Sermon, Sunday October 23, 2016, Confirmation Day. Joel 2:28-29, Psalm 150, 1 Corinthians 12:4-11 John 20:19-23 Why we are here: New Beginnings 19 On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jewish leaders, Jesus came and stood among them and [...]
Sermon, Pentecost 22C, Story Week 27 Sunday October 16, 2016, St Petri. John 20:10-18 Then the disciples went back to where they were staying. 11 Now Mary stood outside the tomb crying. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb 12 and saw two angels in white, seated where Jesus’ body had been, one [...]
Sermon, 22nd Sunday after Pentecost, The Story week 26 Isaiah 53:1-6, Psalm 130, Romans 6:1-11 The Hour of Darkness Matthew 26:36-46 36 Then Jesus went with his disciples to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to them, ‘Sit here while I go over there and pray.’ 37 He took Peter and the two sons of Zebedee [...]
Sermon: Pentecost 20C, Story Week 25, Sunday October 2nd, 2016, St Petri. Losing and gaining Mark 8:31-38 31 He then began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and after [...]
Sermon, Sunday September 25th, 2016, The Story Week 24 Jesus and His Seed Scattering Kingdom Psalm 72:1-13, Romans 5:12-21 Mark 4:1-20 Again Jesus began to teach by the lake. The crowd that gathered round him was so large that he got into a boat and sat in it out on the lake, while all the people [...]
Sermon, Sunday September 18, 2016, St Petri Story week 23, Jesus begins his Ministry Isaiah 61:1-3, Psalm 29, Acts 10:34-39a John 3:1-21. 3 Now there was a Pharisee, a man named Nicodemus who was a member of the Jewish ruling council. 2 He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that you are a [...]
THE BIRTH OF CHRIST, OUR KING Pastor Vernon Kleinig - Guest Pastor Sunday 11th September, 2016 -THE STORY - 22 Matthew 1:18-25 18 This is how Jesus the Messiah was born. His mother, Mary, was engaged to be married to Joseph. But before the marriage took place, while she was still a virgin, she became pregnant [...]
Sermon, Sunday September 4th, Pentecost 16C, Story Week 21 Nehemiah: Rebuilding the Walls. Psalm 107:1-3, 17-22, Ephesians 2:11-21, John 2:13-25 Ezra 7:1-10 After these things, during the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah, 2 the son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the [...]
Sermon, Pentecost 15C, Sunday August 28, 2016 St Petri, The Story Week 20, Esther: Beauty and Courage Esther 9:26-28 Esther 7:2b-4 the king again asked, “Queen Esther, what is your petition? It will be given you. What is your request? Even up to half the kingdom, it will be granted.” 3 Then Queen Esther answered, “If [...]
Chapter 19, the return home “The return of the exiles from Babylon — a frustrated homecoming” (The Story, chapter 19) Dan Mueller Introduction How do you feel when you return from a long holiday or business trip? You’ve lived out of your suitcase for weeks on end. You’ve climb in and out of trains, planes, [...]
