Category Archives: Wellington

Being Accepting

I wonder if you’ve heard the one about the bride preparing for her wedding. She was anxious that she’d forget what order things would happen in during the service, particularly at the beginning when she would be in a bit of a daze. She talked to the vicar about this, and she calmed her down […]

October 4, 2020 – 1:49 pm | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Comments (0)

Covid-19

So, we’re starting this term with a couple of sermons looking at big issues that have come up over the last six months or so. This week we’re thinking about Covid-19, and next week we’re going to look at Black Lives Matter, and the challenges of racial inequality. I know that some of you feel […]

September 6, 2020 – 11:36 am | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Comments (0)

Laziness and Work

As I was thinking about this morning’s theme, and the ideas of laziness and diligence that we’re exploring today, I was aware of this real tension that we have to keep hold of as we’re talking about them. On the one hand we’ve got lots of warnings in the Bible about the dangers of laziness, […]

August 23, 2020 – 11:59 am | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Comments (0)

Envy and Compassion

This morning we’re continuing our series looking at heroes and villains in the Bible, and how their stories can help us root out vices in our lives, and to encourage virtues. Our heroes and villains today are some of the most well known in the whole of the Bible. Andrew Lloyd-Webber has helped popularise the […]

August 16, 2020 – 12:00 pm | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Comments (0)

Lust and Love

I thought more than twice about changing the subject for this morning’s sermon. It’s difficult enough to speak about these things when I can see who I’m talking to, when I can get some clues about how it’s landing with people. When I know that we’ve got prayer ministry folk around who can come alongside […]

August 2, 2020 – 11:25 am | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

How to Talk

This morning we are coming to the end of our series in which we have been exploring one of our church values, that of “Loving Each Other”. This week we are thinking about “Talking to each other and not about each other” In many ways, this is linked with what David was talking about last […]

July 12, 2020 – 11:10 am | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Kindness

As I’ve said, this morning we are exploring one of our church’s values – loving each other, and in particular we are thinking about how we value kindness. Now, one of our other values is celebrating, and I’ve heard it said that you should celebrate what you value. So, this morning, I thought we might […]

June 21, 2020 – 11:10 am | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged , , , , | Comments (0)

Forgiveness

This morning we’re going back to exploring one of our church values in some more depth. As a church we value loving God, loving each other, loving our neighbours, celebrating and exploring. Over the next month or so we’re going to be looking at some different aspects of what it means practically to love each […]

June 7, 2020 – 11:15 am | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Little Donkey

“Little donkey, little donkey, on a dusty road. Got to keep on plodding onwards, Bethlehem’s in sight.” No, you aren’t caught in a time warp, it isn’t Christmas, it is Easter time, but I would like us to think about donkeys this morning. A few months ago I was lent a book by Joan Ackerley, […]

April 5, 2020 – 1:44 pm | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Once Saved, Always Saved?

This morning we have the last of our “Tough questions” sermon series. In the past month or so we’ve considered such things as “What do we do with violence in the Bible?”, “Why do good things happen to bad people?”, and “Are demons real?” If you missed any of those, and for some reason find […]

March 29, 2020 – 1:42 pm | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)