Category Archives: Wellington

Thwack

One of the things about having these services every other week, is that it can be a bit difficult to remember where we’ve got to in a sermon series. Especially as we missed the last one for the Service of light, so actually it’s a month since we were last here, together, looking at James. […]

Facing Opposition

I wonder if you ever get the feeling that there’s always something getting in the way. Somehow life has become one big obstacle course. Now obstacle races can be fun at a school sports day, and some people enjoy adventure racing over assault courses, but when life itself – work, family life, friendships, projects, become […]

Centered on the Word

I feel like recently I’ve been starting a lot of sermons with references to TV programmes. I wonder if that’s anything to do with lock down? Anyway, I wonder if there are any other fans of the The Great Pottery Throwdown out there? For those of you not in the know, it’s like Bakeoff, but […]

James 1 – Ears, Mouth, Hands

I’ve been watching an American cop show recently, and in this show there is latino character whose names is Santiago. But he is called Jimmy by his friends and colleagues. If you’re familiar with the famous pilgrimage in Spain to St Iago de Compostella you might be able to work out why. Santiago is Spanish […]

Foundations of Worship

I wonder if anyone remembers a TV show called James May’s Toy Stories. In each episode James would aim to make something life size with toys. So there was a life size Spitfire made out of Airfix and a Scalextric track the length of a real race track. We’ve been rewatching them recently- I’m a […]

Living in Love and Faith

I wonder how your family deals with difficult conversations. When you know that something needs to be discussed, but nobody really wants to, because you’re afraid that it might be painful or expose disagreements. It’s sometimes said that you shouldn’t talk about politics or religion at a dinner party, as it will just lead to […]

A House of Prayer for All Nations

Who knows what is written in the stone above the main door of this building? That’s right, “All the seats in this church are free and unappropriated forever.” When I was at university, the college chapel had something engraved in the stone above the door as well, “A house of prayer for all nations”. Both […]

Eden Restored?

In previous weeks we’ve looked at other aspects of why we care for creation. We’ve thought about the way in which God entrusted humanity with the stewardship of creation, and the responsibility that gives us for the things we look after. Rich encouraged us to consider the fact that the whole of creation exists in, […]

#doyouknowhimtelford – The Provider

This morning we are continuing our focus on Jesus, asking ourselves Do You Know Him? Today we are thinking particularly about Jesus as our Provider, and as we do that it will be helpful if you have Bible to hand as we will be hopping around it a bit. Ideally if you’ve got a paper […]

#doyouknowhimtelford – The King

This morning we’re continuing to focus on Jesus, and how we can know him better, by asking the question Do you know him? Over the last couple of weeks we’ve thought about his death and resurrection, and this week we pick up the story with his ascension, his return to heaven, and what it means […]