Joining together in the Presbyterian Support initiative: Praying for Children week A bit of backstory... So, a couple of months ago I was delighted to be asked to help prepare resources for the Praying for Children week. This is a way of focussing attention both on the needs of children and the gifts children bring… Continue reading become like a child…
Shake it off
Call to Worship God, your constant love reaches the heavens, your faithfulness extends to the skies. Your righteousness is towering like the mountains, your justice is like the depths of the sea. We find protection under the shadow of your wings, we feast on the abundant food you provide. You are the source of all… Continue reading Shake it off
AGM papers
St Peter's is holding a retrospective AGM for 2020, since all our usual schedules were displaced by the pandemic. We will hold a congregational meeting on Sunday April 11th after the 9:30am service. You can read all the reports that we'll be reviewing and speaking to here: annual-report-2020Download
Cleansing of the temple
By Giotto di Bondone - Unknown source, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=94625 Candle lighting For gathering today in this sacred space, We light the flame. To sing hymns of praise and adoration to our God, We light the flame For sharing together in the mystery of holy communion, We light the flame And to honour the presence… Continue reading Cleansing of the temple
pausing to process
You can find the reading for this sermon here http://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=55653 There is lots to think about here. I think the ancient story of Moses' death - on the cusp of transitional change for the people of Israel - has some unexpected resonances for us in our times... see what you think. This story marks an… Continue reading pausing to process
Psalms and praise
Retired minister Grahame Drummond preached at St. Peter's on Sunday 18th October. You can listen to his sermon here. The readings are included in the recording. Grahame Drummond
radical trust
By Severin.stalder, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=39661035 Dr. Csilla Saysell preached at St. Peter's on Sunday 11th October, you can listen to her sermon below. The reading she is preaching from is 2 Kings 18:1-16 and you can read that here.
manna and Mystery
Candle Lighting In the mystery of life about us there is light.It gives us a way to see And a place to be, to grow, to rejoice together.It opens the pathways to love. Let the Christ light we kindle be before us, between us, within us -strong in hope, wide in good will, inviting the… Continue reading manna and Mystery
wholly holy
Candle Lighting We light the flame, a symbol of the light of Christ among us and within us: a beam we learn to bear and to bear witness to. Call to worship With our lips we praise you, O God, We tell of the astonishing beauty of your creation and the joy of your unending… Continue reading wholly holy
Training in treasuring
Candle Lighting We light this flame to affirm that new life and lightis ever waiting to break through to enlighten our ways:that new truth is ever waitingto break through to illumine our minds,and that new love is ever waitingto break through to warm our hearts. May we be open to this light,and to the rich… Continue reading Training in treasuring
