; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Preacher: Miriam Taylor

Encountering Jesus: Blind Bartimaeus

17/3/2025

Readings:       Psalm 16, Mark 10:46-52
Sentence:        You show me the path of life. In your presence there is fullness of joy; in your right hand are pleasures forevermore.  Psalm 16:11
Collect:           God of life and glory, your Son was revealed in splendour before he suffered death upon the cross; grant that we, beholding his majesty, may be strengthened to follow him and be changed into his likeness from glory to glory; for he lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God now and for ever. Amen.
Preacher: Glen Ashworth

Jesus Transfigures

3/3/2025

Readings:       2 Corinthians 3:12-18, Luke 9:28-36
Sentence:        And all of us, with unveiled faces, seeing the glory of the Lord as though reflected in a mirror, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another; for this comes from the Lord, the Spirit. 2 Corinthians 3:18
Collect:           Holy Spirit, grant us who serve your Church to mend what is spoiled, to strengthen what is sound, and to follow you wherever and however you may lead. This we ask through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Preacher:  Glen Ashworth

"That's a tad unreasonable Jesus." Jesus Challenges Part II

24/2/2025

Readings:       Psalm 37: 2-9, 39-40, Luke 6:27–38
Sentence:        Love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked. Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful. Luke 6:35-36
Collect:           Grant us Jesus, that tender, indestructible love which asks forgiveness of its executioners and gives hope to the thief on the cross. Keep us compassionate when the way is hard, and gentle with those who oppose us; for the glory of your holy name. Amen.
Preacher: Peter Olliver

Jesus Challenges

17/2/2025

Theme:           Jesus Challenges
Readings:       Hebrews 11:23-26, Luke 6:17-26
Sentence:        He considered abuse suffered for the Christ to be greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking ahead to the reward. Hebrews 11:26
Collect:           God of the hungry, make us hunger and thirst for the right, till our thirst for justice has been satisfied and hunger has gone from the earth. This we ask through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen

Jesus Calls

10/2/2025

Theme:           Jesus Calls
Readings:       Isaiah 6:1-8, Luke 5:1-11
Sentence:        I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lofty; and the hem of his robe filled the temple. Isaiah 6:1
Collect:           Almighty and eternal God, it is your will to bring the whole creation into unity in Christ; grant that your Church may faithfully proclaim the Good News until all people are saved and the earth is full of your glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Preacher: Glen Ashworth

Knowing God

5/2/2025

Readings:       Acts 3:1-8, Philippians 3:10-14, John 15:1-7
Sentence:        But Peter said, ‘I have no silver or gold, but what I have I give you; in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, stand up and walk.’ Acts 3:6
Collect:           Eternal God, you have given us one baptism for the remission of sins; grant that we who are born of water and the Spirit and made members of Christ, may be one in inward faith and outward service; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Preacher: Glen Ashworth

Summer Series: Rediscovering Forgiveness

29/1/2025

Theme:           Summer Series: Rediscovering Forgiveness
Readings:       Ephesians 4:20-32, Matthew 22:36-40
Collect:           O God, you wonderfully created, and yet more wonderfully, restored the dignity of human nature; grant that we may share the divine life of your Son Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God now and forever. Amen.
Preacher: Richard Dyer

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