by Secretary | Mar 31, 2017 | Prayer
Loving God of forgiveness, I come before you humbled and sad In the face of my own repeated failings. I hold out my hands as a petitioner would, Asking for mercy. It is then that I feel you reach out and take my hand in your loving grasp. Thank you for the love you...
by Secretary | Mar 27, 2017 | Sermons
Our passage comes from John’s gospel. Themes that arise are those of community, belonging and understanding. Jesus is absent for much of the dialogue, but his actions are central to understanding the passage. What do we see? How do we react to what we see? ...
by Secretary | Mar 22, 2017 | Prayer
In Psalm 69:6 we find the following words: Lord, the Lord Almighty, may those who hope in you not be disgraced because of me; God of Israel, may those who seek you not be put to shame because of me. Often the greatest barrier to receiving new followers of Jesus are...
by Secretary | Mar 20, 2017 | Sermons
The woman at the well is a famous passage. Jesus meets a Samaritan woman at a well. The engage in a brief exchange and the woman goes away changed. The disciples are flabbergasted, those that hear about Jesus become followers. On the surface there is nothing out...
by Secretary | Mar 15, 2017 | Prayer
Watch now dear Lord, With those who wake, or watch, or weep tonight, And give your angels charge over those who sleep. Tend your sick ones, O Lord Christ; Rest your weary ones, Bless your dying ones, Soothe your suffering ones, Pity your afflicted ones, Shield your...
by Secretary | Mar 13, 2017 | Sermons
In the second Sunday of Lent we look at the midnight encounter between Jesus and Nicodemus. We allow Nicodemus to ask questions on our behalf, providing a sense of relief that it is alright to ask questions which might seem silly. Additionally, we encounter one of the...
by Secretary | Mar 10, 2017 | Devotionals
This Sunday we find ourselves reading one of the most oft-quoted pieces of scripture, John 3:16. “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life.” A wonderful promise...
by Secretary | Mar 7, 2017 | Prayer
O Lord, we come this morning Knee-bowed and body-bent Before thy throne of grace. O Lord, this morning, Bow our hearts beneath our knees, And our knees in some lonesome valley. We come this morning, Like empty pitchers to a full fountain, With no merits of our own. O...
by Secretary | Mar 6, 2017 | Sermons
The first Sunday in Lent deals with the temptation the Jesus faced after his time in the wilderness. The Devil places three temptations before Jesus. In each instances we see Jesus refuting the Devil through good understanding of scripture. Today we face our own...
by Secretary | Mar 3, 2017 | Devotionals
Lent is the season which leads up to Easter. It begins on Ash Wednesday and ends on Holy Saturday. It lasts forty days, not counting Sunday’s. The word ‘Lent’ comes from the Anglo Saxon word ‘lencten’ which means spring. The number...
