Your God will be my God
A sermon preached by Derreck on the book of Ruth on 27th March 2022 Mothering Sunday. Picture with thanks to those who prepared the Mothering Sunday bouquets Ruth Intro A Moabite woman. Moab had been the enemy of Israel since the Exodus period. Could trace ancestry back to Jewish roots, Lot via incest […]
For Such a Time as This v2
This was a sermon preached by Derreck on Sunday 20th March 2022. Artwork from the book club book Unveiled, by Micah Hayns For such a time as this Intro: Esther = Persian name meaning ‘star’, as in ‘star of hope’. Hadassah = Jewish name meaning ‘myrtle branch’. The myrtle signifies peace and […]
For such a time as this
A sermon James preached on 20th March on the Book of Esther (picture is of ‘Unveiled’ the book we’re using for book club) Where is God when life is a mess? How are you supposed to follow God when the culture around you is so very different? There’s quite a few different answers to this […]
Rejoice – you are precious!
A sermon that James preached on 20th March at The Meeting Place Luke 15:8-10 8 ‘Or suppose a woman has ten silver coins and loses one. Doesn’t she light a lamp, sweep the house and search carefully until she finds it? 9 And when she finds it, she calls her friends and neighbours together and says, “Rejoice with me; […]
What will you do with your one wild life?
A sermon that Derreck would have preached on 13th March 2022 if he hadn’t tested positive Caleb (Pioneers & Settlers) Intro There are two types of people in the Kingdom of God. Pioneers, and Settlers. We’ll focus on life of Caleb, one of my favourite OT characters. We’ll look through his eyes, and through his […]
3 Amazing things to spot in the Transfiguration
a sermon preached 27th Feb 2022 in St Luke’s Peter James and John have three amazing awesome experiences. One would have been enough. Did you spot any of the amazing moments? Jesus is transfigured (washing powder? / dark glasses / cass alb) Jesus is changed and suddenly blindingly bright! (its like a matrix moment, or […]
Jericho
a sermon 6th Feb 2022 Joshua fought the battle of Jericho, Jericho, Jericho, Joshua fought the battle of Jericho and the walls came a tumbling down! We love this story; we’ve been telling our children this story for years and yet I wonder if as you grew up or if as you look at it […]
The Lord will provide
*So today I’m going to explain to you the Sacrifice of Isaac. If you have ever waited a long long time for God to answer your prayer – as Abraham had – he’d waited a long time for Isaac to be born – and then you really genuinely felt that God was saying “I want […]
Micah – a prophet who gives us tingly feelings!
But you Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are least among the tribes of Judah yet out from you, will come for me one who will one who will be ruler over Israel. Oh come on! This really should give you a little shiver down the spine. This is a tingly moment for all Christians – this […]
Allow God to renew you in His love
You need to read the book of Zephaniah because when you get to heaven and he comes up to you and says SO, did you read my book? What did you think of it? You’ll have something to say. The Problem with the book of Zephaniah is that it is really missable. There’s no cool […]