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For the Spirit of God beside/in/through us – John 14:8-17,25-27 A few weeks ago, we went to a friend’s 50th birthday and when it came time for speeches she told us a story – a story famously told by Russell Conwell, an American Baptist minister in the late 19th, early Read more

Crossing the street ourselves – Acts 9:1-20, Psalm 122 Three months ago, we explored together some of our distinctive Baptist values; discipleship (the call of God to each one of us to be part of God’s work), community, mission and freedom, and this month we begin another time-honoured Baptist practice Read more

Scars – John 20:19-29 I have a scar on my left foot. It’s three centimetres long and I got it when I was four and my dad had taken me to a scrap metal yard. (Parenting in the early 70’s!) The yard had a guard dog and I decided it Read more

God’s new world – Luke 24:1-12, 1Corinthians 1:18-21, 26-30 It is always daunting on Easter Sunday morning to say something adequate about the absolutely new and unexpected event of the resurrection, about the new life we have been given, about the new world God is creating – which, as Martin Read more

May the mind… – Philippians 2:5-11, Psalm 31:9-16 When I was thinking about hymns for today’s service, the one that came immediately to mind was, “May the mind of Christ my Saviour live in me from day to day…” It’s a beautiful hymn and a well-loved hymn and – Rebecca Read more