Author: Robin.Kyd

Morning Prayer Wednesday, 14 July 2021

Good morning, Cornerstone friends. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me bless his holy name. Bless the Lord my soul, and forget not all his benefits. Who forgives your sins, and heals your infirmities. Who redeems your life and crowns you with faithfulness and compassion. Who satisfies you with good things,...

Choral Evensong for Sunday, 11 July 2021

Led by Revd Tim Norwood The video recording for this service can be viewed below:   Because it is quite a lengthy recording (over an hour) it may, depending on your network, take a little while to get started. The Service Sheet is available as a PDF file here: Online Service Sheet for Evensong on Sunday,...

Service Sheet for Service of the Word Sunday, 11 July 2021

This Service is streamed live from the Church of Christ the Cornerstone, with cameras live from 9.45 am for a 10.00 am start. You can access the live stream at: Service of the Word live stream, 11 July 2021. Preacher: Revd George Mwaura Led by Revd Ernesto Lozada-Uzuriaga Welcome Call to Worship As we come together today let...

Prayer of the Week 11 July 2021

Almighty God, we thank you that we can come to you
knowing that you care about each one of us, and all our needs, however big or small.
You created the heavens and the earth.
You put stars into space and filled the mighty seas.
Your power and your greatness is all around us –
from mountaintops to the intricacies of a tiny flower.
Thank you that your power is limitless.
We are so small in comparison, but you love us all the same.
We adore you, Creator God.
Amen

Evening Prayer Friday, 9 July 2021

Good evening, everyone.  Welcome to our prayer time this evening. We are going to begin by listening to a hymn written by Fred Pratt Green – ‘God, in his love for us, lent us this planet.’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4AeZoZatu8 God in his love for us lent us this planet, gave it a purpose in time and in space:...

Morning Prayer Friday, 9 July 2021

Happy Friday, Cornerstone Friends, from the Promenade in Blackpool. Not having been out of Milton Keynes for eighteen months, just being in a different place has been refreshing. Let’s begin today with a thankful thought: O Lord my God and my Saviour, thank you for bringing us into the light of this new day. Thank you...

Evening Prayer Thursday, 8 July 2021

A reading from Psalm 24 1 The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it; 2 for he founded it on the seas and established it on the waters. 3 Who may ascend the mountain of the Lord? Who may stand in his holy place? 4 The one who has clean hands...

Morning Prayer Thursday, 8 July 2021

The Journey of Faith Without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him. Hebrews 11: 6 NASB Paul’s purpose for writing to Timothy was to encourage him and to remind him never to give up....

Morning Prayer Wednesday, 7 July 2021

Good morning, Cornerstone friends, on what may well be another day of unseasonable weather. That should not stop us from praising God together. Rejoice in the Lord, O you righteous, for it is good for the just to sing praises. Praise the Lord with the lyre; on the ten stringed harp sing his praise. Sing for...

Music to End Sunday, 4 July 2021

Dear Friends, Exactly one year ago today, Ernesto invited me to share with you music on a Sunday evening, and so began ‘Music to end the day’, which we have maintained every Sunday since then. We begin tonight with the very first piece offered in this series on 5 July 2020, the chorale prelude ‘Liebster Jesu,...

Holy Communion for Sunday, 4 July 2021

This service will be by Zoom at 10.00 am. Link details for Zoom session: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89615057058?pwd=QnRBU2NhZ1Q5SzduOWFHcStnYVV3UT09 Meeting ID: 896 1505 7058 Passcode: 746217 Led by Revd George Mwaura Preacher: Revd Ernesto Lozada-Uzuriaga Welcome Welcome to the house of God. We have come from all the corners of the earth. Welcome to the hospitality of God. We come...

Prayer of the Week 4 July 2021

O God, all-sufficient one,
we give you thanks and praise that you are all we need.
You are enough.
Thank you that you love us so much,
and provide everything we need for the journey of life.
You didn’t promise that following you would be easy,
but we thank you that you care about us
as you do the birds of the sky and the lilies in the field.
You know our every need.
Thank you that your thoughts are higher than our thoughts,
your ways higher than our ways.
Thank you that when we come to you empty, your arms reach out to embrace us.
Amen

Morning Prayer Friday, 2 July 2021

Good morning, Cornerstone Friends, on this first Friday in July. We begin this day with gratitude: Dear Lord, thank you for this day. Thank you that through its highs and lows, you have promised to sustain me. There may be troubles but you will not allow them to crush me. Thank you that the same power...

Evening Prayer Thursday, 1 July 2021

A reading from Psalm 48 1 Great is the Lord, and most worthy of praise, in the city of our God, his holy mountain. 2 Beautiful in its loftiness, the joy of the whole earth, like the heights of Zaphon is Mount Zion, the city of the Great King. 3 God is in her citadels; he has shown himself...

Morning Prayer Thursday, 1 July 2021

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want The twenty-third Psalm is the greatest poem ever penned in any language. It reigns supreme in circles of highest culture and in the humble homes of the lowly. It sounds all the chords of human experience. Robert C. McQuilkin Maurice Pink, a British World War II veteran...