Sermon, Pentecost 14A, Sunday August 27th, 2017 St Petri Matthew 16:13-21 13 When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, ‘Who do people say the Son of Man is?’ 14 They replied, ‘Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets.’ 15 [...]
Sermon, Sunday August 13, 2017. Pentecost 10A, St Petri 1 Kings 19:9-18 The Lord appears to Elijah, Psalm 85:8-13, Romans 10:5-15 The word of the Lord is near you Matthew 14:22-33 Jesus walks on the water 22 Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of him to the other side, [...]
Sermon, Pentecost 9A, Sunday August 6, 2017 Matthew 14: 13-21 13 When Jesus heard what had happened, he withdrew by boat privately to a solitary place. Hearing of this, the crowds followed him on foot from the towns. 14 When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them and healed those who were [...]
Sermon, Pentecost 6A, Sunday July 30, St Petri Matthew 13:31-33,44-52 31 He told them another parable: ‘The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his field. 32 Though it is the smallest of all seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a [...]
Sermon, Sunday July 23, 2017 Mary Magdalene, Acts 13:26-33, John 20: 1-2 Luke 8:1-3 After this, Jesus travelled about from one town and village to another, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom of God. The Twelve were with him, 2 and also some women who had been cured of evil spirits and diseases: Mary (called [...]
SERMON, Sunday July 2, 2017, St Petri. 4th Sunday after Pentecost (A) (Pastor Adrian Kitson) Romans 6:12-23 12 Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires. 13 Do not offer any part of yourself to sin as an instrument of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God as [...]
Sermon, Ascension Day, Sunday May 28, 2017 St Petri (Pastor Adrian Kitson) Acts 1:1-11 In my former book, Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and to teach 2 until the day he was taken up to heaven, after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles he had chosen. 3 After his [...]
Sermon, Easter 5A, Sunday May 14, 2017, St Petri (Pastor Adrian Kitson) 1 Peter 2:2-10 2 Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, 3 now that you have tasted that the Lord is good. 4 As you come to him, the living Stone—rejected by humans but chosen [...]
Sermon, Easter 3A, Sunday April 30, 2017 Luke 24:13-35 13 Now that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles[a] from Jerusalem. 14 They were talking with each other about everything that had happened. 15 As they talked and discussed these things with each other, Jesus himself came up and walked [...]
Sermon, Thanksgiving Sunday, April 23, 2017, Vintage Festival Luke 17:11-19 (Pastor Adrian Kitson) The gifts and the Giver I am thankful for what we see and sense all around us in this building this morning! All of this art, colour, expression and creativity is a divinely inspired witness to the goodness of the God of [...]
