The Parish of Sutton with Seaford

Job’s day in Court

(Photo: Not of Leviathan) How would you fancy being God for a week? Just think of what you could do! Just think of the responsibility and the vastness and awesomeness of the task. Is that an easier question than me asking How would you fancy being the PM for a week, or how about being […]

How to be a friend to Job

A sermon on Job 2 Job 2.1-13, Matt 5.13-20 5th February 2023. 9.30 st Luke’s   What is God playing at? What is Job playing at and What are the friends of Job playing at? The book of Job is a really remarkable book. Its just astonishing to find a piece of literature like this, […]

Be a Princess

a sermon on 5th Feb about the importance of knowing you’re a princess and on the art of being. (Exodus 14-24 TMP – Wanderings and Whinings in the Wilderness) There’s so much in that video. The video is looking at Ex chapters 14-24 – (Bibles hand out). When I watched it through first time – […]

Feet Hug from an exLeper?

LUKE 17.11-19 9th October 2022. Today’s sermon is on the art of counting your blessings. It is the cure to so many of our woes and worries, and it is a boost to our faith, and I suggest to you deal with stress, distress and your own health.  And counting our blessings helps us to […]

Harvest

Gen 1 Harvest 2022  Seaford. What an extraordinary opening chapter to the bible. In the beginning God … – Sometimes school children will ask me where did God come from and sometimes I say ‘We don’t know this is how the bible starts – In the beginning God’ – And sometimes I say – ‘How […]

A Civic Service of Commemoration for Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

Order of Service (148 × 210mm) (2) above is a link to a pdf, below is just the text for A Civic Service of Commemoration, marking the death of Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II Processional Hymn – 892 Lord for the years Lord, for the years Your love has kept and guided, Urged and […]

Little Flock, dont be afraid

(A sermon by James on Luke 12.32-40 Hebrews 11.1-3, 8-16,   . August 7th 2022. 8am, 9.30 St Lens.) Don’t be afraid little flock, don’t be afraid. That’s today’s sermon! Don’t be afraid Little Flock, but Live Generously and Love generously. What does faith look like? Each day there’s a moment when you will find yourself […]

How to pray like Elijah

A sermon preached on 10th July with 1 Kings 17 in hand, from St Leonards, by James, (the photo is of Damien’s ordination and has no obvious connection to the sermon 🙂  I once asked some year 6 children, top year in Primary school, if you could replicate any single miracle of Jesus which would […]

Jesus Achieves, We Implement

a sermon preached by Derreck 24th April 2022   Intro   It was evening of the first day. The tomb was discovered empty, the disciples were ‘holed up’ in fear of the Jews. When Jesus suddenly appeared He gave them three things that would enable them to fulfil the task that He would give them. Task […]

The Resurrection changes us, calls us and fills us

Oh to welcome back the Chocolate, caffeine, alcohol, biscuits – whatever it was that you had given up for the 40 day fast of Lent. Well done you. and So today you gratefully and joyfully sing Hallelujah! We start with a lot of panicky running – Mary has been to the tomb, she’s not alone, […]