16th February 2020 – Second Sunday before Lent – John Noonan
Sermon 16.2.2020 Focus Scriptures: Gen.1-2.3; Rom. 8.18-25; Mt. 6. 25-34. The lion’s share of today’s readings is drawn from the first of the Five Books of Moses. This collection is also known as the Pentateuch and in Judaism is called ;TheTorah /Teaching. The collection contains the books of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy. Tradition […]
2nd February 2020 – The Presentation of Christ in the Temple – Rev’d Nathanial
Sermon Based on : Luke 2. 22-40; Malachi 3. 1-5; Hebrews 2. 14-18 Preached on: The Presentation of Christ in the Temple 02.02.2020 Prayer:- Today’s Feast has no fewer than four different names. Each name recalls a different aspect of this Feast. What are they? First of all, today’s Feast is called the Presentation of […]
26th January 2020 – Third Sunday after Epiphany – Rev’d Nathanial
Sermon Based on : Matthew 4. 12-23; Psalm 27. 1 & 5-13; 1 Corinthians 1. 10-18 Preached on: 3rd Sunday of Epiphany 26.01.2020 Prayer:- As the mission and ministry of Jesus unfolds in Epiphany season, we see different perspectives through different accounts of the Gospel writers. On the first two Sundays of Epiphany we saw […]
19th January 2020 – The Second Sunday of Epiphany – John Noonan
Sermon 19.1.2020 Focus Scripture: Psalm 40. 1-11. It struck me that this is my first sermon of our new year. It is the year of our Lord 2020 and we are a year closer to entering eternity than we were a year ago. 2020 struck me as a goodly number and potentially a prophetic pointer…for […]
12th January 2020 – Baptism of Christ – Rev’d Nathanial Nathanial
Scriptures:- Matthew 3. 13-17; Isaiah 42. 1-9; Acts 10. 34-43 Sermon Preached on:- 12th January 2020-Baptism of Christ last Sunday that was the Epiphany we celebrated the visit of the Magi to baby Jesus which marked the beginning of the Season of Epiphany when we look at various accounts during which Christ was being ‘made […]
5th January 2020 – Epiphany – Rev’d Nathanial
Sermon Based on : Matthew 2. 1-12; Isaiah 60. 1-6; Ephesians 3. 1-12 Preached on: Epiphany 05.01.2020 Even though today is the Second Sunday of the Christmas season. And, tomorrow is the Feast of the Epiphany, the lectionary does allow us to celebrate the coming of the Wise Men to see the infant Jesus, one […]
25th December 2019 – Christmas Day – Rev’d Nathanial
Sermon Based on : Luke 2. 1-20; Isaiah 9. 2-7; Titus 2. 11-14 Preached on: Christmas Day 2019 Prayer:- Let me start this Christmas sermon with a story “Once upon a time there was a man who looked upon Christmas as a lot of humbug. He wasn’t a Scrooge. He was a kind and decent […]
15th December 2019 – The Third Sunday of Advent – John Noonan
Sermon 15.12.2019 3rd Sunday of Advent (A) Lectionary Readings: Isaiah 35. 1-10, James 5. 7-10, Matthew 11. 2-11. Our Gospel reading comes from a most interesting chapter in Matthew; in it, except for the briefest sentences setting contexts, we have Jesus speaking throughout. We ‘hear’ Him address different audiences on different issues and like the […]
8th December 2019 – The Second Sunday of Advent – Rev’d Nathanial
Readings: Matthew 3. 1-12; Isaiah 11. 1-10; Romans 15. 4-13 Second Sunday of Advent- 8th December 2019 The season of Advent is a highlight of any congregation’s life. It is a time of joy, colour, light, and anticipation. And it is a time of worship. This is a season that calls us to fall to […]
1st December 2019 – The first Sunday of Advent – Rev’d Nathanial
Sermon Based on:- Matthew 24. 36-44; Isaiah 2. 1-5; Romans 13. 11-14 Preached on :-First Sunday of Advent 01.12.19 Today is the first Sunday of the liturgical calendar and we now enter Year A of the three year liturgical cycle. You will now notice that our Gospel reading for most Sundays will be from the […]