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, 17th July 2022 - Part 1 - Time, 50 years of the United Reformed Church, James Webb
    • Introduction: ‘Time!’ 
    • We make it or waste it 
    • Where has the year gone? 
    • Coming in 2 minutes early 
    • Time to stay for refreshments afterwards 
    • Watching the clock too much? 
    • Images from the James Webb telescope, seeing images from things that happened thousands of years ago in the Southern Ring Nebula 
    • 8 minute for light from the sun to reach us 
    • Do you have time? 
    • Special thanks in this jubilee year for the URC, 50 years since the formation? 
    • Lighthouse starting in 1987 
    • Our sanctuary refurbished in 2009  
    • Reading: Psalm 145. 1 – 13
      • 12 min
    • Sunday, 10th July 2022 - Part 2 - How to live a good life which honors God
      • Address: How to live a good life which honors God 
      • The two bible readings could hardly be more different Separated in time by about 800 years, the tone of the two is markedly  different 
      • Amos wrote his prophecy in around 760BC some 20 years before the better  known Isaiah 
      • Amos didn't see himself as a prophet, not employed by anyone important,  he worked the land. 
      • He traveled widely and knew the northern kingdom well. 
      • He saw lots of inequality and divisions in society 
      • Merchants were paying lip service only to their religion 
      • The Altar at Bethel was being used to worship false Gods 
      • When he challenged the High Priest, Amos was told to go back to Judah 
      • Amos warned that Israel's exile to Assyria was at had but was ignored 
      • There are sad parallels with our society today: Our Prime Minister Boris Johnson wriggling out of one scandal after  another. Now irretrievably rejected by his MPs he has accepted he needs  to go but is still clinging to power. Brought down by his own dishonest. 
      • Think of Putin's invasion of Ukraine and the war crimes committed there. 
      • Think of the riots in Sri Lanka 
      • Think of the earthquake in Afghanistan and all of the other issues there 
      • Paul's letter to the Colossians is in contrast to this. 
      • Written from house arrest in Rome whilst waiting for false accusations  to be dealt with. It is full of hope, written to stem the influence of teaching aimed at  trapping the people in superstition 
      • We are still Paul's congregation 
      • We have been rescued by God through Christ Jesus, forgiving our sins. 
      • Paul's message helps us to bear in mind that God in Christ Jesus is all  in all, first and last, head of the Church, all powerful and generous in  return for our faith and obedience to God's law - loving him with all  our strength, soul, and mind and to love our neighbour as we love  ourself
        • 13 min
      • Sunday, 10th July 2022 - Part 1 - Prophets, homophonews, Amos, and Colossians
        • Talk with all ages - Prophets 
        • Our first reading will be from one of the Old Testament Prophets 
        • Do any of our young people understand what prophets 
        • One that prophesies, something where you spend money to make more money 
        • Homophones and prophets/profits We all profit from the wisdom of the prophets 
        • Prophets weren't actually telling the future, their job was to tell it  like it is 
        • Speaking truth to power and telling those in power that things were not  going as they should be 
        • Thinking of modern day prophets Greta Thunberg - a schoolgirl but understands the world as it is today is not going to be able to sustain itself unless we change.
        • Introduction to the readings    
        • Reading: Amos 7:7-17 NIVUK 
        • Reading: Colossians 1: 1 – 14 NIVUK
          • 12 min
        • Sunday, 3rd July 2022 - Part 2 - Take a deep breath, 'peace to this house'
          • Take a deep breath, relax, be conscious of the in-breath, hold and then release 
          • Slowly breathe in and out feeling the air moving 
          • Difficulty living with asthma 
          • The breathing of the church 
          • The church as Institutions and people of God Inviting others to come and breathe in the love of God 
          • Living our christian and human lives day by day 
          • Keeping in balance 
          • Jesus trusting the disciples with his work 
          • Using the words "Peace to this house"
            • 11 min
          • Sunday, 3rd July 2022 - Part 1 - Houses, homes, disciples, and peace
            • Opening Prayers with response   
            • Introduction: ‘receiving and sharing the gift’ 
            • Good to be back home 
            • Think for a moment about a house - a childhood home, where you live today, a holiday home, a tent, a famous place 
            • Buckingham Palace, the Queen welcoming a refugee from Peru at her recent Diamond Jubilee celebrations 
            • Jesus sending out 72 disciples out to visit villages and homes taking a great gift - Peace 
            • Peace doesn't just appear, it has to be made
              • 12 min
            • Sunday, 26th June 2022 - Part 2 - A New Hope
              • Sermon – Springs of Hope 
              • Bringing a message of hope in 3 parts: An unexpected hope, a living hope, and partnered in hope (not "A New Hope" :-) !)
              • Poppies as a sign of hope  
              • Niger and the issues with poverty and leprosy 
              • How education is changing lives 
              • Donations helping transform communities 
              • £6 provides a child with a place at school for a year
              • Donations via https://www.leprosymission.org.uk/
                • 24 min
              • Sunday, 19th June 2022 - Part 2 - Making a difference to people
                • The story of the paralysed man was the first that came to mind to speak  about 
                • The "para" part has become common in conversation in our family in the  past 18 months since our daughter Nina was diagnosed with MS and  subsequently gained a place in the GB para-snowboard squad. 
                • Nina is the opposite to the paralysed man in the story.  
                • He had been  sitting by the pool for 38 years.  
                • We don't know how he got there every  day.  
                • He told himself when the pool stirred, one of these days he would  be first in and would be able to walk. 
                • After 38 years, did he feel it was too much to hope to walk in the way  others did?  
                • Why had no-one helped him in those 38 years Elijah traveled as he was told to and met a widow. 
                • He wanted a drink and  something to eat.  
                • There was only enough flour and oil to make bread  for her and her son but she shared it with him and there was more 
                • In the third story, the man had good friends who were determined he  should have a chance to be healed lowering him through a roof to get him  in front of Jesus Finding friends who help for no benefit to themselves 
                • Feeling part of a new group and belonging 
                • Remembering who you are and where you come from 
                • Making a difference to people, one individual at a time 
                • Finding someone we can each help
                  • 20 min
                • Sunday, 5th June 2022 - Part 2 - Long Jubilee weekend, Partygate, inspiring individuals, God's spirit
                  • I hope you have been enjoying this 4 day weekend 
                  • Escaping the pettiness of politics, #partygate mentioned in the comedy  links at the party 
                  • A bit of fun, pomp and ceremony, and some history 
                  • Celebrating this stateswoman in our midst 
                  • Her contribution to this nation was recognised and thanks given for it 
                  • Was the Queen watching from home as so many of us have done over the  past 2 years 
                  • Impressed by the involvement of young people across the Commonwealth 
                  • Soggy street parties as the culmination of a great weekend? 
                  • Today is also Pentecost 
                  • In Jewish tradition a time to celebrate the giving of the Torah 
                  • Moving from the incredible events of the cross and resurrection of  Jesus, sending out the disciples with all their joy to tell people the  good news 
                  • As small group of disciples and a large crowd from all known nations 
                  • We need individuals that inspire us - The Queen, David Attenborough ,  Michelle #Obama 
                  • Peter stood up when the disciples were being mocked for being drunk to turn hearts and bring thousands to God 
                  • More than that we need communities that are transformed by the joy and peace of the coming of the spirit 
                  • The Pentecost story is about being filled with the Holy Spirit, not just being given it, telling people how all could be saved 
                  • We need individuals but we need the Spirit of God to inspire his followers today 
                  • The Spirit is God's gift to us all
                    • 15 min

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