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Sermons by Ruth Edy LLM

Ruth was licensed as a LLM in 2006 in Christchurch Cathedral, Oxford, and ministered in the parish of Ducklington with Hardwick until May 2015, when she moved to the Gloucester Diocese. Now retired from teaching, Ruth is back in Witney and on Sunday June 8th 2025, her licence was officially transferred back to the Oxford Diocese and she was welcomed to re-join the ministry team at St. Bartholomew’s.

A God of surprises

Gospel Matthew 14.13–21 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew All Glory to you, O Lord. Now when Jesus heard this, he withdrew from there in a boat to a deserted place by himself. But when the crowds heard it, they followed him on foot from the towns. When he went…

New life; a miracle in front of our eyes

Gospel            Matthew 28.1–10  Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew All    Glory to you, O Lord.   When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors of the house where the disciples had met were locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and…

Remember to look up; look for the light

Some notes pertaining to Ruth’s talk Everyday Faith App, provided by the Church of England, is free to download Threads Through the Bible – this spectacular exhibition is coming to Bath from Jan 28th– March 1st, one of the largest textile artworks ever created by a single artist.   Reading for Morning service        John 1. 1–9…

The true light has come…….

1st Reading               1 John 1 We declare to you what was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have looked at and touched with our hands, concerning the word of life— this life was revealed, and we have seen it and testify to it, and declare to…

Love one another…..enough to be seen

Gospel Reading         Luke 14.1, 7–14 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke All     Glory to you, O Lord.   On one occasion when Jesus was going to the house of a leader of the Pharisees to eat a meal on the sabbath, they were watching him closely. When he…

We 70: go out and live the good news!

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…