St John & St Mark Church Bury

To know, grow and show the love of God

Preacher: Gill Barnett

Curate with us until September 2018. Now Priest in Charge at Healey & Hamer and St. Ann, Belfield.

Our journey

Bible Text: James 5:13-20 | Preacher: Gill Barnett | Series: After Trinity | ‘Our journey’ was a sermon delivered by…

Sunday, September 30, 2018
'Our journey' was a sermon delivered by the Reverend Gill Barnett on 30th September 2018. This was her swansong last service with us before she moves to her new home…
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Two kinds of Wisdom

Bible Text: Wisdom 2:12, 17-20 | Preacher: Gill Barnett | Series: After Trinity How wise are you?  Is it the…

Sunday, September 23, 2018
How wise are you?  Is it the same question as ‘how intelligent are you?’  What is wisdom in the world’s eyes compared to wisdom in God’s eyes? Fish knife or…
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Get Wisdom

Bible Text: Proverbs 9:1-6 | Preacher: Gill Barnett | Series: After Trinity I went to a party last night –…

Sunday, August 19, 2018
I went to a party last night – a friend’s 60th.  There was some preparation made by both those hosting and those going to the party – as you’d expect. …
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How big is God?

Bible Text: John 6:1-21 | Preacher: Gill Barnett | Series: After Trinity So what really happened on that hillside at…

Sunday, July 29, 2018
So what really happened on that hillside at the end of a long, hot day?   What do you think happened?  Because apart from the resurrection, the story of the feeding…
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The Greatest Event

Bible Text: Mark 5:21-43 | Preacher: Gill Barnett | Series: After Trinity Can you put these six digits into some…

Sunday, July 1, 2018
Can you put these six digits into some sort of order – not a strict mathematical sequence: 0, 1, 1, 1, 2, 6? The order I’m looking for is 1-2,…
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What is going on?

Bible Text: Acts 2:1-21 | Preacher: Gill Barnett | Series: Pentecost What is going on?  Put yourself into the place…

Sunday, May 20, 2018
What is going on?  Put yourself into the place of someone on the first day of Pentecost:  a Jewish visitor, up for the festival, a Roman, a native of Jerusalem,…
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I love it!

Bible Text: Psalm139 | Preacher: Gill Barnett | Series: Easter How much do you love: Chocolate The smell of fresh…

Thursday, May 17, 2018
How much do you love: Chocolate The smell of fresh baked bread Having your feet done Singing Settling into your bed at the end of a busy day? What’s on…
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When the teaching ends

Bible Text: Jeremiah 31:31-34 | Preacher: Gill Barnett | Series: Passion What do you remember of your school days?  A…

Sunday, March 18, 2018
What do you remember of your school days?  A particular teacher, a particular lesson, a particular classroom? Miss Foden - head teacher, mental arithmetic test every term. Miss Kane –…
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Hope, expectation and joy

Bible Text: Mark 1:9-15 | Preacher: Gill Barnett | Series: Lent What is Lent about? Recalling us to repent. A…

Sunday, February 18, 2018
What is Lent about? Recalling us to repent. A story about repentance: a painter had a job on to paint the outside of an old lady’s house.  It was a…
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Be open to the extraordinary

Bible Text: Luke 2:22-40 | Preacher: Gill Barnett | Series: Candlemas What gives you the most satisfaction in life?  The…

Sunday, February 4, 2018
What gives you the most satisfaction in life?  The ordinary everyday things that you know are going to happen and you come to expect and welcome? That give structure and…
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