Recent Sermons

11th Sunday after Pentecost - August 20, 2017 Revelation 5:2-4, 9 and 12-13 and John 1:29 As I mentioned last week, we’ll be focussing on our purpose and vision as a congregation while working our way through the Book of Revelation. Last week was Part One about the Creator God to whom we as believers say we belong. It is this Creator God whom we worship with all our being. Part Two, today we ...
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10th Sunday after Pentecost - August 13, 2017 Revelation 4:1-11 and John 17:1-5 There are so many things that bring us to a sense of awe and wonder, and these same things that fill us with awe and wonder are so often clearly created by God. Think of the northern lights, a pink sunrise, a brightly coloured lily, some lovely rugged mountains, a waterfall; they all speak of God’s splendour. Many Go...
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9th Sunday after Pentecost - August 6, 2017 Ephesians 6:10-20 and Matthew 10:28-31 While the show is on at the Northern Jubilee, let’s take a peek at Andrew Lloyd Webber’s amazing and enthralling musical “The Phantom of the Opera”, where a young chorus girl named Christine receives voice training from a mysterious musician she calls the “Angel of Music.” Christine believes this is the angel her ...
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8th Sunday after Pentecost - July 30, 2017 John 8:12-20 This past weekend Lynn, myself and numerous other volunteers had the privilege of hanging out with the children of our church at VBS. I love having a time in the year set aside where I can spend time getting to know the youngest generation of our church. I left the weekend with lots of fond memories, new friends, a little more tired, and my...
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7th Sunday after Pentecost: July 23, 2017 Scripture: Ephesians 2:11-22 and Matthew 28:16-20 “Legacy is more than leaving possessions behind. It's about investing in people with passion and integrity through leadership and love.”  ― Farshad Asl (Author of “No Excuses Mindset” book and also a certified John Maxwell Leadership Coach, Teacher and Speaker). What a wonderful definition of Legacy. ...
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Sixth Sunday after Pentecost: July 16, 2017 Scripture: Ephesians 1: 1-14; John 14:25-27 Waiting for something … this is one of the worst and most arduous tasks that an individual will have to do in their life. It is something that we do not really get good at ever, at least not myself. I remember as a kid how we would count down the days until big events in our lives and it seemed like time...
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5th Sunday after Pentecost - July 9, 2017 Psalm 150 and John 4:24-26 Our world today is made up of lists. Lists of popularity, lists of the famous, list of the bests, almost anything can be ranked on a list. When you type in favorite psalms you can get a top ten list. You can even find the most searched for psalms. Today’s reading is Psalm 150. Sadly it is not in the top ten, or the top thirty (...
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Fourth Sunday after Pentecost: July 2, 2017 Scripture: Psalm 30 and John 6:67-69 This trust psalm recognises that it is not God who causes our calamity – we do it to ourselves. “I shall never be moved,” boasts the psalmist, and that arrogance led to a downfall. Thankfully, despite our faithlessness to God, God continues to be faithful to us. God has the power to turn sorrow into joy. There’...
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Third Sunday after Pentecost - June 25, 2017 Scripture: Jeremiah 8:18 - 9:1; Luke 16: 1-9 A while ago I read an article published by the Atlantic Journal entitled: “How Wall Street’s Bankers stayed out of jail.” Referring to the Global Financial Crash that started in 2008 which was the biggest financial meltdown since the Great Depression, the article looks a little at what happened and who...
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Second Sunday after Pentecost - June 18, 2017 Joshua 1:3-9; 1 Chronicles 20:28 At my pre-school age living back home in South Western Cameroon, My mother being a member of the Presbyterian Christian Women Fellowship for many years before I was born had so many choruses she usually sings. She had no formal education and could not speak English, but speaks 2 of our local languages. Usually when we...
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