Trinity High Wycombe and Cores End United Reformed Churches - Sermons 1 year ago. #AllAreWelcome

Trinity High Wycombe and Cores End United Reformed Churches - Sermons 1 year ago. #AllAreWelcome

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  • Sunday, 21st August 2022 - Part 1 - Awesome, James Webb, murmurations, Malala Yousafzai
    • Introduction for all ages; ‘Awesome!’ 
    • What comes into your mind when you hear the word "awesome"? 
    • Teenagers maybe? 
    • It's a word for us all What do you find awesome? 
    • Or is the world so jaded we have lost our sense of awe? 
    • Sunsets, nature, God, Tour de France riders Awesome people: Skydivers, wheelchair racers at the Commonwealth Games, Malala Yousafzai Awesome nature: Sunrise, sunset, mountains and lakes, giant redwoods, murmurations of starlings 
    • Awesome universe: pictures from the James Webb telescope 
    • Behind our awesome creation is the awesome reality we call God God created all things, worthy of our worship
    • Introducing the readings  
    • Reading: Psalm 103.1-8 NIVUK 
    • Reading: Hebrews 12. 49 – 56
      • 12 min
    • Sunday, 21st August 2022 - Part 2 - 122 years, 9,000 Sundays, people and our Awesome God
      • Address: 
      • What have we come to as we sit here or watch from home? 
      • A building where people have gathered Sunday by Sunday for 122 years -  almost 9000 Sundays! 
      • A place where the service is uplifting, the music empowering, the  preacher engaging? 
      • A group of people yes, but also this awesome God 
      • Political leaders come and go, wealth fades, athletic prowess  diminishes, the world changes but at the heart of life, the one,  unchanging God 
      • The one revealed to Moses - "I am who I am", the great "I am" 
      • The giving of the law on Mount Sinai was an awesome moment 
      • The writer to the Hebrews talks of Moses trembling in fear 
      • The Old Testament speaks again and again of fear of God being the  beginning of all wisdom 
      • This God alone is worthy of worship 
      • The consuming fire of love, the light that blazes and drives away  corruption, wipes away hatred & selfishness 
      • This is the worship God accepts today. Worship that flows into action,  driving how we live day to day 
      • Let us take a moment to offer wonder, love, and praise to our awesome  God.
        • 13 min
      • Sunday, 14th August 2022 - Part 2 - Facing things we don't like, fake news, what is God really like?
        • When have you had to face something you didn't like but knew was going to happen 
        • Not knowing when or why, what were your emotions 
        • This is what Jesus was feeling in the gospel reading from Luke 12 
        • He doesn't welcome the idea of what will happen in Jerusalem but accepts it 
        • Jeremiah says many people claim to speak from God but are false prophets 
        • He says the community is awash with false information about God 
        • Nowadays we hear a lot about fake news 
        • Today in our lifetimes, the truth about God is often hidden  
        • God's word is a word of judgement that Jesus brings 
        • Jeremiah says God's word is like a fire 
        • What is God really like? 
        • When our emotions are stirred, are they stirred by God or those around us?
          • 17 min
        • Sunday, 14th August 2022 - Part 1 - Apostle spoons, Jeremiah, and Luke
          • Opening Prayers and Lord’s Prayer  
          • Introduction for all ages How many of you have one of these - an Apostle Spoon? 
          • Whenever we visited an Aunt in childhood, a set of these would come out  to look at I bought a set of 6 many years ago, all but one disappeared now 
          • They were originally given as gifts at the time of baptism as a symbol  the person was a follower of Jesus or the hope that the child would  become one 
          • Made of solid silver but likely not any more It reminds us that God is always close to hand if we follow Jesus
          • Introducing the readings  
          • Reading: Jeremiah 23. 23 – 29 NIVUK  
          • Reading: Luke 12. 49 – 56  49  
            • 12 min
          • Sunday, 31st July 2022 - Part 3 - Hold on
            • Reading Hebrews 4.14 – 16 NIVUK 14  
            • Talk: ‘Hold on!’ 
            • "Grace to help us in our time of need" 
            • As we look at the world right now, we see a time of great need The Ukraine, China, Taiwan, The Other Western Nations, The Climate  Emergency, Environmental Need, Displacement due to conflict, the refugee  crisis, doubt in the democratic process as our government attempts to  regain trust and integrity, the cost of living crisis: surely this is a  time of need 
            • But centuries ago these Jewish Christians, different to us in language,  understandings, lifestyles. 
            • Think of their lives burdened by absolute  poverty, unsure what persecution would arise in the brutal Roman Empire.   
            • They were in a time of need. 
            • Some questioned whether their faith was enough, some were slipping away 
            • The writer challenges them to hold on to the precious gift of Jesus  given to them 
            • He was tempted but held on to his god even when all had deserted him 
            • Draw close the writer says, don't turn back, hold fast and come with  confidence to your saviour 
            • Let the radiance of God's glory shine bright in your dark place and in  the dark places of our world
              • 9 min
            • Sunday, 24th July 2022 - Part 2 - Ask and you will receive
              • Sermon: “Ask and you will receive” 
              • These familiar words are used just after the Disciples ask Jesus to teach them how to pray  
              • They highlight how important it is for us to ask, seek, knock and pray
                • Why do some people say prayer is irrelevant 
              • Looking at prayer in the context of our relationship with God 
              • Finally thinking about the nature of God that sets the words in context 
              • Distinguishing between gifts from God as creator and father - creation and redemption
                • 18 min
              • Sunday, 24th July 2022 - Part 1 - Teach us to pray, heatwaves, learning a new skill
                • Talk for all ages: “Teach us to pray” 
                • We are glad it's not as hot as last Monday and Tuesday 
                • When it's that hot, it's hard to even think, one just wants to be still and get through it 
                • Think about a time when you had to learn a skill 
                • Sometimes the learning is successful, sometimes not Learning to tie shoelaces? 
                • Learning to play the piano? Learning to drive? 
                • In the reading from Luke's gospel, the disciples want Jesus to teach them how to pray. 
                • In Luke more than others, we hear of when Jesus is praying 
                • We have already used the prayer he taught them all two thousand years ago 
                • There is so much in the Lord's Prayer 
                • What he taught them was not what they were expecting which was something long and wordy 
                • What Jesus taught was a simple prayer, the short version of this can be said just in one breath 
                • If ever you are uncertain of how to pray, the Lord's Prayer is a great place to start
                • Introduction to Bible readings
                • Reading: Luke 11. 1 – 13 NIVUK
                • Reading: Colossians 2. 6 – 15 NIVUK
                  • 14 min
                • Sunday, 17th July 2022 - Part 2 - Jubilee year, moments of jubilation, vision for Trinity
                  • Reading: Luke 4.14 – 21 (The Message)
                  • All age talk: ‘The Time is now!’ What a moment that must have been - that synagogue where Jesus read the words from Isaiah saying what he was about 
                  • For the United Reformed Church, this is seen as a jubilee year, when we want God's time to shine 
                  • Anniversary socks from the URC Ministers' gathering What else can you buy that's URC branded - soap! 
                  • Jesus gives his agenda in the moment in Galilee - a very particular place and moment 
                  • The Spirit of the Lord is upon me - to bring good news to the poor God's time is now 
                  • Good news can't just be words, it has to be actions 
                  • The story ends with Jesus being turned out and a crowd attempting to stone him 
                  • Moments of jubilation and despair on our timeline 
                  • Is God shining through Jesus and hist followers 
                  • We need to open our eyes to find where that light is shining in unexpected places
                  • Short talk: Vision for Trinity  
                  • Key themes from the planning group - worship and Christian discipleship, Outward looking, communicating the good news of Jesus Focusing on the resources we have - buildings, finance and people Working in partnership Start small - crawl, walk, then run Doing something, not remaining paralysed
                    • 11 min

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