SERMONS FROM THE MINT Index of special services and themes

CHURCH ANNIVERSARY

Church Anniversary	242	18 May 2008 10.30 a.m.	“God’s Building”	1 Cor 3:9
Church Anniversary	206	10 June 2007 10.30 a.m.	“The Ship of the Church”	Mk 4: 41
Church Anniversary	164	11 June 2006 10.30 a.m.	“Border Controls”	Eph 2:19-22
Church Anniversary	119	12th June 2005 10.30 a.m.	“Twelve Disciples”	Mt 10:1
Church Anniversary	77	13th June 2004 10.30 a.m.	“Hopes and Dreams”	Lk 4:16
Church Anniversary	35	8 June 2003 10.30 a.m.	“Cairns and Cathedrals”	1 Peter 2:5
Church Anniversary	7	3 Nov 2002 10.30 a.m.	“What mean these stones?”	Joshua 4:6

COVENANT SUNDAY

Covenant	227	13 Jan 2008 10.30 a.m.	“Making Sacrifices”	Rom 12:1
Covenant	188	14 Jan 2007 10.30 a.m.	“An Easy Yoke?”	Mt 11:30
Covenant	146	8^th Jan 2006 10.30 a.m.	“Taking a Risk”	Jer 31:32-3
Covenant	102	9th Jan 2005 10.30 a.m.	“Noah, the Covenant and the Tsunami”	Gen 9:11-13
Covenant	59	11 Jan 2004 10.30 a.m.	“Is it a deal?”	Jer 31:31
Covenant	14	5 Jan 2003 10.30 a.m.	“What can I bring him?”	Mt 2:11

ALDERSGATE SUNDAY and methodism

Aldersgate Sunday	242	18 May 2008 10.30 a.m.	“God’s Building”	1 Cor 3:9
Aldersgate Sunday	203	20 May 2007 10.30 a.m.	“Social Holiness”	Mt 16:26
Aldersgate Sunday	162	21 May 2006 10.30 a.m.	“A Brand from the Burning”	Zech 3:2
Aldersgate Sunday	74	23rd May 2004 10.30 a.m.	“All may be saved”	Lk 15:4
Aldersgate Sunday	33	18 May 2003 6.30 p.m.	“Give me thy hand”	2 Kings 10:15
Primitive Methodist Bicentenary.	205	3 June 2007 10.30 a.m.	“Bourne and Clowes”	Isa 6:1-8
Wesley Tercentenary	39	13 July 2003 10.30 a.m.	“Be perfect”	Mt 5:48

HARVEST FESTIVAL

Harvest Festival	175	24 Sept 2006 10.30 a.m.	“Trampled Underfoot?”	Amos 5:11
Harvest Festival	132	25^th Sept 2005 10.30 a.m.	“Water in the Wilderness”	Exodus 17:3
Harvest Festival	89	26th Sept 2004 10.30 a.m.	“Seeds of Potential”	Mark 4:8
Harvest Festival	46	28 Sept 2003 10.30 a.m.	“Dominion over the earth”	Gen 1:28
Harvest Festival	4	22 Sept 02 10.30 a.m.	“The Tree of Life”	Rev 22:2

WORLD PEACE and REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY

Remembrance Sunday	220	11 Nov 2007 10.30 a.m.	“True Patriotism?”	Rev 22:2
Remembrance Sunday	181	12 Nov 2006 10.30 a.m.	“Forgotten Voices?”	Isa 51:1, Mt 26:75
Remembrance Sunday	139	13^th Nov 2005 10.30 a.m.	“Ploughshares”	Micah 4:3
Remembrance Sunday	95	14th Nov 2004 10.30 am	“A Land Fit for Heroes?”	John 15:13
Remembrance Sunday	52	9 Nov 2003 10.30 a.m.	“I remember it well”	Micah 4:3
Hiroshima Day	169	6 August 2006 10.30 a.m.	“Casualties of War”	2 Sam 12:7
Holocaust Memorial Day	228	27 Jan 2008 10.30 a.m.	“Breaking the Yoke of Oppression”	Isa 9:4
World Peace Sunday	218	14 Oct 2007 6.30 p.m.	“Spinalonga”	Lev 13:45-6 Lk 17:14
Week of Prayer for World Peace	49	12 Oct 2003 10.30 a.m.	“A Two edged Sword”	Heb 4:12

ONE WORLD WEEK, Christian Aid week, etc

One World Week	219	21 Oct 2007 10.30 a.m.	“One World: Many Faiths”	Gen 8:13-22 Lk 15:1-7
One World Week	179	22^nd Oct 2006 6.30 p.m.	“Mind the Gap”	Eph 4:1-6
One World Week	136	23^rd Oct 2005 10.30 a.m.	“Promises, Promises!”	Dt 34:1,4
One World Week	92	17th Oct 2004 10.30 a.m.	“How beautiful are the feet”	Isa 52:7
One World Week	5	6 Oct 2002 10.30 a.m.	“Idol Talk”	Exodus 20:4
Christian Aid Week	241	11 May 2008 10.30 a.m.	“God of many voices”	Acts 2:11
Christian Aid Week	116	15th May 2005 10.30 a.m.	“Gifts of the Spirit”	1 Cor 12:7
Christian Aid Week	72	9th May 2004 10.30 a.m.	“Life before Death”	Rev 21:4
Christian Aid Week	31	11 May 2003 10.30 a.m.	“The cow, tree and blanket”	1 Jn 3:17
Refugee Week	207	17 June 2007 10.30 a.m.	“Naboth’s Vineyard”	1 Kings 21:2
Live Aid	122	3rd July 2005 10.30 a.m	“The Heavy Yoke”	1 Kings 12:14
Making Poverty History	112	10^th April 2005 10.30 a.m.	“On the Road to Emmaus”	Luke 24:13-35
“Rapid UK” Search & Rescue	168	23 July 2006 10.30 a.m.	“Earthquake”	1 Kings 19:11
Milola School Malawi Appeal	192	18 Feb 2007 10.30 a.m.	“Reflected Glory”	Exodus 34:30

SAINTS and Church history

		All Saints		94		7^th Nov 2004 10.30 am		“Journey to Heaven”		Rev 7:9
	All Saints			51		2 Nov 2003 6.30 p.m.		“Life begins at Forty?”		Josh 14:10-11
All Saints			7		3 Nov 2002 10.30 a.m.		“What mean these stones?”		Joshua 4:6
St Boniface			76		6th June 2004 10.30 a.m.		“Life’s Journey”		Mt 4:19
St Gregory the Great			172		3 Sept 2006 10.30 a.m.		“Non Angli Sed Angeli”		Mk 7:4 Heb 13:2
St Joseph			114		1st May 2005 10.30 a.m.		“God’s Carpenters”		2 Cor 6:1a
St Polycarp			19		23 Feb 2003 6.30 p.m.		“Polycarp’s Cup”		Mt 20:22
St Thomas Beckett			13		29 Dec 2002 10.30 a.m.		“Peace and the Sword”		Lk 2:29 Lk 2:35
St Veronica			157		9 April 2006 6.30 p.m.		“St Veronica”		Mk 15:16-39
Martin Luther King Anniversary			111		3rd April 2005 6.30 p.m.		“Belief and Vision”		Jn 20:29
Martin Luther King Sunday			60		18 Jan 2004 10.30 a.m.		“When the wine runs out”		Jn 2:3
Jonathan Edwards Tercentenary			48		5 Oct 2003 6.30 p.m.		“Spiders and Chickens”		Lk 13:34
Hans and Sophie Scholl			85		22 Feb 2004 6.30 p.m.		“Demons in the Valley”		Mk 9:14-29

BAPTISMS

Samuel Gleave	241	11 May 2008 10.30 a.m.	“God of many voices”	Acts 2:11
Tamara Dow	214	2 Sept 2007 10.30 am	“Entertaining Angels”	Heb 13:2
Harry Forsyth	191	11 Feb 2007 10.30 a.m.	“Cinderella Gospel”	Lk 6:17-26
Damion Hallett	174	17 Sept 2006 10.30 a.m.	“Take up your Cross”	Mk 8:34-5
Emily Smith	163	28 May 2006 10.30 a.m.	“Up, up and away”	Lk 24:51
Jaden Bennett	161	30 April 2006 10.30 a.m.	“Zimbabwe Gospel”	Neh 3:7
Hwang Jee In	159	16 April 2006 10.30 a.m.	“New Life”	Jn 20:1-18
Iona Bell	147	15th Jan 2006 10.30 a.m.	“The Heavens Opened”	John 1:51
Oliver Jack Usher	97	28th Nov 2004 10.30 am	“Who is, was and is to come”	Rev 1:8
Chris Arya	43	7 Sept 2003 10.30 a.m.	“Ephphatha”	Mk 7:34
Jacob Tapp	21	9 Mar 2003 10.30 a.m.	“Jacob’s Ladder”	Gen 28:12
Ruby Smith	11	8 Dec 2002 10.30 a.m.	“Road Building”	Isa 40:3-4
Codie Finch	6	20 Oct 2002 10.30 a.m.	“Render unto Caesar”	Mt 22:17

CONFIRMATION AND CHURCH MEMBERSHIP

Confirmation	212	12 Aug 2007 6.30 p.m.	“Follow Me”	Lk 5:1-11
Welcome of New Members	209	15 July 2007 10.30 a.m.	“The Roll Call”	Romans 16
Welcome to new Church Members	166	9 July 2006 10.30 a.m.	“Thorn in the Flesh”	2 Cor 12:7
Welcome to new Church Members	117	22nd May 2005 10.30 a.m.	“God is Love”	I John 4:8
Confirmation	76	6th June 2004 10.30 a.m.	“Life’s Journey”	Mt 4:19
Confirmation	43	7 Sept 2003 10.30 a.m.	“Ephphatha”	Mk 7:34
Welcome to new Church members	36	15 June 2003 10.30 a.m.	“Cross and Orb”	Mt 28:19

WORLD CHURCH

World Church Sunday: (Hong Kong and Zimbabwe)	239	27 April 2008 10.30 a.m.	“Hong Kong, Zimbabwe and the Gospel”	Rom 12:21
World Church Sunday	201	29 Apr 2007 10.30 a.m.	“Tell Nineveh”	Jonah 3:2
World Church Sunday (Zimbabwe)	161	30 April 2006 10.30 a.m.	“Zimbabwe Gospel”	Neh 3:7
World Church Sunday	73	16th May 2004 6.30 p.m.	“Thick darkness broodeth yet”	Jn 1:5
World Church Sunday (Kenya)	32	18 May 2003 10.30 a.m.	“The Vine (Kenya & the World)”	1 Jn 4:7
Commissioning Korean Pastor	154	12th Mar 2006 10.30 a.m.	“Take up your Cross”	Mk 8:34

VOCATIONs Sunday, COMMISSIONING AND REDEDICATION

Vocations Sunday	103	16th Jan 2005 10.30 a.m.	“Here I am Lord”	1 Sam 3:4
Commissioning Korean Pastor	154	12th Mar 2006 10.30 a.m.	“Take up your Cross”	Mk 8:34
Pastoral Visitors’ Rededication	221	18 Nov 2007 10.30 a.m.	“Before Winter Comes”	2 Tim 4:21
Pastoral Visitors Rededication	140	20th Nov 2005 10.30 a.m.	“The Least of These”	Mt 25:36
Pastoral Visitors Rededication	94	7th Nov 2004 10.30 am	“Journey to Heaven”	Rev 7:9
Rededication of Pastoral Visitors	53	16 Nov 2003 10.30 a.m.	“Liberty to the Captives”	Lk 4:18
Pastoral Visitors Rededication	9	17 Nov 2002 10.30 a.m.	“Buried Talents”	Mt 25:25

EDUCATION Sunday and university terms

Education Sunday	150	12^th Feb 2006 10.30 a.m.	“Running the Race”	1 Cor 9:24-5
Education Sunday	18	16 Feb 2003 10.30 a.m.	“The Servant, River and Soil”	2 Kings 5:1-17
Start of Term	216	30 Sept 2007 10.30 a.m.	“The Field at Anathoth”	Jer 32:9
Start of Term	176	1 Oct 2006 10.30 a.m.	“Fleshpots & Honeypots”	Exodus 16:3
Start of Term	90	3rd Oct 2004 10.30 am	“Anointed”	2 Cor 1:21
Start of Term	47	5 Oct 2003 10.30 a.m.	“Childlike Faith”	Mk 10:15 1 Cor 13:11
End of Term	121	26th June 2005 10.30 a.m.	“Sons of Anak”	Num 13:33
End of Term	79	27th June 2004 10.30 a.m.	“Elijah’s Mantle”	2 Kings 2:14
End of Term	37	29 June 2003 10.30 a.m.	“The hem of his garment”	Mk 5:27

INTERFAITH

Judaism	231	24 Feb 2008 10.30 a.m.	“Water, Wilderness and Promised Land: Jewish and Christian Perspectives”	Exodus 17:1-7
Islam	149	5^th Feb 2006 10.30 a.m.	“Christianity and Islam”	Gen 12:1-3
Buddhism	195	11 Mar 2007 10.30 a.m.	“Christianity and Buddhism”	Mt 5:38-48

MUSIC

Mozart, Sparrow Mass	165	18 June 2006 10.30 a.m.	“Mustard Seeds”	Mk 4:30-32
Faure’s Requiem	156	2 April 2006 10.30 a.m.	“Why the Cross?”	Jn 12:20-26
Rutter’s Requiem	109	13th Mar 2005 6.30 p.m.	“Watching for Daybreak”	Ps 130:5-6
Queen Mary’s Funeral Music	24	23 Mar 2003 6.30 p.m.	“Queen Mary’s Funeral”	Eccles 7:14

Home mission sunday

Home Mission	193	25 Feb 2007 10.30 a.m.	“Wilderness Choices”	Lk 4:1-13
Home Mission	105	6^th Feb 2005 10.30 a.m.	“Refugees and Transfiguration”	Mt 17:1-8
Home Mission	17	2 Feb 2003 10.30 a.m.	“Heart of Darkness?”	Mk 1:27

Methodist homes sunday

Methodist Homes	94	7^th Nov 2004 10.30 am	“Journey to Heaven”	Rev 7:9
Methodist Homes	51	2 Nov 2003 6.30 p.m.	“Life begins at Forty?”	Josh 14:10-11
Methodist Homes	7	3 Nov 2002 10.30 a.m.	“What mean these stones?”	Joshua 4:6

Racial justice sunday

Racial Justice		243		14^th Sept 2008 10.30 a.m.		A Tribal God?		Exod 14:30
Racial Justice		215		9 Sept 2007 10.30 a.m.		“Onesimus”		Philemon v.16
	Racial Justice				10^th Sept 2006 6.30 p.m.		“Human Rights”		Gen 1:27 Mt 25:40
	Racial Justice		87		12^th Sept 2004 10.30 a.m.		“Feed My Sheep”		John 21:17
	Racial Justice		44		14 Sept 2003 6.30 p.m.		“Skin Deep”		Rom 12:10
Abolition of Slave Trade		197		25 Mar 2007 10.30 a.m.		“Free At Last”		Lk 4:18

PRISONS SUNDAY

Prisons Sunday	221	18 Nov 2007 10.30 a.m.	“Before Winter Comes”	2 Tim 4:21
Prisons Sunday	140	20^th Nov 2005 10.30 a.m.	“The Least of These”	Mt 25:36
Prisons Sunday	53	16 Nov 2003 10.30 a.m.	“Liberty to the Captives”	Lk 4:18
Prisons Sunday	9	17 Nov 2002 10.30 a.m.	“Buried Talents”	Mt 25:25

HOMELESSNESS SUNDAY

Homelessness Sunday	228	27 Jan 2008 10.30 a.m.	“Breaking the Yoke of Oppression”	Isa 9:4
Homelessness Sunday	189	28 Jan 2007 10.30 a.m.	“The Homecoming”	Lk 4:24
Homelessness Sunday	104	30^th Jan 2005 10.30 a.m.	“The God of the Homeless”	Isa 43:1

New year

New Year	187	7 Jan 2007 6.30 p.m.	“New Year Journey”	Gen 11:31
Start of Methodist Year	86	5^th Sept 2004 10.30 a.m.	“The Potter”	Jer 18:6
Start of Methodist Year	1	1 Sept 2002 10.30 a.m.	“The Burning Bush”	Exodus 3:2

WEEK OF PRAYER FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY

Christian Unity	60	18 Jan 2004 10.30 a.m.	“When the wine runs out”	Jn 2:3
Christian Unity	16	19 Jan 2003 6.30 p.m.	“Treasure in Clay Jars”	2 Cor 4:7

MOVIES

Sermons in red are based on the movie – others refer to it

21 GRAMS	167	16 July 2006 6.30 p.m.	“21 Grams”	Lk 15:11-32
28 DAYS LATER	78	20^th June 2004 6.30 p.m.	“28 Days Later”	Lk 8:27
Apocalypse Now	17	2 Feb 2003 10.30 a.m.	“Heart of Darkness?”	Mk 1:27
BRUCE ALMIGHTY	135	16th Oct 2005 6.30 p.m.	“Bruce Almighty”	Mt 7:7
Bruce Almighty	38	6 July 2003 6.30 p.m.	“A thorn in the flesh”	2 Cor 12:7
Captain Corelli’s Mandolin	103	16^th Jan 2005 10.30 a.m.	“Here I am Lord”	1 Sam 3:4
CHOCOLAT	199	8 Apr 2007 10.30 a.m.	“Chocolat”	Jn 11:25
Eyes Wide Shut	50	26 Oct 2003 10.30 a.m.	“Turning a Blind Eye”	Mk 10:51
Good Will Hunting	146	8^th Jan 2006 10.30 a.m.	“Taking a Risk”	Jer 31:32-3
GROUNDHOG DAY	171	13 Aug 2006 6.30 p.m.	“Groundhog Day”	2 Cor 6:2
The Interpreter	140	20^th Nov 2005 10.30 a.m.	“The Least of These”	Mt 25:36
The Queen	198	1 Apr 2007 6.30 p.m.	“I.N.R.I”	Jn 19:19
Schindler’s List	107	27^th Feb 2005 10.30 a.m.	“The Water of Life”	Jn 4:5-14
Star Trek	164	11 June 2006 10.30 a.m.	“Border Controls”	Eph 2:19-22
Star Wars	116	15^th May 2005 10.30 a.m.	“Gifts of the Spirit”	1 Cor 12:7
Walkabout	46	28 Sept 2003 10.30 a.m.	“Dominion over the earth”	Gen 1:28

OTHER SPECIAL sundayS

Candlemas	17	2 Feb 2003 10.30 a.m.	“Heart of Darkness?”	Mk 1:27
Church Picnic	123	3rd July 2005 10.30 a.m	“The Theology of Balloons”	Jn 3:8
Henry Fielding Tercentenary	200	22 Apr 2007 6.30 p.m.	“Parson Thwackum”	Mt 23:27-8
Mothering Sunday	232	2 Mar 2008 10.30 a.m.	“Mother God, Mother Earth, Mother Church”	Mt 12:48
Pantomime: Cinderella	191	11 Feb 2007 10.30 a.m.	“Cinderella Gospel”	Lk 6:17-26
Refreshment Sunday	25	30 Mar 2003 10.30 a.m.	“Laughter”	Mk 15:16-20
Thanksgiving (US)	96	21st Nov 2004 6.30 p.m.	“Thanksgiving”	Eph 5:20
Transfiguration	169	6 August 2004 10.30 a.m.	"Casualties of War"	2 Sam 12:7
Women Against Violence Sunday	97	28th Nov 2004 10.30 am	“Who is, was and is to come”	Rev 1:8

Updated 7 Sept 08

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