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Year C Ascension Day May 28 2025 - Sarah Cooper
What must it have been like for the disciples to see their beloved leader, their Messiah, to vanish into a cloud. Just when they had got...
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Mothering Sunday - Sarah Cooper
Waiting to be hung on a wall in my flat is this little picture of a church. I don’t know who gave it to my parents, but I know why. It is...
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Year C Feast of the Epiphany - Sarah Cooper
’A cold coming we had of it, Just the worst time of the year For a journey, and such a long journey: The ways deep and the weather sharp,...
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Trinity Sunday
Seven years ago I took a training course in the army that happily offered five weeks off from admin and emails and a good deal of fresh...
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Whitsun
The story we tell this evening, is, in its way, a story of grief. It’s a story of love and letting go. It’s a story that begins with the...
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Easter Sunday
Jesus said to her, ‘Mary!’ She turned and said to him in Hebrew, ‘Rabbouni!’ which means Teacher. In the name of the Father and of...
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The New Jerusalem - Sarah Curl
want to begin this morning by sharing a little personal reflection. I live in Manor Fields, at the top of Putney Hill. It's a lovely...
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Fishers of Men - Sarah Curl
As I sat at my desk on Friday morning, writing this sermon, I found myself feeling really tired. My desk, once neat and organized, was...
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Presentation of Christ - Sarah Curl
The Grace of Anna and the Faith of Simeon Anna means ‘grace,’ and Simeon means ‘to hear’ or ‘to listen.’ These two figures from the...
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Water of Baptism - Sarah Curl
12th January 2025 Water—simple, transparent, abundant—is one of God’s most extraordinary gifts to humanity. It sustains us, refreshes...
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Feast of the Epiphany January 5 2025 - Sarah Cooper
Epiphany January 5 2025 ’A cold coming we had of it, Just the worst time of the year For a journey, and such a long journey: The ways...
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Feast of St Caecilia November 17 2024 - Sarah Cooper
“I can't seem to stop singing wherever I am” Not the words of St Cecilia, although they might have been, nor are these words from our...
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Harvest Festival October 13 2024 - Sarah Cooper
I have always loved autumn..it is my favourite time of year “Seasons of mist and mellow fruitfulness” I’m with Keats rather than RS...
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There is a wall in Bethlehem - Midnight Mass 2024
There is a wall in Bethlehem, it’s 25ft high, known by the Palestinian people as a wall of apartheid casting shadows on either side of....
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Boy Jesus in the temple - Sarah Curl
December 29th 2024 Growing in Faith: Reflections on Writing Sermons and the Story of Jesus in the Temple Writing sermons is a journey...
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Christmas - In the Beginning
In the beginning was the Word. It ’s a strong beginning. Genesis – the story of creation – not the band – begins in the same way. It ’s...
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Judgement
The axe is lying at the root of the trees. Imagine a friend coming to you in a bad way. She tells you she was overly ambitious in the...
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Advent Sunday - the New Mission
Although it might seem a little odd, a little premature, Advent, December, is the beginning of the Church’s year. I like to think it’s...
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Remembrance Sunday: Truth
11 Nov 2024 Truth is powerful. No one can change any truth. One can only seek the truth, find it, recognise it, conform one’s life to it....
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Interpreted by love - the Vicar
14 Oct 2024 Interpreted by Love. It’s the final line of one of the verses of Dear Lord and Father of Mankind, which we sang at a wedding...
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