Some of Tim's Sermons

Clean?

I wonder how you feel about dirt and cleanliness. If you drop food on the floor, do you think “5 second rule” and put it back on your plate, or does even the thought of that make you feel a bit sick. Do you subscribe to the old adage, “you’ve got to eat a peck […]

September 4, 2024 – 9:29 am | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged James 1:17-27, Mark 7:1-8 | Comments (0)

Celebrating Abundance

Over the next few weeks, in the lead up to harvest, we are are going to be celebrating different aspects of God’s creation, and exploring what our responses to God’s gift in creation could be. This morning I am going to be talking about God’s generosity and abundance, and about how God provides for what […]

September 1, 2024 – 10:54 am | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged Deuteronomy 8:7-14, Matthew 6:25-34 | Comments (0)

Jesus at the Beach

I wonder how feel about the beach. I have a complicated relationship with beaches. I love walking along them, the vast horizons and the sea breeze. I enjoy sea swimming. But. To say that I don’t like sand would be an understatement. When I arrive in glory, God and I are going to be having […]

August 25, 2024 – 11:41 am | By tim | Posted in Wellington Methodist | Tagged John 21:1-19, Luke 5:1-11 | Comments (0)

Jesus on the Road

Over the summer we’ve been thinking about encounters with Jesus, the places that those encounters happened, and why the place was important to the encounter. We’ve met Jesus at the pool, on the beach, in a graveyard and at the Temple. Do catch up on the podcast, Youtube or Facebook if you missed any of […]

August 18, 2024 – 11:55 am | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged 2 Kings 2:4-17, Mark 10:46-52 | Comments (0)

Jesus in the Temple

How do you feel about camping? Let’s do a fist to five. Hold up 5 fingers if you love the kind of camping I call out. Fist if you hate it, and something in the middle if you could live with it. Let’s start high end, which some of you might think doesn’t really count […]

August 11, 2024 – 11:44 am | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged Deuteronomy 16:13-17, John 7:37-44 | Comments (0)

Jesus in a Graveyard

Location, location, location. In our summer sermon series we have been exploring different encounters that people had with Jesus in different locations, and the importance of those locations to that encounter. A couple of weeks ago Jesus was at the pool, asking a man who had been disabled for at least 38 years if he […]

August 4, 2024 – 3:59 pm | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged Mark 5:1-20, Numbers 9:1-11 | Comments (2)

Jesus at the Pool

This morning we are beginning a new series, that will take us through the summer, in which we will explore different encounters that people had with Jesus in different places. This morning we are reading from John’s eye witness account of the good news of Jesus. The place is the Pool of Bethesda, just inside […]

July 21, 2024 – 12:03 pm | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged John 5:1-15, Nehemiah 3:1-5 | Comments (0)

Dancing

I am in awe of those who can dance. I mean dance properly. I can do Dad dancing at a wedding or birthday party, but that is pretty much the only kind of dancing I’ve ever been able to manage, shuffling from side to side, maybe waving my arms around a bit. I did once […]

July 14, 2024 – 11:24 am | By tim | Posted in Eyton | Tagged 2 Samuel 6:1-19, Mark 6:14-29 | Comments (0)

Beloved, let us love…

There are about 300 words in our reading from John’s first letter this evening. Nearly 30 of them are the word “love”, or related terms. Just about 10%. It is not difficult to get hold of what John’s main theme is in this section of his letter. John has mentioned love before in the letter. […]

June 25, 2024 – 8:56 am | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged 1 John 4:7-21, John 1:1-13, Love | Comments (0)

Welcoming Sacrifice

This morning we are continuing to explore what it means to be a welcoming church, as we live out our core value of loving others. Over the past weeks we’ve thought about how it is the responsibility of all of us to be intentional and active in welcoming people, and about the importance of welcoming […]

June 16, 2024 – 11:55 am | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged John 3:22-30, Philippians 2:1-11 | Comments (0)