Category Archives: Wellington

Betrayal

I am a traitor. I thought that Jesus was going to overthrow the Romans, that he would liberate my country and our people from those Gentile invaders. I thought that following Jesus would put me in a position of political power, of being able to change things. I’d been a bit of an outsider from […]

April 14, 2017 – 7:15 am | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments (1)

Annual Parish Meeting Report 2017

As I said at the St Catherine’s ADM, I feel like I’m in a slightly odd position giving the annual report, as I’ve only been here 5 months. Nevertheless, that is what I have to do, so here goes. Firstly I’d like to pay tribute to the man who stood here last year to give […]

March 31, 2017 – 10:46 am | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Comments (3)

Sent to heal

So far in this sermon series, focussed on the sending out of the seventy-two we’ve been thinking about the preparations for the journey, about how they were to go, where they were to go, what they might expect when they got there, and now today, finally, we get to think about the content of the […]

March 27, 2017 – 3:38 pm | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Sent to those we work with

In the weeks leading up to our Easter celebrations we are exploring the way in which Jesus sends us out. This week we’re looking at the idea that we are sent to the people that we work with. Now I know that not everybody here this morning is currently in paid employment. However, that is […]

March 12, 2017 – 1:12 pm | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Rejoicing in Generosity

This evening it really is the end of Paul’s letter to the Christians in Philippi. He is ready to sign off, but before he does so, he has a final subject he wants to reinforce in the Philippians minds. He is going to talk about generosity. In some ways I really love talking about generosity, […]

February 26, 2017 – 8:37 pm | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged , , , , | Comments (0)

Rejoicing in Reconciliation

Do you ever have those conversations with someone who always has “just another thing”? You’ve had a pleasant chat and thought you were about to part company and then they come up with “just another thing”? We are coming towards the end of our sermon series on Philippians and Paul is beginning to wind up […]

February 20, 2017 – 12:33 pm | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments (1)

Humble to Honoured

At Ignite on Thursday evening, Malcolm brought a picture along of a pot that had been broken and repaired using a Japanese technique called Kintsugi. In this method the repair is done with a lacquer mixed with gold, in a way that highlights the repair and makes the pot even more beautiful. Now there are […]

January 29, 2017 – 12:50 pm | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Comments (0)

Rejoice in prayer

This evening we are beginning our new sermon series exploring Paul’s letter to the church in Philippi but before we dive into the letter itself, it is worth taking a few minutes to understand the background and the context it is written into. A lot of this background is provided by the reading we had […]

January 16, 2017 – 12:39 pm | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments (1)

Look Again

Today is Vision Sunday at All Saints – it says so on the notice sheet, so it must be. Now I have to be honest and tell you that when I planned this I did not realise that this Sunday was also the first Sunday of Epiphany, it is just one of those serendipities that […]

January 9, 2017 – 4:51 pm | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Vision

I wonder if anybody recognises this gentleman. It is Kevin McCloud. Are there are any other Grand Designs fans in church this morning? For those of you who don’t watch it, the basic idea is that each episode features the building of a Grand Design, a house that is extraordinary, either because of its architecture, […]

January 8, 2017 – 5:27 pm | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)