Series: Epiphany

Bible Text: Jeremiah 18:1-6 | Preacher: Ian Banks | Series: Epiphany | He stepped into the sunlight and out of…

Epiphany

Sunday, February 23, 2020

He stepped into the sunlight and out of the shade of the temple, his place of work, his place of calling. Away from the altar and the incense and the…

Preacher : Ian Banks

Passage: Jeremiah 18:1-6

Service Type: Sunday@Seven

Bible Text: Genesis 1:1-2:3 | Preacher: Ian Banks | Series: Epiphany | Here are the opening verses of Genesis from…

Epiphany

Sunday, February 16, 2020

Here are the opening verses of Genesis from The Message: ‘First this: God created the Heavens and Earth—all you see, all you don’t see. Earth was a soup of nothingness,…

Preacher : Ian Banks

Passage: Genesis 1:1-2:3

Service Type: St James Heywood

Bible Text: Isaiah 58:1-12 | Preacher: Ian Banks | Series: Epiphany | Isaiah 58:11 The Lord will guide you always; he will satisfy…

Epiphany

Sunday, February 9, 2020

Isaiah 58:11 The Lord will guide you always; he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land and will strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.…

Preacher : Ian Banks

Passage: Isaiah 58:1-12

Service Type: Parade Service @ Christ Church

Bible Text: Matthew 3:13-17 | Speaker: Keith Trivasse | Series: Epiphany | Old Trafford has a number of places of…

Epiphany

Sunday, January 12, 2020

Old Trafford has a number of places of worship. Our banns were heard at St Hilda’s, Old Trafford. But far and away the largest place of worship has thousands of…

Preacher : Keith Trivasse

Passage: Matthew 3:13-17

Service Type: Sunday Service @ St John & St Mark

Bible Text: Isaiah 42:1-9, Matthew 3:13-17 | Preacher: Ian Banks | Series: Epiphany | With the recent assassination of Qassem…

Epiphany

Sunday, January 12, 2020

With the recent assassination of Qassem Soleimani and the inevitable response, there’s tension everywhere. If it escalates then you imagine that there will be violence and destruction and death, not…

Preacher : Ian Banks

Passage: Isaiah 42:1-9, Matthew 3:13-17

Service Type: Four Lanes End Congregational

Bible Text: Luke 6: 17-26 | Preacher: Nigel Silvester | Series: Epiphany | Our reading this morning from Luke chapter…

Epiphany

Sunday, February 17, 2019

Our reading this morning from Luke chapter 6 is headed “Blessings and Woes”. Jesus speaking to his disciples, telling them who will be blessed and who won’t. Very similar to…

Preacher : Nigel Silvester

Passage: Luke 6: 17-26

Service Type: Sunday Service @ St John & St Mark

Bible Text: Jeremiah 17: 5-10 | Preacher: Ian Banks | Series: Epiphany | My wife has a thing about trees…

Epiphany

Sunday, February 17, 2019

My wife has a thing about trees - and not in a good way if you’re a tree. When I said I was talking about trees today she said “Shall…

Preacher : Ian Banks

Passage: Jeremiah 17: 5-10

Service Type: St James Heywood

Bible Text: Luke 3:15-17, 21-22 | Preacher: Margery Spencer | Series: Epiphany | It is good to be back.  May…

Epiphany

Sunday, January 13, 2019

It is good to be back.  May I wish you somewhat belatedly a Happy New Year!  New year is a time for looking back and for looking forward. It is…

Preacher : Margery Spencer

Passage: Luke 3:15-17, 21-22

Service Type: Sunday Service @ St John & St Mark

Bible Text: Matthew 2:1-12 | Preacher: Ralph Mallinson | Series: Epiphany | ‘A cold coming we had of it’ –…

Epiphany

Sunday, January 6, 2019

'A cold coming we had of it' - so wrote T S Eliot in his poem, Journey of the Magi (1927) - and later, 'A hard time we had of…

Preacher : Ralph Mallinson

Passage: Matthew 2:1-12

Service Type: Sunday Service @ St John & St Mark

Bible Text: John 1:43-51 | Preacher: Ralph Mallinson | Series: Epiphany People sometimes say that Whitsunday, the story of the…

Epiphany

Sunday, January 14, 2018

People sometimes say that Whitsunday, the story of the outpouring of God’s Holy Spirit 50 days after Easter, is the Birthday of the Church.  I tend to think of it…

Preacher : Ralph Mallinson

Passage: John 1:43-51

Service Type: Sunday Service @ St John & St Mark