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Advent 4 – Mary

During Advent, this time of waiting and preparation before Christmas, our services have been themed around, “The Return of the King”. We started by thinking about the quality of our wait for the return of our King, Jesus. Are we fearful, unsure what to expect, or expectant and focussed. We went on to start thinking […]

March 22, 2008 – 9:07 pm | By tim | Posted in Luton | Tagged , , , , | Comments (0)

Advent 4 – Joseph

They say that you wait ages for a bus to come along, and then two come along together. Well, here I am again for the second time in a month and, not only that, it’s the same Sunday as I talked on last year, The last Sunday of Advent, the last Sunday before Christmas. Last […]

March 22, 2008 – 8:59 pm | By tim | Posted in Luton | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Helmet of Salvation

Equipment lists. I’m sure you’re all familiar with them. You’re starting a new school and it consists of the correct number of sweatshirts, socks, football shirts, all with name tags. You’re going to camp and it’s all sleeping bags, knives and forks and warm clothing. Name tags again. You’re off to college and it’s mostly […]

March 22, 2008 – 8:44 pm | By tim | Posted in Luton | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (0)

The Bible

We went to New Wine, a great big Christian conference/holiday a couple of weeks ago. One of the things about that type of event is that you have the opportunity to get some in depth Bible teaching. Every morning we’d take the kids to their groups and head along to the Big Top for worship […]

March 22, 2008 – 8:38 pm | By tim | Posted in Luton | Tagged | Comments (0)

Grace – Come Thirsty

Last week we started off on our journey through Lent, a journey that will explore some of the ideas of spiritual refreshment that are presented in the “Come Thirsty” course. Charlie invited us to come and drink at a well, the well of God’s refreshment for us. We were introduced to the idea that the […]

March 22, 2008 – 8:21 pm | By tim | Posted in Luton | Tagged , , , , | Comments (0)

The Vision for the Finances of St Mary’s

Over the last weeks we’ve been looking in our Sermon Series at the development of the Vision for St Mary’s. We have a Big Vision: to see God’s Kingdom extended out of the centre of Luton. We have a Big Aim: to build a strong church of disciples of Jesus Christ, reaching out to others. […]

March 22, 2008 – 8:17 pm | By tim | Posted in Luton | Tagged , , | Comments (0)

Christmas 2 – Epiphany

Tonight, getting towards the end of the Christmas season, we’re thinking about Epiphany. On Christmas day we celebrated what is called the Incarnation, that is when God became human. But in some senses today’s celebration is more important . That’s because it’s only through Epiphany that we know what God is up to. A baby […]

March 22, 2008 – 8:06 pm | By tim | Posted in Luton | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (0)

Shape Up For Summer

Shaping up for summer. Is it just me, or has the frequency of the Weight Watchers ads on the TV increased recently? It’s that time of year, isn’t? Christmas came and it was great and we tucked in to turkey and all the trimmings. New Year came and we made resolutions and took out Gym […]

March 16, 2008 – 3:37 pm | By tim | Posted in Luton | Tagged , , , , | Comments (0)

In Prison

Paul is in prison. He had come to this city in response to a vision he had experienced of a man of the area asking him to come over and help. On arrival in the city he had gone to the local place of worship, as was his normal practice and engaged in conversation with […]

March 16, 2008 – 3:18 pm | By tim | Posted in Littleover | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)

It’s Just so Rich

There is something fantastic about fudge shops. When you go to your local Tesco’s you know that you can buy fudge, but it’s likely to be own brand, mass produced, only one or two flavours available. We went to the Lake District for our holidays and we stayed in Ambleside. In that town there are […]

March 16, 2008 – 2:54 pm | By tim | Posted in Littleover | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)