Palm Sunday April 13th Reflection sermon given by Revd Sue McCoan at Wembley Park Psalm 118: 1-2, 19-29 Luke 19:28-40 You have to hand it to Jesus – he knows how to make an entrance. Riding into Jerusalem on a donkey, the cheering crowds, palm branches on the road – it’s easy to imagine the […]
Passion Sunday
Sermon given April 6th. Revd Sue McCoan Isaiah 43:16-21; John 12:1-8 Today is the 5th Sunday in Lent. Next week is Palm Sunday when we remember Jesus making a very public entrance into Jerusalem, cheered by the crowd, but ready to confront the authorities. And from then on we follow Jesus, almost day by day, […]
First Sunday of Lent
St Andrews Ealing, 1st Sunday of Lent March 9th, 2025 Sermon given by Revd Dr Elizabeth Welch Theme: Walking in the Wilderness Readings: Deuteronomy 26: 1-11; Psalm 91: 1,2, 9-end Romans 10: 8b – 13; Luke 4: 1 – 13 Introduction Today is the first Sunday in Lent. Lent is a key time leading up to what lies […]
Racial Justice Sunday
February 9th, 2025 Sermon given by Revd Dr Elizabeth Welch Theme: Called to be Jesus’ loving disciples. Readings: Isaiah 6.1-8; Psalm 138 1 Corinthians 15.1-11; Luke 5.1-11 Introduction I grew up in South Africa, in interesting times. We had a so-called Christian government, run by people from the white Dutch Reformed Church Government. I remember as a […]
I am because you are
Sermon given 26 Jan 2025 by the Revd Maggie Hindley Readings: Psalm 19; Luke 4: 14-21; 1 Corinthians12: 12-31(a) I am because you are. Ubuntu. An ancient African idea, brought to the attention of the world by Archbishop Desmond Tutu as he presided over South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission after apartheid there ended. Ubuntu. […]
The Wedding at Cana
Sermon given by Revd Sue McCoan St. Andrew’s 19th January 2024 John 2:1-11 If you were here last week, or in any church that follows the lectionary, you will have heard the reading from Luke’s gospel about the baptism of Jesus. You will have heard John the Baptist announcing Jesus as the one who is […]
Get up and shine
Sermon given by Revd Sue McCoan 5th Jan 2025 Isaiah 60: 1-6 ; Matthew 2:1-12 Here we are, on the first Sunday of the new year. I wonder what 2025 holds in store for you? Maybe you have events to look forward to – holidays, perhaps, or family occasions, or a significant birthday. Maybe those […]
Repent and Rejoice
Sermon given by Revd Sue McCoan 15th December 2024 Zephaniah 3:14-20 Luke 3:7-18 There is a story of a little girl who ran to her mother one day and said, Mummy, mummy, come and look! There’s a tiger on the lawn! Don’t be silly, dear, we don’t have tigers in Ealing. Yes we do […]
Living in Hope
Sermon given 1st December 2024 by Revd Sue McCoan 1 Thessalonians 3:9-13 Luke 21:25-36 Advent is a time for giving, we said earlier, and a time of waiting. It is also a time of hope. And we surely need hope in our world today. But what do we mean by hope? And where are we […]
Shaking the foundations
Sermon given by Revd Sue McCoan 17th November 2024 Psalm 16 Mark 13:1-8 The Temple at the time of Jesus was a magnificent sight. It was almost new – the structural rebuilding, by Herod the Great, had only been finished 40 or so years earlier, and they were still working on some of the decoration. […]