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July 24, 2022Sunday, 25th July 2021 - Part 1 - Lighthouse in a stormy sea
Memory verse (Isaiah 40.31) - But those who have hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run without needing rest, they will walk without becoming tired.

Lighthouse Song: Hope

Introduction to the readings

Reading: Psalm 77:11-20 NIVUK
12 min
July 18, 2022Sunday, 18th July 2021 - Part 2 - Restrictions ending and continuing to care for one another
Reading: Philippians 1.3-11 NIVUK 24:32 - A short prayer

Short Address : Tomorrow was the day we had been waiting for for many months - the end of legal restrictions in the UK

The restrictions may be going but the concern for one another and how the virus will play out continue

How can we best care for each other in the months ahead It's clear that we need to continue to love each other in this practical way of keeping each other safe

Can Paul help give us perspective on the situation we face - he was writing to the Church in Philippi from a position of total lockdown whilst imprisoned

5 key phrases from lockdown Paul

- A word of thanks

- Partnership

- Love

- Discernment

- Assurance
12 min
July 17, 2022Sunday, 18th July 2021 - Part 1 - Making the church work today
Repair shop – ‘Making the church work today’

There is something very satisfying about repairing something

Something precious that you have mended

The repair job is not just of objects but there is a sense of families being restored as their treasured possessions are returned to them made new In a sense, Church is about repairing souls, being renewed.

We have been through challenging times in the past 18 months

May we be a repair shop for others, repairing others, renewing lives and helping all to know the life that God wants for us

Reading: Genesis 18.1- 10 Good News

A moment of reflection Sarah laughs at the unexpected news that she is to have a child

The act of hospitality in the reading where God appears to Abraham
6 min
July 11, 2022Sunday, 11th July 2021 - Part 2 - How do we make peace with the planet as God's followers?
Reading: Colossians 1:15-20 (NIVUK)

How do we make peace with the planet as God's followers?

2. What can we do? Small actions/ changes – Video by Junior Church leaders.

What can we do to challenge the Government to play its part?

3. What can we do? Petition government – Video on the effects of climate change globally

Please consider signing the Reboot petition arranged by Tearfund or the similar petition arranged by the Climate Coalition.

It has these words

Declaration: the Time Is Now https://thetimeisnow.uk/   Dear Prime Minister, The time is now to lead the UK towards a healthier, greener, fairer future. Ahead of hosting the United Nations climate summit in Glasgow in 2021, we can build back better together if we: • Unleash a clean energy revolution that boosts jobs across the UK, making our transport, power and housing fit for the future • Protect, restore and expand our green and wild spaces; allowing nature to thrive, taking carbon from the air and boosting the nation’s health • Leave no one behind by increasing support to those most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change at home and abroad The UK must lead the world by ensuring our recovery gets us on track to net-zero emissions and limits the rise in global temperature to 1.5 degrees C. Our best chance of building a resilient economy goes hand in hand with tackling climate change. We are ready to play our part, and we call on you to join us.

4. What can we do? Pray
19 min
July 10, 2022Sunday, 11th July 2021 - Part 1 - Looking after the garden
Introduction: Climate Sunday – time to worship, commit and speak up

Climate Sunday marked in different ways before September before the big Nation's service in Glasgow in September before the Glasgow COP26 conference

Thanks to Junior Church Leaders for their help with the service this morning

How are we going to better care for our planet, better play our part within the incredible complexity of creation

Reading Genesis 2. 8 – 15 (Good News)

All age talk – looking after the garden Over this past year people have valued their gardens or house plants. Linking them to nature and providing perspective when the world has felt a very uncertain and frightening place A garden or green space can be a place of refreshment or simply being No surprise that the picture God gives to us of our relationship with the planet is a garden It's our responsibility to look after our planet 1. What can we do? Be aware of the damage we have done.
10 min
July 04, 2022Sunday, 4th July 2021 - Part 2 - The message of reconciliation
Reading: 2 Corinthians 5. 14 – 20

Short Address: ‘The message of reconciliation’

It's as if God were making his appeal through us

It's as if God were extending the olive branch to each of us and our broken world

Forgiving the past and inviting us to be whole again

For Paul the Jew who had experienced the love of Christ, that love had sent him out to meet people who before he would have dismissed as outside God's concern or care.

The message had not only touched him but transformed his view of humanity

Reaching out and not counting people's sins against them regardless of situation

That reconciliation is not just between God and the world but between people.

God has entrusted us with a ministry of reconciliation to bring all of humanity together.

It's that universal but how are we to be part of that today? Look around the world for examples, Northern Ireland, South Africa. Let us pray for our role as we try to live out as peacemakers today

Prayer for peace
11 min
July 03, 2022Sunday, 4th July 2021 - Part 1 - The Olive Branch
Introduction of the theme of peace – the olive branch

The focus of our prayers today are the Holy Land for peace between Israeli and Palestinian alike

Something we know is incredibly difficult and has been since the birth of the state of Israel

We are torn between all of the injustices of the past and pray for a reconciliation and and end to conflict

We came back from holiday and the olive tree in the pot at home was beginning to bud.

This branch has been a symbol of peace for so many years

Update on Commitment for Life projects in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories and present situation

Prayer: Pray not for Arab or Jew, for Palestinian or Israeli But pray rather for ourselves That we might not divide them in our prayers. But keep them together in our hearts.

Reading Psalm 46 NIVUK
12 min
June 26, 2022Sunday, 27th June 2021 - Culture and Crowd
Reading Mark 5. 21 – 43

Introduction to the talk - Culture and Crowd

I originally watched a Euro football match between Hungary and Portugal and it felt very strange seeing a full stadium

Long lens photos in the news that make beaches look crowded during the pandemic

Crowds are part of our culture, Donald Trump and the inauguration crowds and those at his rallies

It will be strange when we get back after social distancing

Crowds give a feeling of anonymity

In the readings, crowds feature strongly

Jesus is busy teaching but is interrupted by a synagogue ruler

Jesus is then interrupted by the woman who has been suffering for years

Both had heard about Jesus and believed he could help

Jesus doesn't need celebrity endorsements

Thoughts on the talk

Music for reflection and three questions for personal reflection

How sweet the name of Jesus sounds

1. Where am I in the crowd?

2. Is it me who wants to reach out to Jesus for his touch today?

3. Am I to be Jesus' hands and feet to server others?
31 min
June 20, 2022Sunday, 20th June 2021 - Part 2 - Fearless peace
Peace-less fear in the previous example

Fear and peace can be seen as opposites so fearless peace could be considered tautologous

Another example remembering my first driving test

Both brothers had already passed and I was terrified of failing, being convinced after the emergency stop that I had failed but after this, I relaxed and with no fear left, relaxed and passed.

I thank the Lord that the rockets fired across the Israel Palestine border have ceased, fear has not ceased though.

Lake Galilee and the topology that funnels the wind into ferocious squalls Understandable that the disciples felt a shiver of fear

As we read the story from Mark, we can understand a little of what Christ can bring to us

Any journey with Christ is to journey in peace

Paul's second list of 9 is a list of equipment to survive in Christian life

Paul's reference to children "I speak as to my children" in the final verse has a tinge of insult about it - is Paul really implying his fellow disciples are immature and foolish?
13 min
June 19, 2022Sunday, 20th June 2021 - Part 1 - Absolute Fear
I'm pleased that with my increasing age, I'm no longer the youngest in the congregation

I want to give an example of absolute fear on the water.

Being in Wales on holiday at one of the best wind-surfing sites in Dale in Pembrokeshire for intermediate surfers

Beaufort scale - wind surf boards can get to 3-4 times the wind speed

Wind speed was gusting to 25 mph

I decided to surf to the next bay only a mine so it should have taken 15 minutes or less

As soon as I got beyond the peak, the winds were gusting to scale 7 and I could hardly stand up, being tossed into the water over and over again

I was so exhausted I said a prayer and determined that if I fell in again I would have to try and swim for the shore

I miraculously made it to the beach in one go on the next attempt

This reminds us not to rely on our own strength

Christ is always with you
7 min

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