First Reading Hosea 11.1–11 When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son. The more I called them, the more they went from me; they kept sacrificing to the Baals, and offering incense to idols. Yet it was I who taught Ephraim to walk, I took them up…
If you’d like to think about your Prayer Practice this week (as mentioned in Andrea’s sermon, follow this link here) Gospel Reading Luke 11.1–13 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke All Glory to you, O Lord. He was praying in a certain place, and after he had finished, one of…
Gospel Reading John 15:9–17 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John All Glory to you, O Lord. As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; abide in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and…
First Reading Colossians 1.1–14 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To the saints and faithful brothers and sisters in Christ in Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father. In our prayers for you we always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,…
Gospel Reading Luke 10.1–11, 16–20 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew All Glory to you, O Lord. After this the Lord appointed seventy others and sent them on ahead of him in pairs to every town and place where he himself intended to go. He said to them, ‘The harvest…
Gospel Reading Matthew 16.13–19 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew All Glory to you, O Lord. Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, ‘Who do people say that the Son of Man is?’ And they said, ‘Some say John the Baptist, but others…
Gospel Reading Luke 8.26–39 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke All Glory to you, O Lord. Then they arrived at the country of the Gerasenes, which is opposite Galilee. As he stepped out on land, a man of the city who had demons met him. For a long time…
What a week! We meet for worship this morning as European leaders are meeting in London to address the existential crisis of our time. There is reason to be afraid. Yet against the blizzard of news reports that we have witnessed this week it is reassuring to recall Andrea’s sermon last Sunday reminding us that…
Gospel Reading Luke 8.22–25 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke Glory to you, O Lord. One day he got into a boat with his disciples, and he said to them, ‘Let us go across to the other side of the lake.’ So they put out, and while they were sailing…
Gospel Reading Luke 6.17–26 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke Glory to you, O Lord. He came down with them and stood on a level place, with a great crowd of his disciples and a great multitude of people from all Judea, Jerusalem, and the coast of Tyre and Sidon.…