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Two Reflections (Russ Revell) 5.9.2010
Reading: Philemon 1-21
Opens an envelope and reads the lette –
My dear friend
I apologise for not keeping in touch with you but I have been so busy with my new Social Support Group. I will get straight to the point of this letter ... read more
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What on Earth Does 'Heaven' mean? (Jim Malcolm) 1.8.2010
Readings:
2 Kings 2:1-3, 6-14; Romans 12:1-2, 9-18; John 14: 1-12
When I last preached I took a scientific look at faith and belief in God and explained that as a scientist who could not prove the existence of God I have chosen, because i ... read more
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Joy (Terry Quinn) 3.7.2010
Readings: Isaiah 66:1-10; Galatians 6:14-18; Luke 10:1-12
It is the summer of 1940 and we are on the northern French coast, north-east of Calais, just below the French-Belgian border. The place is Dunkirk and the British army is surrounded by ... read more
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Wisdom (Revd Gemmel Sherwood) 30.5.2010
Readings: Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31; Psalm 8; Romans 5:1-5; John 16:12-15
On 24 May 1543 Nicolas Copernicus was buried in an unmarked grave in the church in Frombork in Poland. He had been declared a heretic by the Catholic Church because he taug ... read more
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The Story of Thomas (Revd John McCarthy) 12.4.2010
Readings: Acts 5: 27-32 ; John 20: 19-31
Last Sunday I dealt with some of the personalities of the Resurrection including us. Today we concentrate on one person, Thomas. During the years I’ve been a bit hard on Thomas. The odds were against h ... read more
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Jesus is Alive! (Revd Neville Watson) 4.4.2010
Readings: Isaiah 65:17-25; Mark 16:1-8
Where does one start and finish on Easter Day? I do not know. I could stand here for a couple of hours and simply scratch the surface. As Marcus Borg says, `This is far more than a ghost story.` (1)
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Palm Sunday (Robert Watson) 28.3.2010
Readings: Luke 19:28-40; Philippians 2:5-11
Can you remember the stir caused within churches when Webber and Rice’s rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar hit the stage? Was it blasphemous? What about that ending? And some of those words! 'He ... read more
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Getting the message (Karen Sloan) 21.3.2010
Reading: John 12:1-8
Last week as kids do, Patrick had a sick day so I rearranged my life so that I could stay home with him. In our house when you are sick but not too sick a movie can be watched and even though I was supposed to be working ... read more
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