by Samuel Smithson | Jan 30, 2017 | Uncategorized
New Year Message This morning at the start of the New Year I’d like to try and say something about God’s purpose in creating us and His plan for our lives and the world. And I want to start by saying something that you’ve all heard before – but which is important for...
by Samuel Smithson | Jan 25, 2017 | Uncategorized
To the attentive ear, the open mind, and the humble heart, the Christmas readings and carols this evening plumb the depths of our very being, questioning what it means to be truly human, challenging our preconceptions and prejudices about the meaning and purpose both...
by Samuel Smithson | Dec 11, 2016 | Uncategorized
Firstly my sermon today isn’t really based on today’s readings because I only found out I needed to cover for Campbell yesterday and I haven’t had time to prepare something new. Because we’re in Advent, I wanted to say something about the Christmas season – and so...
by Samuel Smithson | Dec 11, 2016 | Uncategorized
In today’s gospel reading from Matthew, John the Baptists asks a question that many people have asked of Jesus – “are you he who is to come or shall we look for another” and this morning I’d like to look at Jesus’ answer to this question and see what we can learn from...
by Samuel Smithson | Nov 2, 2016 | Uncategorized
Mark 12: 28 – 34 The words of today’s gospel reading about loving God and loving our neighbour are very familiar to us as we hear them as the summary of God’s law most sundays. This morning I’d like to try and look at how practically we can apply these two...
