My sermons, etc - stuff I've done when local preaching
This page has been put up so that those who wish to critique my
sermons can do so. Any feedback
is welcome.
I now have a Faith Blog for non-preaching thoughts
about my faith.
I've included a bit of detail about what the hymns and readings
were, but not the rest of the order of service, which may have
included other mini-sermons by other people (eg my mentor, Patrick),
children's addresses etc. I've started giving sermons from notes
instead of a full script quite often now, hence the frequent gaps
in the dates below. (I preach roughly once a month.) In spite of usually
preaching from notes now, this is horribly out of date. I will attempt to
bring things up to date when I have time. I don't expect that to be soon though.
- January 27th, 2002 - Mortimer;
Responding to God's call
- February 10th, 2002 - Kentwood;
Preach to the converted!
- March 17th, 2002 - Kentwood;
Breathing in God
- April 21st, 2002 - Tadley Main Road;
Suffering - when, why and how
- May 12th, 2002 - Burghfield Common;
The Ascension/Transfiguration - reaching closer to Heaven
- June 16th, 2002 - Whitley; Marked by
God's love
- June 23rd, 2002 - Tilehurst; God
speaking through us
- September 29th, 2002 - Silchester;
Being Better People for God
- October 20th, 2002 - Burghfield
Common; Accepting God's Invitation and Inviting Others
- November 24th, 2002 - Three Mile
Cross; Christ's Coming in Glory
- December 8th, 2002 - Tadley Main
Road; Comfort Ye!
- January 12th, 2003 - Caversham
Heights; The Light of the Spirit
- March 23rd, 2003 - Kentwood; Fools
for Jesus
- March 30th, 2003 - Emmanuel; Sons
and Daughters of God
- June 1st, 2003 - Mortimer; In the world
but not of the world
- October 26th, 2003 - Bradfield; Pilgrims with Christ
- March 7th, 2004 - Burghfield Common; Breaking through barriers
- August 15th, 2004 - Tilehurst; The Tension Between Justice and Mercy
- November 7th, 2004 - Tadley Common; Value, Trust and Service
- November 28th, 2004 - Kentwood; Judgement
- December 12th, 2004 - Wesley; Doubt, Expectations and Searching for the Light
- January 30th, 2005 - Tilehurst; The Search for God
- February 27th, 2005 - Tadley Common; God's Commandments In Our Hearts
- March 28th, 2010 - Tilehurst; Palm Sunday - preparing for Holy Week
Songs
I've taken to occasionally writing my own songs and hymns for services, particularly if there's a theme I'd
like to cover which isn't quite expressed in any of the existing songs and hymns I know. These
are usually set to a familiar tune (as I'm certainly not a composer). They're all available under a
Creative Commons Licence, so please feel very
free to use them in your own church. I'd appreciate feedback if you do so though!
- Finlandia: within God's hands (tune of Finlandia)
- Starlight fills the void (tune and chorus of 'Arise, shine, your light has come'; intended for Epiphany)
- Reach for the Lord (tune of S Club 7's Reach; intended for all-age worship)
- God has always richly blessed his people (God's gifts in art, compassion, nature and the Trinity)
- In the hustle and the bustle of a world that moves too fast (Slowing down with God)
- Water from rock (Challenges in faith; drinking deeply from God)
- Oh Saviour Jesus, friend and Lord of light (Jesus as Lord of life and light)
- Praise to the Lord, who from everyday, earthly lives calls us (Responding to God's call)
- How can we earn God's healing and mercy? (God's grace as a free and unearnable gift)
- Come, ye thankful people, come (alternative version) (Harvest, creation, God's power)
- What is this need, this yearning inside (Thirsting for God)
- We will walk with Christ before us (Palm Sunday - preparing for Holy Week)
Sketches
Likewise I've now written a sketch, and expect to write more. Again, anything here is
available under a Creative Commons Licence.
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