Malachi 3: 1-5 & Luke 2: 22-40 22 When the time came for the purification rites required by the Law of Moses, Joseph and Mary took him to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord 23 (as it is written in the Law of the Lord, ‘Every firstborn male is to be consecrated to the Lord’, 24 and to offer…
Exodus 17:1-7 & Luke 24: 13 – 35 13 Now that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem. 14 They were talking with each other about everything that had happened. 15 As they talked and discussed these things with each other, Jesus himself came up…
John 2:1–11 (ESV) The Wedding at Cana 2 On the third day there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. 2 Jesus also was invited to the wedding with his disciples. 3 When the wine ran out, the mother of Jesus said to him, “They have no wine.” 4 And Jesus said…
“The people were waiting expectantly and were all wondering in their hearts if John might possibly be the Messiah. John answered them all, ‘I baptise you with water. But one who is more powerful than I will come, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptise you with the…
“After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem and asked, ‘Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.’ When King Herod heard this he was…
There are points in your life when no matter what you do, you will have to set off on a journey you have not done before or are unfamiliar with the route. I always found these quite challenging. I like things to stay the same, I like to know the route that I am going…
Last Sunday on 11th February I gave a sermon introducing Discipleship and the steps that we at St Mary’s plan to take to help all of us be able to grow more as disciples of Christ. The sermon was split into two parts: first, an understanding of discipleship based upon Matthew 14: 25-32, Peter walking…
Lent will be upon us very shortly and the book that has been chosen for us to read during Lent is ‘Loving my neighbour’. This book will also form the sermon series each week during Lent to go alongside your reading. You can purchase the book in Church or online. The BRF Lent book for…
This is the fourth and final week in our series on worship. This is the leaflet for this weeks sermon, with thoughts and questions from our preacher this week Jo Williams. You will also be able to watch the sermon on our Youtube channel later on sunday once it has been uploaded. You can find…
This is the third week in our series on worship. This is the leaflet for this weeks sermon, with thoughts and questions from our preacher this week Chris Stoddard. You will also be able to watch the sermon on our Youtube channel later on sunday once it has been uploaded. You can find the channel…