Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2019 Sunday 20th January at 6.30pm St Peter’s Church, 56 Mount Park Road, W5 2RU Unity Service, followed by refreshments
Unity Service 20th Jan
The journey of the Magi
Sermon given Sun 6th Jan, 2019 at St. Andrew’s URC Ealing by the Revd Sue McCoan Isaiah 60: 1-6 Matthew 2:1-12 We thought earlier about the kind of provision the Magi might have needed to make for their journey. But there was more going on than just a physical journey for them. The poet TS […]
Epiphany
The Revd John Proctor, General Secretary of the United Reformed Church, reflects on how a train journey during the cold winter months inspired an epiphany. I had an epiphany, on a train of all places. At this time of year, most of my commute takes place before dawn or after dark. The countryside beside the […]
‘See it, say it, sorted’
Sermon given at St. Andrew’s Ealing 2nd December 2018 by Revd Sue McCoan Psalm 25;1-10; Luke 21:25-36 If you’ve been on any train or tube journey recently, you will have heard the security announcements: ‘If you see anything that doesn’t look right, please inform a member of staff or British Transport police, and we will sort […]
Shadows Falling
Sermon given at St. Andrew’s Ealing, 18th November by Revd Sue McCoan 1 Samuel 1:4-20; Mark 13:1-8 The other week, some friends invited us to spend the day with them on their canal boat. We had a lovely time – pootled up the canal, had a bit of lunch, turned round. We were just admiring the […]
Armistice Day 1918
Special Thanksgiving Services were held in the church in connection with the cessation of hostilities in the Great War. On Sunday, the 10th , Mr Wylie announced that if official notice were made on the following day that the Armistice had been signed there would be a Special Service in the church that evening. Despite […]
Conflict and agreement: loving your neighbour
Sermon given by Revd Sue McCoan Sunday 4th Nov, St. Andrew’s Ealing Deuteronomy 6:1-9 Mark 12:28-34 A few weeks ago, I was walking through Wembley on my way to visit someone. On the stretch of road between the church and where they live there’s a sheltered housing complex for elderly people. I’d passed it before, […]
Newman Circle talks 2018/19
‘CHRISTIAN DISCIPLESHIP TODAY’ Last year’s programme of talks on the Reformation attracted a consistently positive response from a wide range of faith backgrounds and resulted in numerous requests for an ecumenical follow-on series. In response, we have put together a number of talks which aim to examine some of the practical ways in which Christians […]
‘LEADING WORSHIP’ COURSE
at Wembley Park URC Oct 2018 – Feb 2019 For anyone who leads worship, would like to try, or wants to know more about it; a refresher for those who have done the course before. What does it cover? The course looks at the purpose and content of worship. It goes into detail about the […]
Living wisely
Sermon given at St. Andrew’s Ealing 19th Aug 2018 Revd. Sue McCoan 1 Kings 2:10-12, 3:3-14 Ephesians 5:15-20 The wisdom of Solomon is legendary. It was legendary even in his own lifetime – the Queen of Sheba paid him a visit to see it with her own eyes. There is a book in the Apocrypha […]