by The Vicar | Feb 10, 2019 | Uncategorized
This morning rather than picking out a particular theme I thought I’d go through today’s passage and pick out a few things that strike me about what John is saying in his letter. You might find it helpful to refer to the text on your service sheets. Firstly, John...
by The Vicar | Dec 17, 2018 | Uncategorized
So, another Christmas approaches and as Christians we celebrate Jesus – God in a human body – coming into our world both in order to save us – but also to show us what God is like. And that is what I’d like to talk about today. I’ve entitled my talk God is Nice and He...
by The Vicar | Nov 27, 2018 | Uncategorized
The title I’ve been given for my talk today is the Gospel and the Church. So, this morning I’d like to try and answer 3 questions. Firstly, what is the church? Secondly what is the gospel? And thirdly how can we share it effectively? So, what is the church? Some of...
by Samuel Smithson | Jul 28, 2018 | Uncategorized
In today’s gospel reading from Matthew we come across what are known as the Beatitudes, which are eight declarations of blessedness spoken by Jesus at the beginning of his sermon on the mount. The reason there are eight Beatitudes is because verses 10 to 12 are...
by Samuel Smithson | Jun 19, 2018 | Uncategorized
Here at Brenchley we quite often talk about the fruit of the Holy Spirit – God developing his loving character in us – but we don’t talk so often about the gifts of the Holy Spirit – and that is what I’d like to look at today. These gifts – some of which are mentioned...
by Samuel Smithson | May 31, 2018 | Uncategorized
Trinity Sunday – John 3 1-17 Today is Trinity Sunday so firstly I’d like to say a few words about the Trinity and what it means. And then, focusing on today’s gospel reading from John, I’d like to look at how we can come to know God as Father, Son and Holy Spirit in...
