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, 31st October 2021 - Part 3 - Living with God, stretching our minds, offering worship
    • Address: Today we have heard familiar readings 
    • They are familiar but stretch our minds and hearts 
    • Deuteronomy covers how people will live with God, facing both triumph  and disaster yet still go forward 
    • Moses says the commandments are to be part of daily life 
    • Stretch your mind across the amazing universe which we are discovering  more about but still have so much to find; across this planet with all  the diverse species 
    • Have you come to worship this morning feeling nothing of God's presence?   
    • We can offer worship all the same 
    • We cannot do it on our own, we need the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ
      • 17 min
    • Sunday, 24th October 2021 - Part 2 - A crowd and a lone individual, focusing on the one like Jesus
      • Address 
      • Lines from the reading from Mark 
      • The striking contrast in the reading, a great multitude and a lone individual 
      • It is impressive to see Jesus turn his attention from the crowd to the one. 
      • There is evidence of something deeper than just being aware of surroundings 
      • This narrative comes with pertinence for a generation that acts on multitudes and quantities 
      • The lowest in society can too easily get lost 
      • What does our manner say about us 
      • Are we like the crowd or Jesus?
        • 16 min
      • Sunday, 17th October 2021 - Part 1 - Sight Loss Sunday and attitudes to people with disabilities
        • Introducing theme: Sight Loss Sunday   
        • A recorded message from David Reynolds  
        • Sight loss Sunday is the day we try to understand sight loss and those people suffering from it. 
        • The impact of COVID on those with sight loss 
        • We are not a minority that shouts from the rooftops 
        • Can we examine the attitudes to people with disabilities 
        • Hope that we will gain a greater understanding of people with sight loss within the church
        • Introduction to Bible readings  
        • Readings  2 Kings 6:8-22 NIVUK 
        • Mark 10 46-52 NIVUK 
          • 11 min
        • Sunday, 10th October 2021 - Part 2 - The Bat Signal, "Calling", "Follow me"
          • Readings:  Matthew 9:9,  Matthew 25:31 – 40     
          • Matthew 28:16 – 20
          • Address 
          • Thinking about "calling" 
          • What comes to mind when you think about being called? Batman? With the boy wonder Robin by his side A shining light in the sky alerting them to need 
          • Our political leaders have been setting out their stalls at the party conferences wanting people to heed their calls #BuildBackBetter #GettingOnWithTheJob 
          • Jesus' call is not like any of these, he is claiming to be the Messiah 
          • A simple message - "follow me".  
          • Not "because this or that", just  "follow me" 
          • Jesus isn't like any earthly leader, dying and coming back to life , an  eternal change 
          • Remember that Jesus himself was homeless, no nice lunch after the  service.  
          • He needed the help and care of others to live, sleep and eat. 
          • Being called to love and serve others
            • 27 min
          • Sunday, 10th October 2021 - Part 1 - YMCA, origins and their work today
            • What is the YMCA? 
            • Founded by George Williams, came from a farming family but was sent off to the nearest town to learn the cloth trade. 
            • Challenged by the long hours, low pay and lack of care in the workplace he felt the Lord had restored him and wanted him to help young men  experience the benefits he had. 
            • 2 introductory videos. 
            • Why people become homeless, how the YMCA helps get them back on their  feet, working with Wycombe Homeless Connection to be the next stage of  the journey back to independence
              • 13 min
            • Sunday, 3rd October 2021 - Part 2 - Buildings, living stones and Lithops
              • Introducing the readings (URC Anniversary on 5 October) 
              • Reading: Psalm 133 
              • Reading: 1 Peter 2. 1 – 10 (NIVUK)   
              • Short Address  
              • Stones are amazing things 
              • A pebble on the beach, always fascinating, always tempting to throw into the sea
              • Fascinating with all the history of years 
              • Sculpted into amazing shapes 
              • Built into places of worship 
              • But still lifeless on their own 
              • Today we are talking about the miracle of living stones 
              • A paradoxical picture 
              • This reminds me of Lithops - the tiny plants that look like stones 
              • Peters reference to living stones in the reading indicating Jesus 
              • Jesus who is placed in a tomb then raised back to life by God, the cornerstone of life  5
              • Affirmation (from the URC Statement): 
              • Prayer for the United Reformed Church
                • 18 min

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