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View all sermons by Andrew Baker
The two most important points in any race are how you start and how you finish. There is a new year just around the corner and before we leave the current year behind we have an opportunity to take stock and even to finish well. Join us as we finish the year by reflecting upon the question 'Have you loved well?'
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Christmas Day Service
View all sermons by Adam Ritchard
As we come to Christmas, there are many wonderful things to focus on - the joy of Emmanuel, our God with us; the light breaking through the darkness; and the hope and peace that Jesus came to bring. We should of course have those things front and centre in our gaze, but in addition, we cannot approach Christmas without having a sense of adoration for Jesus our King. The words of the well known Christmas Carol contain an invitation (O come...) and a response (let us adore Him). As we consider the account of the wise men in Matthew 2:1-12, who came to worship and behold the One born King, we would do well to follow their example of heartfelt adoring worship in response to who Jesus is. In this season, and always, O come let us adore Him!
View all sermons by Kathryn Hartley
Luke 1:5-25 — We live in a culture that is addicted to noise, words and activity and the Christmas season in particular can be full of hurry, bustle and busyness. We find within the story of Zechariah and Elizabeth a surprising invitation to solitude and silence, an invitation to quieten ourselves before the Lord and give Him our undivided attention to refocus and refuel. The intentional spiritual practice of silence and solitude can give us moments in our daily life where our own questions, opinions and words pause long enough for us to remember who God is and therefore who we are, for Emmanuel, God with us, to come more sharply into focus.
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As we approach Christmas, set our focus on Jesus afresh and prepare our hearts to remember His coming, we cannot do this without recognising and reflecting on the 'thrill of hope’. Jesus is the One who brings good news to the poor, liberty to the captives, the opening of prison to the bound, comfort to those who mourn, light to those who are in darkness, and hope to those in despair. Biblically speaking, hope is not just an optimistic outlook or wishful thinking without any foundation, but confident expectation of good based on solid certainty. As followers of Jesus, we are called to be people who abound in hope. A people whose hope is unshakeable because it is founded upon Jesus - the hope of the world - not a circumstance or an outcome. A people who hold onto our hope because when our hope is in Jesus, it does not disappoint us or put us to shame. Is the thrill of hope alive in your heart, or is it a distant glimmer? May the Lord ignite fresh hope in your heart this Christmas!
