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The Parish of Sutton with Seaford

How to Wait for Six

(a sermon preached 18th October) This is a sermon about WAITING. We have new Covid Rules, as it happens, for us here there is little change, but for others in the country quite big ones. There’s anxiety regarding finances, employment, health. And we were told to brace ourselves that this is how things are likely […]

Be Gentle

(a sermon from 11th Oct with Matt 22.1-14 in mind. The photo is from the first lockdown). STAND FIRM in the Lord dear friends. This is a sermon about standing firm in the faith. How to do it.  A Couple of weeks ago I asked you to count your blessings. Well done those of you […]

What do you think about in the 2mins Silence?

Click to hear the Remembrance service. James’ sermon on 8th Nov 2020. (Bible Readings were Amos 5.18-24, Matt 25.1-13). Who do you think of in the 2 mins of silence? Or what do you think about? My mind flitters. I remember my Dad who trained as a navigator for Lancaster Bombers but never actually flew […]

Counting your blessings pt2

My first sermon in St Luke’s (4th Oct)  – the one where I turned a page and Lucy had to ask me if I meant to 😊 and when I used up all her wifi on her phone. Last week I preached in St Leonards and I mostly took up the theme of saying Thank […]

James’ first sermon, about being Thankful

Here’s the first sermon I preached. I meant to add these a while back, so just for a few days I’m going to put some sermon here. (27th September 2020 Harvest Sermon. Psalm 65, Luke 17.11-19) COME YE THANKFUL people come! So this is a sermon about being Thankful. So let me start with a […]

My Camera Tastes Salty

Lucy and I went for a walk to the sea. There’s the joyful possibility of baptising two new people in it, tomorrow, at high tide. But we get there to find a strong wind, and the waves still filled with the awesome power of the 40mph winds we had this morning, and its no where […]