St Luke 19:41-44  As he came near and saw the city, he wept over it, saying, ‘If you, even you, had only recognized on this day the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.  Indeed, the days will come upon you, when your enemies will set up ramparts around …

2 Corinthians 5 18:21 All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; 19 that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation.  Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on …

St Matthew 7:7-12 Jesus said: “Ask, and it will be given to you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you. For everyone who asks receives, and everyone who searches finds, and for everyone who knocks, the door will be opened.  Is there anyone among you who, if your …

Isaiah 55: 10-13 For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven    and do not return there until they have watered the earth,making it bring forth and sprout,    giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater, so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth;    it shall not return to me empty,but it …

We seek refuge in the Most High, who is always pleased to deliver us!We shelter in Christ, our rock and redeemer, who makes haste to help us!We find strength in the Abiding Spirit, who rejoices in our salvation! Hymn    Christ is Coming! Let CreationJohn R Macduff (1853) Public Domain. Sung by Matt Scott from his album Poets and Saints.  …

11 November 2023  Matthew 9:36 “When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them…” Reflection Early in September 2022, more than three thousand people from all continents and Christian traditions gathered in Germany for the assembly that the World Council of Churches (WCC) holds every 8 years. They came together to celebrate unity in …

10 November 2023  Philippians 4:2 “I urge Euodia and I urge Syntyche to be of the same mind in the Lord.”  Reflection  We cannot be entirely sure who Euodia and Syntyche were. They clearly were in dispute, but we don’t know why. These two women must have been influential in the nascent Philippian church; the …

Our Service for Remembrance Sunday will start at 10.45am with the Act of Remembrance and observance of the two minutes silence. We remember before God those who have died for their country in war; those whom we knew, and whose memory we treasure; and all who have lived and died in the service of humankind. …

St John 17: 20 – 21 Jesus said “I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who will believe in Me through their word; that they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world may …

Reading 1 Kings 10.1-10  When the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, (fame due to the name of the Lord), she came to test him with hard questions. She came to Jerusalem with a very great retinue, with camels bearing spices, and very much gold, and precious stones; and when she came …