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. […]
Generous love
Sermon given by Revd Maggie Hindley Sunday 10th November 2024 To mend the world. Tikkun Olam is a Jewish concept. God created the world good, but ft became flawed, and it’s the job of the faithful to fix the flaws, to bring the world to the beauty the Creator intends for it. For us Christians, […]
Creation and Continuity
Reflection given Sunday 15th Sept, by Revd Sue McCoan Readings: Psalm 19:1-6, Mark 8:27-38 Gardeners amongst us will be familiar with the dandelion. Possibly more familiar than we might wish. Each dandelion plant produces 3 or 4 flowers at a time; each flower produces between 2 and 3 hundred seeds. So each plant has the […]
God’s forgiveness
Sermon given by Revd Sue McCoan 4th August 2024 Genesis 3; 2 Samuel 11:26 – 12:13 The story of Adam and Eve is a universal story – the characters tell us something about the whole human condition. By contrast, the story of King David is very specific, relating to one individual. We can think of […]
Looking for a leader
Sermon: Looking for a leader (7th July: 3 days after a General Election) from Revd Sue McCoan 2 Samuel 5:1-5, 9-10 Mark 6:1-13 The matter of leadership looms large in the bible. The people of God were meant to be led by God, but they have usually needed someone on earth to guide them in […]
Sing to the Lord a new song
Sermon given by Revd Sue McCoan 5th May 2024 Readings Psalm 98; John 15: 9-17 Many years ago, Jamie and I went to visit my brother in Australia and stayed on for a holiday. We had a wonderful time, including, in Queensland, a trip on a glass-bottomed boat over a coral reef. It was amazing. […]
Power, in the name of Jesus
Sermon given 21 April 2024 at St. Andrew’s by the Revd Sue McCoan Readings: Acts 4:1-12 John 10:11-18 The people believe Peter and put their faith in Jesus. But the captain of the temple guard, and the priests, arrest Peter in the evening and put him in custody overnight. It was those same chief priests […]
Easter reflection
Easter Reflection by Revd Sue McCoan Bible reading: Mark 16:1-8 I have here three eggs – eggs because it’s Easter. These are not chocolate eggs, so don’t get excited. We’re going to use them to reflect on the Easter story. We’re starting earlier in holy week, because Easter only really makes sense when you look […]
God’s framework for living
Sermon given Sunday 3rd March 2024 by Thames North Synod Moderator, Revd George Watt at St. Andrew’s URC Ealing Reading Psalm 19:7-14; Exodus 20:1-17 In one of my previous churches which was by and large very plain apart from the war memorials, a church member offered to have the Ten Commandments carved on to the […]