Reading: John 21:15-19 Prayer So here we are again! Another Zoom first, we’ve done Easter Sunday on Zoom, we’ve done Advent Sunday on Zoom, we’ve done the Carol Service and Christmas Day on Zoom and here we are with Covenant Sunday on Zoom! I wonder how many more Zoom first’s they’ll be in the next…

Reading: Isaiah 61:1-11 Today is the 3rd Sunday of advent, otherwise known as Gaudete Sunday. In ‘normal’ years this is often the Sunday of advent that we’ve missed out on as we’ve chosen to reflect on Mary on the 3rd Sunday advent in order to leave Mary’s traditional spot on the 4th Sunday advent free…

Reading: Mark 13:24-37 As we’ve already said today is Advent Sunday the start of our journey towards Christmas. Today marks a number of different things.  It marks the beginning of the new lectionary year. Over the last year and particularly over the last few months we’ve been working our way through Matthew’s Gospel, today we…

A neighbour was telling me the other day that it was only 49 days till Christmas! He went onto say that his son had suggested that 49 days gave them just enough time to have two advent calendars, one for the 25 days up to advent and one for the 25 days of advent! I…

Reading: Matthew 5:1-12 Prayer  Now when Jesus saw the crowds he went up the mountainside and sat down. His disciples came to him and he began to teach. (Matthew 5:1). I wonder where Jesus would be teaching today if he was about to give the sermon on the mount? I wonder what platform he’d choose…

It was really good this week to be able to listen to Ann’s sermon from last Sunday to hear her challenge about our relationship with God as father and friend. As Ann said last week it’s so important that we each have a personal relationship with God. Alongside our own relationship with God it is…

Reading: Acts 26:9-29 I wonder if you’ve ever been asked the question ‘who are you’? I wonder how you’ve answered? If you think about it, it’s a question we all get asked time and time again, asked when we meet new people, when we are in a new situation. Sometimes it’s asked verbally and sometimes…

Reading: Exodus 14:13-31 Last Sunday we spent some time looking at the story of the Passover in Exodus 12. We thought about what God was doing through the Passover, the event itself and the festival that is established through it. In looking at the passage we remembered that it was part of Moses’ call recorded…

Reading: Exodus 12:1-14 ‘This month is to be for you the first month, the first month of your year.’ (Exodus 12:2)  If you are someone who goes to school or works in a school September marks a new year, for many of our children and young people this week has marked a new school year,…