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Sermons by Rev'd. Canon John Hughes

Canon John Hughes was vicar of St Andrew’s High Wycombe for 15 years and retired from parish ministry in 2009 after 18 years as vicar of St John’s Harborne, Birmingham. He has a passion to train and equip disciples and more than 20 young men and women went forward for ordination during his time at St John’s.
In the Birmingham Diocese he was on the Bishop’s Council as Chair of the House of Clergy and on General Synod, as well as being a Canon of Birmingham Cathedral. His son, Tim Hughes, is a well known worship leader and recording artist.

There can be so much more

Gospel Reading      Mark 5:35-43 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Mark Glory to you, O Lord.     While he was still speaking, some people came from the leader’s house to say, ‘Your daughter is dead. Why trouble the teacher any further?’    But overhearing what they said, Jesus said to the…

Fish the depths…….and catch people

Gospel Reading      Luke 5.1–11   Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke Glory to you, O Lord. While Jesus was standing beside the lake of Gennesaret, and the crowd was pressing in on him to hear the word of God, he saw two boats there at the shore of the lake; the fishermen…

The look up is bright

Gospel Reading      Luke 3.15–17, 21, 22   Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke Glory to you, O Lord.   As the people were filled with expectation, and all were questioning in their hearts concerning John, whether he might be the Messiah, John answered all of them by saying, ‘I baptize…

Advent: turn around and walk with the Lord

Gospel Reading     Luke 3.1–6 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke Glory to you, O Lord. In the fifteenth year of the reign of Emperor Tiberius, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod was ruler of Galilee, and his brother Philip ruler of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis,…

In His suffering: He is doing His greatest work

Gospel        Luke 24.36b–48 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke All        Glory to you O Lord    While they were talking about this, Jesus himself stood among them and said to them, ‘Peace be with you.’ They were startled and terrified, and thought that they were seeing a ghost. He said to…

Forgiveness: to let go

Gospel Matthew 18.15–20 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew All Praise to you O Lord 15 ‘If another member of the church sins against you, go and point out the fault when the two of you are alone. If the member listens to you, you have regained that one.16But if…

Gospel : good news

Gospel       Matthew 11v25-30 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew All             Glory to you, O Lord.     At that time Jesus said, ‘I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and the intelligent and have revealed them to infants; yes, Father, for such was your…

Let the holy spirit resurrect you

Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John. All           Glory to you, O Lord. 15 ‘If you love me, you will keep my commandments. 16And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, to be with you for ever. 17This is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it…

Bloom where you are planted

Jeremiah 29.1,4–7 These are the words of the letter that the prophet Jeremiah sent from Jerusalem to the remaining elders among the exiles, and to the priests, the prophets, and all the people, whom Nebuchadnezzar had taken into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon. Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, to all the exiles whom…