SERMONS FROM THE MINT

Index of BIBLICAL TEXTS

OLD TESTAMENT GENESIS
Gen 1:27	“Human Rights”	173	10 Sept 2006 6.30 p.m.	Racial Justice Sunday
Gen 1:28	“Dominion over the earth”	46	28 Sept 2003 10.30 a.m.	Harvest Festival
Gen 4:19-26	“Lamech’s Song”	3	15 Sept 2002 6.30 p.m.	24^th in Ordinary Time
Gen 7:4	“Preparing for Disaster”	83	1^st Aug 2004 6.30 p.m.	18^th in Ordinary Time
Gen 8:13-22	“One World: Many Faiths”	219	21 Oct 2007 10.30 a.m.	One World Week
Gen 9:11-13	“Noah, the Covenant and the Tsunami”	102	9^th Jan 2005 10.30 a.m.	Covenant Sunday
Gen 11:31	“New Year Journey”	187	7 Jan 2007 6.30 p.m.	Sunday After Epiphany
Gen 12:1-3	“Christianity and Islam”	149	5^th Feb 2006 10.30 a.m.	Home Mission Sunday Study Weekend on Islam
Gen 21:8-21	“Isaac and Ishmael”	120	19^th June 2005 6.30 p.m.	12^th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Gen 28:12	“Jacob’s Ladder”	21	9 Mar 2003 10.30 a.m.	1^st Sunday in Lent Baptism of Jacob Tapp and Jacob Kirkman
Gen 32:24	“Wrestling Jacob”	125	31^st July 2005 10.30 a.m.	18^th in Ordinary Time

EXODUS
Exodus 12:13	“The Blood of the Lamb”	129	4^th Sept 2005 10.30 a.m.	23^rd in Ordinary Time
Exod 14:30	A Tribal God?	243	14^th Sept 2005 10.30 a.m.	Racial Justice 24^th in Ordinary Time
Exodus 16:3	“Fleshpots & Honeypots”	176	1 Oct 2006 10.30 a.m.	Start of University Term
Exodus 17:1-7	“Water, Wilderness and Promised Land: Jewish and Christian Perspectives”	231	24 Feb 2008 10.30 a.m.	3^rd Sunday of Lent Jewish/Christian Study Day
Exodus 17:3	“Water in the Wilderness”	132	25^th Sept 2005 10.30 a.m.	Harvest Festival
Exodus 19:17	“Standing before the Mountain”	85	22^nd Aug 2004 6.30 p.m.	21^st in Ordinary Time
Exodus 20	“The 11 Commandments”	133	2^nd Oct 2005 10.30 a.m.	Start of Term 27^th in Ordinary Time
Exodus 20:4	“Idol Talk”	5	6 Oct 2002 10.30 a.m.	27^th in Ordinary Time One World Week
Exodus 3:2	“The Burning Bush”	1	1 Sept 2002 10.30 a.m.	22^nd in Ordinary Time
Exodus 32:4	“Golden Calves”	134	9^th Oct 2005 10.30 a.m.	28^th in Ordinary Time
Exodus 34:30	“Reflected Glory”	192	18 Feb 2007 10.30 a.m.	Sunday before Lent Milola School Malawi Appeal

LEVITICUS

Lev 13:45-6

“Spinalonga”

218

14 Oct 2007
6.30 p.m.

World Peace Sunday
28^th in Ordinary Time

numbers

Num 13:33

“Sons of Anak”

121

26^th June 2005
10.30 a.m.

End of University Term

Num 22:21-35

“Balaam’s Ass”

4^th April 2004
6.30 p.m.

Palm Sunday
2^nd Sunday of the Passion

DEUTERONOMY

Dt 34:1,4

“Promises, Promises!”

136

23^rd Oct 2005
10.30 a.m.

30^th in Ordinary Time
One World Week

JOSHUA

Joshua 2	“Rahab”	190	4 Feb 2007 6.30 p.m.	Series: Women of the Old Testament I
Joshua 4:6	“What mean these stones?”	7	3 Nov 2002 10.30 a.m.	Sunday after All Saints (31^st in Ordinary Time) Church Anniversary Methodist Homes Sun
Josh 14:10-11	“Life begins at Forty?”	51	2 Nov 2003 6.30 p.m.	Methodist Homes Sunday All Saints

I & ii SAMUEL

1 Sam 3:4	“Here I am Lord”	103	16^th Jan 2005 10.30 a.m.	Vocations Sunday
1 Sam 16:6	“King Eliab?”	54	23 Nov 2003 6.30 p.m.	Sunday before Advent Christ the King
2 Samuel 6:14	“Lord of the Dance”	152	26^th Feb 2006 6.30 p.m.	Evening Series: Titles of Jesus (8)
2 Sam 12:7	“You are the Man”	40	3 August 2003 10.30 a.m.	18^th in Ordinary Time
2 Sam 12:7	“You are the Man”	169	6 August 2006 10.30 a.m.	18^th in Ordinary Time

I &II kings

1 Kgs 11:28-40	“Ahijah”	138	6^th Nov 2005 6.30 p.m.	Evening Series: Prophets in the Book of Kings (1)
1 Kings 12:14	“The Heavy Yoke”	122	3^rd July 2005 10.30 a.m	14^th in Ordinary Time Live 8 Concert Weekend
1 Kings 19:7	“Food for the Journey”	170	13 Aug 2006 10.30 a.m.	19^th in Ordinary Time
1 Kings 19:11	“Earthquake”	168	23 July 2006 10.30 a.m.	Service featuring the work of “Rapid UK” Search and Rescue Charity
1 Kings 21:2	“Naboth’s Vineyard”	207	17 June 2007 10.30 a.m.	11^th in Ordinary Time Start of Refugee Week
1 Kgs 22:10-18	“Micaiah and the False Prophets”	141	27^th Nov 2005 6.30 p.m.	Evening Series: Prophets in the Book of Kings (4)
2 Kings 2:14	“Elijah’s Mantle”	79	27^th June 2004 10.30 a.m.	End of Term Service 13^th in Ordinary Time
2 Kings 5:1-17	“The Servant, River and Soil”	18	16 Feb 2003 10.30 a.m.	6^th in Ordinary Time Education Sunday
2 Kings 6:16	“Chariots of Fire”	128	21^stAug 2005 6.30 p.m	21^st in Ordinary Time
2 Kings 10:15	“Give me thy hand”	33	18 May 2003 6.30 p.m.	Aldersgate Sunday

NEHEMIAH

Neh 1:3-4	“Tears over Jerusalem”	23	23 Mar 2003 10.30 a.m.	3^rd Sunday in Lent
Neh 3:7	“Zimbabwe Gospel”	161	30 April 2006 10.30 a.m.	World Church Sunday Baptism of Jaden Bennett

JOB

Job 1:21

“Why do good people suffer?”

177

8 Oct 2006
10.30 a.m.

27th in Ordinary Time

PSALMS

Ps 24:7	“Fling Wide the Gates”	142	4^th Dec 2005 10.30 a.m.	2^nd Sunday of Advent
Ps 84:10	“The Doorkeeper”	42	24 August 2003 6.30 p.m.	21^st in Ordinary Time
Ps 130:5-6	“Watching for Daybreak”	109	13^th Mar 2005 6.30 p.m.	1^st Sunday of the Passion Rutter “Requiem”

ECCLESIASTES

Eccles 1:2	“Vanity Fair”	8	10 Nov 2002 6.30 p.m.	32^nd in Ordinary Time Remembrance Sunday
Eccles 7:14	“Queen Mary’s Funeral”	24	23 Mar 2003 6.30 p.m.	3^rd Sunday in Lent
Eccles 11:1-2	“Cast your bread on the water”	93	24^th Oct 2004 6.30 p.m.	30^th in Ordinary Time

ISAIAH

Isa 6:1-8	“Bourne and Clowes”	205	3 June 2007 10.30 a.m.	Primitive Methodist Bicentenary. Trinity Sunday
Isa 9:4	“Breaking the Yoke of Oppression”	228	27 Jan 2008 10.30 a.m.	Homelessness Sunday Holocaust Memorial Day
Isa 11:6	“The Peaceable Kingdom”	98	5^th Dec 2004 10.30 a.m.	2^nd Sunday in Advent
Isa 30:10	“Three Wise Monkeys”	180	29 Oct 2006 10.30 a.m.	30th in Ordinary Time
Isa 40:3-4	“Road Building”	11	8 Dec 2002 10.30 a.m.	2^nd Sunday of Advent Baptism of Ruby Smith
Isa 43:1	“The God of the Homeless”	104	30^th Jan 2005 10.30 a.m.	Homelessness Sunday
Isa 51:1	“Forgotten Voices?”	181	12 Nov 2006 10.30 a.m.	Remembrance Sunday
Isa 52:7	“How beautiful are the feet”	92	17^th Oct 2004 10.30 a.m.	Start of One World Week

JEREMIAH & LAMENTATIONS

Jer 17:5-6	“The cursèd tree”	62	15 Feb 2004 10.30 am	6^th in Ordinary Time
Jer 18:6	“The Potter”	86	5^th Sept 2004 10.30 a.m.	Start of New Methodist Year 23^rd in Ordinary Time
Jer 18:17	“The Wind is in the East”	143	11^th Dec 2005 6.30 p.m.	3^rd Sunday of Advent
Jer 23:29	“The Hammer of the Lord”	213	19 Aug 2007 10.30 a.m.	20^th in Ordinary Time
Jer 31:31	“Is it a deal?”	59	11 Jan 2004 10.30 a.m.	Covenant Sunday
Jer 31:32-3	“Taking a Risk”	146	8^th Jan 2006 10.30 a.m.	Covenant Sunday
Jer 32:9	“The Field at Anathoth”	216	30 Sept 2007 10.30 a.m.	Start of University Term 26^th in Ordinary Time
Lam 1:1-2	“Tears over Jerusalem”	153	5th Mar 2006 10.30 a.m.	1st Sunday in Lent

TWELVE PROPHETS

Daniel 3	“The Fourth Man”	182	19 Nov 2006 6.30 p.m.	33rd in Ordinary Time
Daniel 6:16-17	“The Lions’ Den”	202	6 May 2007 6.30 p.m.	5th Sunday of Easter
Amos 5:11	“Trampled Underfoot?”	175	24 Sept 2006 10.30 a.m.	Harvest Festival
Amos 7:7	“The Plumb Line”	210	15 July 2007 6.30 p.m.	15^th in Ordinary Time
Jonah 3:2	“Tell Nineveh”	201	29 Apr 2007 10.30 a.m.	World Church Sunday
Micah 4:3	“I remember it well”	52	9 Nov 2003 10.30 a.m.	Remembrance Sunday
Micah 4:3	“Ploughshares”	139	13^th Nov 2005 10.30 a.m.	Remembrance Sunday
Hab 1:2	“Is God Listening?”	217	7 Oct 2007 10.30 a.m.	27^th in Ordinary Time
Zech 3:2	“A Brand from the Burning”	162	21 May 2006 10.30 a.m.	Aldersgate Sunday
Mal 3:2	“Refiner’s Fire”	184	10 Dec 2006 10.30 a.m.	Advent 2
Malachi 3:2	“Refiner’s Fire”	56	7 Dec 2003 10.30 a.m.	2nd Sunday of Advent

NEW TESTAMENT

St MATTHEW’S GOSPEL

Mt 1:23	“The Gift of Jesus”	100	25^th Dec 2004 10.30 a.m.	Christmas Day
Mt 2:1-12	“Star Signs”	226	6 Jan 2008 6.30 p.m.	Epiphany
Mt 2:11	“What can I bring him?”	14	5 Jan 2003 10.30 a.m.	Covenant Sunday Sunday before Epiphany
Mt 2:12	“Christmas comes but once a year”	58	4 Jan 2004 6.30 p.m.	Sunday before Epiphany
Mt 2:13	“The Child and the Goldfinch”	101	2^nd Jan 2005 6.30 p.m.	2^nd Sunday of Christmas
Mt 3:12	“The Fire of Judgement”	223	9 Dec 2007 10.30 a.m.	2^nd Sunday of Advent
Mt 4:19	“Life’s Journey”	76	6^th June 2004 10.30 a.m.	Trinity Confirmation Service
Mt 5:38-48	“Christianity and Buddhism”	195	11 Mar 2007 10.30 a.m.	3rd Sunday in Lent Mint Interfaith Weekend
Mt 5:48	“Be perfect”	39	13 July 2003 10.30 a.m.	15^th in Ordinary Time Wesley Tercentenary
Mt 7:7	“Bruce Almighty”	135	16^th Oct 2005 6.30 p.m.	Evening Series: Novels and Movies (3)
Mt 10:1	“Twelve Disciples”	119	12^th June 2005 10.30 a.m.	Church Anniversary
Mt 11:2	“Are you the one?”	99	12^th Dec 2004 6.30 p.m.	3^rd Sunday in Advent
Mt 11:30	“An Easy Yoke?”	188	14 Jan 2007 10.30 a.m.	Covenant Sunday
Mt 12:48	“Mother God, Mother Earth, Mother Church”	232	2 Mar 2008 10.30 a.m.	4^th Sunday of Lent Mothering Sunday
Mt 13:44	“Buried Treasure”	124	24^th July 2005 6.30 p.m.	17^th in Ordinary Time
Mt 14:25	“Walking on Water”	126	7^th Aug 2005 10.30 a.m.	19^th in Ordinary Time
Mt 15:26	“Crumbs from the Table”	127	14^th Aug 2005 10.30 a.m.	20^th in Ordinary Time
Mt 16:26	“Social Holiness”	203	20 May 2007 10.30 a.m.	Aldersgate Sunday Sunday after Ascension
Mt 17:1-8	“Refugees and Transfiguration”	105	6^th Feb 2005 10.30 a.m.	Transfiguration Sunday Home Mission Sunday: “Asylum and Refugees”
Mt 18:15	“Loving Confrontation”	2	8 Sept 2002 10.30 a.m.	23^rd in Ordinary Time Racial Justice Sunday
Mt 18:22	“70 times 7”	130	11^th Sept 2005 10.30 a.m.	24^th in Ordinary Time
Mt 20:22	“Polycarp’s Cup”	19	23 Feb 2003 6.30 p.m.	7^th in Ordinary Time Feast of St Polycarp
Mt 22:17	“Render unto Caesar”	6	20 Oct 2002 10.30 a.m.	29^th in Ordinary Time Baptism of Codie Finch
Mt 23:27-8	“Parson Thwackum”	200	22 Apr 2007 6.30 p.m.	3rd Sunday of Easter Tercentenary of the Birth of Henry Fielding
Mt 24:44	“An Unexpected Hour”	222	2 Dec 2007 10.30 a.m.	Advent Sunday
Mt 25:25	“Buried Talents”	9	17 Nov 2002 10.30 a.m.	33^rd in Ordinary Time Pastoral Visitors’ Dedication Prisoners’ Sunday
Mt 25:36	“The Least of These”	140	20^th Nov 2005 10.30 a.m.	Sunday before Advent Prisons Sunday Pastoral Visitors’ Rededication Service
Mt 25:40	“Human Rights”	173	10 Sept 2006 6.30 p.m.	Racial Justice Sunday
Mt 26:14-16	“Judas Iscariot”	155	26^th Mar 2006 6.30 p.m.	4^th Sunday in Lent Passion Personalities (3)
Mt 26:75	“Forgotten Voices?”	181	12 Nov 2006 10.30 a.m.	Remembrance Sunday
Mt 28:1-10	“Rise from the Ruins”	110	27^th Mar 2005 10.30 a.m.	Easter Sunday
Mt 28:19	“Cross and Orb”	36	15 June 2003 10.30 a.m.	Trinity. Welcome for new members

St MARK’S GOSPEL

Mk 1:10	“The Heavens Opened”	15	12 Jan 2003 10.30 a.m.	1^st in Ordinary Time
Mk 1:27	“Heart of Darkness?”	17	2 Feb 2003 10.30 a.m.	4^th in Ordinary Time Candlemas Home Mission Sunday
Mk 2:5	“Finding Forgiveness”	151	19^th Feb 2006 10.30 a.m.	7^th in Ordinary Time
Mark 4:8	“Seeds of Potential”	89	26^th Sept 2004 10.30 a.m.	Harvest Festival
Mk 4:30-32	“Mustard Seeds”	165	18 June 2006 10.30 a.m.	End of term Communion with Mozart’s Sparrow Mass
Mk 4: 41	“The Ship of the Church”	206	10 June 2007 10.30 a.m.	Church Anniversary
Mk 5:27	“The hem of his garment”	37	29 June 2003 10.30 a.m.	End of term Service 13^th in Ordinary Time
Mk 7:4	“Non Angli Sed Angeli”	172	3 Sept 2006 10.30 a.m.	22^nd in Ordinary Time Feast of St Gregory
Mk 7:34	“Ephphatha”	43	7 Sept 2003 10.30 a.m.	23^rd in Ordinary Time Baptism & Confirmation of Chris Arya
Mk 8:34-5	“Take up your Cross”	174	17 Sept 2006 10.30 a.m.	24^thin Ordinary Time Baptism of Damion Hallett
Mk 8:34	“Take up your Cross”	154	12^th Mar 2006 10.30 a.m.	2^nd Sunday in Lent Commissioning of Rev Hwang Gwang Myung
Mk 9:2	“Glimpses of Glory”	20	2 Mar 2003 10.30 a.m.	Sunday before Lent Transfiguration Sunday
Mk 9:14-29	“Demons in the Valley”	63	22 Feb 2004 6.30 pm	Sunday before Lent
Mt 9:20	“The Fringe of his Cloak”	118	5^th June 2005 10.30 a.m.	10^th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Mk 9:34	“First Class Seats”	45	21 Sept 2003 10.30 a.m.	25^thin Ordinary Time
Mk 10:15	“Childlike Faith”	47	5 Oct 2003 10.30 a.m.	27^th in Ordinary Time Start of University Term
Mk 10:25	“Money Money Money”	178	15 Oct 2006 10.30 a.m.	28^th in Ordinary Time
Mk 10:51	“Turning a Blind Eye”	50	26 Oct 2003 10.30 a.m.	30^thin Ordinary Time
Mk 10:51	“Three Wise Monkeys”	180	29 Oct 2006 10.30 a.m.	30th in Ordinary Time
Mk 15:16-20	“Laughter”	25	30 Mar 2003 10.30 a.m.	4^th Sunday in Lent Refreshment Sunday
Mk 15:16-39	“St Veronica”	157	9 April 2006 6.30 p.m.	Palm Sunday Passion Personalities (4)
Mk 15:21	“Simon of Cyrene”	22	16 Mar 2003 6.30 p.m.	2^nd Sunday in Lent

St LUKE’S GOSPEL

Lk 1:5-25	“Angel Voices”	185	10 Dec 2006 6.30 p.m.	Advent 2
Lk 2:1-20	“Christmas Gifts”	225	25 Dec 2007 10.30 a.m.	Christmas Day
Lk 2:1-20	Christmas Celebration	145	25^th Dec 2005 10.30 a.m.	Christmas Day
Lk 2:1-20	“So Different”	12	24 Dec 2002 11.30 p.m.	Christmas Eve
Lk 2:7	“No Room at the Inn”	186	25 Dec 2006 10.30 a.m.	Christmas Day
Lk 2:29 Lk 2:35	“Peace and the Sword”	13	29 Dec 2002 10.30 a.m.	1^st Sunday of Christmas Feast of Thomas Becket
Lk 4:1-2	“Wrestling in the Wilderness”	64	29 Feb 2004 10.30 am	First Sunday in Lent
Lk 4:2	“Lenten Discipline”	229	10 Feb 2008 6.30 p.m.	1^st Sunday of Lent
Lk 4:1-13	“Wilderness Choices”	193	25 Feb 2007 10.30 a.m.	1st Sunday of Lent Home Mission Sunday
Lk 4:16	“Hopes and Dreams”	77	13^th June 2004 10.30 a.m.	Church Anniversary
Lk 4:18	“Liberty to the Captives”	53	16 Nov 2003 10.30 a.m.	Prisons Sunday Rededication of Pastoral Visitors
Lk 4:18	“Free At Last”	197	25 Mar 2007 10.30 a.m.	Passion Sunday 200th Anniversary of the Abolition of the Atlantic Slave Trade Durufle’s Requiem
Lk 4:24	“The Homecoming”	189	28 Jan 2007 10.30 a.m.	Homelessness Sunday
Lk 5:1-11	“Follow Me”	212	12 Aug 2007 6.30 p.m.	Confirmation Service for Amanda Hough
Lk 6:17-26	“Cinderella Gospel”	191	11 Feb 2007 10.30 a.m.	Baptism of Harry Forsyth Church Pantomime Week
Lk 8:26-39	“Over the Hill?”	208	24 June 2007 10.30 a.m.	Visiting Preacher: Rev Mark Gilborson
Lk 8:27	“28 Days Later”	78	20^th June 2004 6.30 p.m.	12^th in Ordinary Time
Luke 11:9	“Knocking at the Door”	81	25^th July 2004 10.30 a.m.	17^th in Ordinary Time Feast of St James
Lk 11:9	“Does God Intervene?”	131	18^th Sept 2005 6.30 p.m.	Evening Series: Creation
Luke 12:15	“Real Wealth”	211	5 Aug 2007 10.30 a.m.	18^th in Ordinary Time
Luke 12:18-20	“Building Barns”	82	1^st Aug 2004 10.30 a.m.	18^th in Ordinary Time
Lk 13:1-9	“Tower and Fig Tree”	194	4 Mar 2007 6.30 p.m.	2nd Sunday of Lent
Lk 13:34	“Spiders and Chickens”	48	5 Oct 2003 6.30 p.m.	27^th in Ordinary Time Edwards Tercentenary
Lk 15:1-7	“One World: Many Faiths”	219	21 Oct 2007 10.30 a.m.	One World Week
Lk 15:4	“All may be saved”	74	23^rd May 2004 10.30 a.m.	Sunday after Ascension Aldersgate Sunday
Lk 15:11-32	“21 Grams”	167	16 July 2006 6.30 p.m.	Evening Series: Movie Themes 1
Lk 17:11-19	“Ten Lepers”	91	10^th Oct 2004 10.30 am	28^th in Ordinary Time
Lk 17:14	“Spinalonga”	218	14 Oct 2007 6.30 p.m.	World Peace Sunday 28^th in Ordinary Time
Lk 18:25	“The Eye of the Needle”	65	7 Mar 2004 6.30 p.m.	Second Sunday in Lent
Lk 19:31	“Donkey Work”	234	16 Mar 2008 6.30 p.m.	2^nd Sunday of the Passion (Palm Sunday)
Lk 21:28	“Abandon Hope?”	55	30 Nov 2003 10.30 a.m.	Advent Sunday
Lk 22:61	“The Galilean Accent”	233	9 Mar 2008 10.30 a.m.	1^st Sunday of the Passion
Lk 24:13-35	“On the Road to Emmaus”	112	10^th April 2005 10.30 a.m.	3^rd Sunday of Easter ”Making Poverty History” Sunday
Lk 24:15	“Emmaus Encounters”	236	6 April 2008 10.30 a.m.	3^rd Sunday of Easter
Luke 24:51	“Ascension Day Parable”	240	4 May 2008 6.30 p.m.	Sunday after Ascension
Lk 24:51	“Up, up and away”	163	28 May 2006 10.30 a.m.	Sunday after Ascension Baptism of Emily Smith

St JOHN’S GOSPEL

Jn 1:5	Christmas Candles	144	24^th Dec 2005 11.30 p.m.	Christmas Eve
Jn 1:5	“Thick darkness broodeth yet”	73	16^th May 2004 6.30 p.m.	6^th Sunday of Easter World Church Sunday
Jn 1:14	“The Word Made Flesh”	224	23 Dec 2007 6.30 p.m.	Sunday before Christmas
Jn 1:29	“Behold the Lamb”	66	14 March 2004 10.30 a.m.	Third Sunday in Lent
John 1:51	“The Heavens Opened”	147	15^th Jan 2006 10.30 a.m.	2^nd in Ordinary Time Baptism of Iona Bell
Jn 2:3	“When the wine runs out”	60	18 Jan 2004 10.30 a.m.	2^nd in Ordinary Time Church Unity Week Martin Luther King Sunday
Jn 3:3	“Born Again”	106	20^th Feb 2005 10.30 a.m.	2^nd Sunday in Lent
Jn 3:8	“The Theology of Balloons”	123	3^rd July 2005 10.30 a.m	14^th in Ordinary Time Church Picnic Service
Jn 3:19-21	“Have you seen the light?”	230	17 Feb 2008 10.30 a.m.	2^nd Sunday of Lent
Jn 4:5-14	“The Water of Life”	107	27^th Feb 2005 10.30 a.m.	3^rd Sunday in Lent
Jn 9:1-3	“Blind”	108	6^th Mar 2005 6.30 p.m.	4^th Sunday in Lent
Jn 10:10	“For whom the bell tolls”	30	4 May 2003 6.30 p.m	3^rd Sunday of Easter
Jn 10:11	The Good Shepherd	237	13 April 2008 6.30 p.m.	4^th Sunday of Easter
Jn 11:25	“Chocolat”	199	8 Apr 2007 10.30 a.m.	Easter Sunday
Jn 12:5	“Extravagance”	67	28 March 2004 10.30 a.m.	1^st Sunday of the Passion
Jn 12:20-26	“Why the Cross?”	156	2 April 2006 10.30 a.m.	Passion Sunday with Faure’s Requiem
Jn 12:24	“Grain of Wheat”	27	6 Apr 2003 10.30 a.m.	1^st Sunday of the Passion
Jn 13:21-35	“Friendly Fire”	26	30 Mar 2003 6.30 p.m.	4^th Sunday in Lent
Jn 14:2-4	“What is life after death like?”	235	23 Mar 2008 10.30 a.m.	Easter Sunday
Jn 14:6	"No One Comes to the Father but by me - Universalism & John 14:6"	238	20 April 2008 10.30 a.m.	5^th Sunday of Easter
Jn 14:6	“Only One Way?”	113	24^th April 2005 10.30 a.m.	5^th Sunday of Easter
Jn 19:17-30	“Nailed to the Tree”	158	14 April 2006 10.00 a.m.	City Centre Churches’ United Good Friday Service
Jn 19:18	“Christ Recrucified”	28	18 Apr 2003 10.00 a.m.	Good Friday
Jn 19:22	“Christ the King”	10	24 Nov 2002 6.30 p.m.	Sunday before Advent
John 15:13	“A Land Fit for Heroes?”	95	14^th Nov 2004 10.30 am	Remembrance Sunday
Jn 18:36	“The King over the Water”	183	26 Nov 2006 10.30 a.m.	Sunday before Advent (Christ the King)
Jn 19:19	“I.N.R.I”	198	1 Apr 2007 6.30 p.m.	Palm Sunday 2nd Sunday of the Passion
Jn 19:25-27	“A Borrowed World”	196	18 Mar 2007 10.30 a.m.	4TH Sunday in Lent Mothering Sunday
Jn 20:1	“Easter Dawn”	29	20 Apr 2003 10.30 a.m.	Easter Sunday
Jn 20:1-18	“New Life”	159	16 April 2006 10.30 a.m.	Easter Sunday Baptism of Hwang Jee In
Jn 20:16	“Rabbuni”	69	11^th April 2004 10.30 a.m.	Easter Sunday
Jn 20:29	“Belief and Vision”	111	3^rd April 2005 6.30 p.m.	2^nd Sunday of Easter Anniversary of Martin Luther King’s Death
Jn 21:1-14	“Stranger on the Shore”	160	23 April 2006 6.30 p.m.	2^nd Sunday of Easter
Jn 21:3	“Follow Me”	71	25^th April 2004 10.30 a.m.	3^rd Sunday of Easter
John 21:17	“Feed My Sheep”	87	12^th Sept 2004 10.30 a.m.	Racial Justice Sunday 24^th in Ordinary Time

ACTS OF THE APOSTLES

Acts 1:8	“You will receive power”	115	8^th May 2005 6.30 p.m.	Sunday after Ascension
Acts 2:6	“Unity and Diversity”	75	30^th May 2004 6.30 p.m.	Pentecost Ecumenical Service
Acts 2:11	“God of many voices”	241	11 May 2008 10.30 a.m.	Pentecost Start of Christian Aid Week Baptism of Samuel Gleave
Acts 5:29	“Obedience”	70	18^th April 2004 6.30 p.m.	2^nd Sunday of Easter

ROMANS

Rom 1:1-7	“Son of David”	148	29^th Jan 2006 6.30 p.m.	Evening Series: Titles of Jesus (4)
Rom 12:1	“Making Sacrifices”	227	13 Jan 2008 10.30 a.m.	Covenant Sunday
Rom 12:10	“Skin Deep”	44	14 Sept 2003 6.30 p.m.	24^thin Ordinary Time Racial Justice Sunday
Rom 12:21	“Hong Kong, Zimbabwe and the Gospel”	239	27 April 2008 10.30 a.m.	World Church Sunday: Hong Kong and Zimbabwe
Rom 12:21	“A Hole in the Ground”	57	21 Dec 2003 6.30 p.m.	4^th Sunday of Advent
Rom 13:9	“Loving Confrontation”	2	8 Sept 2002 10.30 a.m.	23^rd in Ordinary Time Racial Justice Sunday
Romans 16	“The Roll Call”	209	15 July 2007 10.30 a.m.	Welcome of New Members

I &II CORINTHIANS

1 Cor 3:9	“God’s Building”	242	18 May 2008 10.30 a.m.	Church Anniversary Aldersgate Sunday Trinity Sunday
1 Cor 9:24-5	“Running the Race”	150	12^th Feb 2006 10.30 a.m.	6^th in Ordinary Time Education Sunday
1 Cor 12:7	“Gifts of the Spirit”	116	15^th May 2005 10.30 a.m.	Pentecost Start of Christian Aid Week
1 Cor 12:7-11	“Speaking with Tongues”	204	27 May 2007 6.30 p.m.	Pentecost
1 Cor 12:7-11	“Speaking with Tongues”	204	27 May 2007 6.30 p.m.	Pentecost
1 Cor 13:1	“A Clanging Cymbal”	61	1 Feb 2004 10.30 a.m.	4^th in Ordinary Time
1 Cor 13:11	“Childlike Faith”	47	5 Oct 2003 10.30 a.m.	27^th in Ordinary Time Start of University Term
2 Cor 1:21	“Anointed”	90	3^rd Oct 2004 10.30 am	Start of University Year
2 Cor 4:7	“Treasure in Clay Jars”	16	19 Jan 2003 6.30 p.m.	Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
2 Cor 6:1a	“God’s Carpenters”	114	1^st May 2005 10.30 a.m.	St Joseph the Worker; Sunday before Ascension and UK General Election
2 Cor 6:2	“Groundhog Day”	171	13 Aug 2006 6.30 p.m.	Evening Series: Movie Themes 4
2 Cor 12:7	“A thorn in the flesh”	38	6 July 2003 6.30 p.m.	14^th in Ordinary Time

EPHESIANS

Eph 2:19-22	“Border Controls”	164	11 June 2006 10.30 a.m.	Trinity Sunday Church Anniversary
Eph 4:1-6	“Mind the Gap”	179	22 Oct 2006 6.30 p.m.	One World Week
Eph 5:15-16	“Living wisely”	41	17 August 2003 10.30 a.m.	20^th in Ordinary Time
Eph 5:20	“Thanksgiving”	96	21^st Nov 2004 6.30 p.m.	Sunday before Advent Thanksgiving Sunday (US)

TIMOTHY, TITUS & philemon

1 Tim 2:1-2	“God Save the King”	88	19^th Sept 2004 6.30 p.m.	25^th in Ordinary Time
2 Tim 4:21	“Before Winter Comes”	221	18 Nov 2007 10.30 a.m.	Prisons Sunday and Pastoral Visitors’ Rededication
Philemon v.16	“Onesimus”	215	9 Sept 2007 10.30 a.m.	Racial Justice Sunday 23^rd in Ordinary Time

HEBREWS

Heb 4:12	“A Two edged Sword”	49	12 Oct 2003 10.30 a.m.	28^th in Ordinary Time Week of Prayer for World Peace
Heb 12:1	“A Cloud of Witnesses”	84	15^th Aug 2004 10.30 a.m.	20^th in Ordinary Time
Heb 12:22	“Standing before the Mountain”	85	22^nd Aug 2004 6.30 p.m.	21^st in Ordinary Time
Heb 13:2	“Entertaining Angels”	214	2 Sept 2007 10.30 am	22^ndin Ordinary Time Baptism of Tamara Dow
Heb 13:2	“Non Angli Sed Angeli”	172	3 Sept 2006 10.30 a.m.	22^nd in Ordinary Time Feast of St Gregory

I & ii PETER

1 Peter 2:5

“Cairns and Cathedrals”

8 June 2003
10.30 a.m.

Pentecost
Church Anniversary

I, II & III JOHN

1 Jn 3:17	“The cow, tree and blanket”	31	11 May 2003 10.30 a.m.	Christian Aid Week
1 Jn 4:7	“The Vine (Kenya & the World)”	32	18 May 2003 10.30 a.m.	World Church Sunday
I John 4:8	“God is Love”	117	22^nd May 2005 10.30 a.m.	Trinity Sunday Welcome for new Members

REVELATION

Rev 1:8	“Who is, was and is to come”	97	28^th Nov 2004 10.30 am	Advent Sunday Baptism of Oliver Jack Usher Women Against Violence Sunday
Rev 4:10-11	“The Throne and the Mountain”	34	1 June 2003 6.30 p.m.	Sunday after Ascension
Rev 7:9	“Journey to Heaven”	94	7^th Nov 2004 10.30 am	Pastoral Visitors Rededication Sunday after All Saints Day Methodist Homes Sunday
Rev 21:4	“Life before Death”	72	9^th May 2004 10.30 a.m.	5^th Sunday of Easter Start of Christian Aid Week
Rev 22:2	“The Tree of Life”	4	22 Sept 02 10.30 a.m.	Harvest Festival
Rev 22:2	“True Patriotism?”	220	11 Nov 2007 10.30 a.m.	Remembrance Sunday

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