Mary’s Yes
A Christmas Eve talk in st Lukes Don’t be afraid. (matt 17, Luke 14 / fear Luke 10, Acts 17), – there’s lots of reasons to be afraid. Some of them are big, some are small – a spider, a doctor’s appointment, Some you can do something about: boiler is broken phone a boiler repair […]
Keeping the Deep Magic
2023 Carol Sermon. 17th Dec. St Lens. I love Christmas! And l love carols and I love this festival of lessons and carols. Someone said to me earlier in the week, ‘Isn’t it great it’s just so Magical’. And then she thought ‘Oh can you say that about a religious service?’ ‘?Can you say […]
Gaudete! Rejoice!
Gaudete, gaudete Christos est natus Ex Maria virginae, gaudete. Gaudete, gaudete Christos est natus Ex Maria virginae, gaudete. Welcome to Gaudete Sunday, to Rejoice Sunday, to Advent 3. To John the Baptist. John was sent from God. He was a miracle baby. The Angel Gabriel went to Zechariah, when Zech was on the Rota for […]
Ask, Expect, Receive.
This was a talk given by Derreck at TMP on 17th December 2023 Reflective talk (DLP) “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one […]
Pre-e-e-pare ye the way of the Lord!
(a sermon preached in St Lens 10 Dec 2023 Advent 2) *Comfort ye my people, speak ye tenderly unto Jerusalem! (Handel’s Messiah) Marvelous! Comfort ye my people! What a great way to start Handel’s Messiah. Of all the scriptures in the whole bible and Handel goes and picks this one as the opening line to […]
Be A Lert
from a sermon preached 3rd Dec Advent 1 2023 St Lukes Happy New Year! Today is the first day of the new year of the Church – I don’t think its just the CofE I think that all churches do this – certainly methodists and RCs. Anyway Happy New Year. You can go about wishing […]
Wineskin in the smoke
(A sermon preached on 19th Nov 2023 from Psalm 119v73-88) How do you see yourself? Someone recently made a mistake and then immediately said to me – ‘Oh I’m such an idiot, such a fool, I feel so embarrassed’. And I thought ‘Wow that was bit unnecessary!’ But we’re quite good at putting ourselves down. […]
War and Peace
A sermon preached by Rev Arwen Folkes on Remembrance Sunday at 11.30am What thoughts have we, as we keep our two minutes silence? Perhaps a family member whose name is a precious inheritance? Maybe the wars, past and present, raging, boiling and hurting? Perhaps the children, displaced and left without home or parents? Maybe […]
Self-Supporting Ministry at 60
As many of you will know, I am a self-supporting minister or SSM in the Church of England. Some of you may be more familiar with the term NSM which is a non-stipendiary minister and exactly the same role! 2023 is a significant year for Self-Supporting Ministers in the Church of England. It marks […]
A Psalm for when you’re not fine
a sermon preached on Psalm 27 I asked someone last week – How are you feeling – she said ‘Fine’ , I said Really? She said well in the sense that Fine is an Acronym for Frustrated, Insecure, Nervous, Exhausted – yes I’m F.I.N.E. So this is a sermon for all those of you […]