Author: Robin.Kyd

Holy Communion for Sunday, 23 May 2021 Pentecost

This Service will be on Zoom at 10.00 am. Join the Zoom meeting at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85941021452?pwd=SXFGY1ZDQ2MraWhTYlcvRjJpM0Uvdz09 Meeting ID: 859 4102 1452 Passcode: 434821 Led by Ian Trimnell Preacher: Revd George Mwaura Celebrant: Revd Ernesto Lozada-Uzuriaga Gathering music Welcome There is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, for he has made us righteous, and...

Prayer of the Week 23 May 2021

Spirit of God, come to us now,
so that, in this time of Pentecost,
the sparkling light of faith,
the rushing wind of hope
and the joyful sound of praise
may echo round the world,
may echo in the church, and find their response in us.
Amen

Evening Prayer Friday, 21 May 2021

I wonder how you may be feeling about coming out of lock-down. Perhaps, like me, you have had a quite different experience during the last year or so, and have got used to life at a slower pace. Or you may be itching to get back to those activities which you have really missed for the...

Morning Prayer Friday, 21 May 2021

Hush! Can you hear the Spirit? Hello and welcome to morning prayer on another day of showers and sunshine with expectation of some strong gusting winds. Let us praise the Lord together! Thank you, O God, for the breaking of this new day, for the light and warmth brought by the dawn, for the sound of...

Evening Prayer Thursday, 20 May 2021

A reading from Psalm 33 12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people he chose for his inheritance. 13 From heaven the Lord looks down and sees all mankind; 14 from his dwelling-place he watches all who live on earth – 15 he who forms the hearts of all, who considers everything they do. 16 No king...

Morning Prayer Thursday, 30 March 2021

God’s Peace The peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your mind in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4: 7 The Hebrew word translated ‘peace’ in the Old Testament is ‘shalom’, meaning wholeness. The uncut stones from which Joshua built an altar on Mount Ebal were literally ‘shalom stones’ (Joshua 8: 31). The...

Morning Prayer Wednesday, 19 May 2021

Good morning Cornerstone friends. I hope you find this morning refreshed from sleep and ready for the day. When you join in these thoughts and prayers I shall be miles away in Sussex near where I grew up, to visit my brother and family and places of my childhood near the South Downs, but close enough...

Choral Evensong for Ascensiontide Sunday, 16 May 2021

Led by Revd Tim Norwood Music before the Service: Andante in C for flute W.A. Mozart (1778) K 315/285e performed by Abigail Burrows (flute) Adrian Boynton (piano) Introit God is gone up with a merry noise and the Lord with the sound of the trumpet. O sing praises unto our God. O sing praises unto our King....

Service of the Word for Sunday, 16 May 2021

This Service will be by Zoom at 10.00 am. Click this link to join the Service: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83042102692?pwd=WlZDdlp0VUZER2twcCtKblkzOXNDUT09 Meeting ID: 830 4210 2692 Passcode: 177645 Led by Revd Ernesto Lozada-Uzuriaga Welcome Prayer of the Week God of yesterday, tomorrow and today, we are children of the world you love and care for. We praise you, heavenly Father, for...

Prayer of the Week 16 May2021

God of yesterday, tomorrow and today,
we are children of the world you love and care for.
We praise you, heavenly Father, for calling us into relationship with you.
We praise you, Lord Jesus, for the power of your name and the protection of your prayers.
We praise you, Holy Spirit, for your guidance and gifts that enable us to draw others to you.
For you are faithful in times of uncertainty, strong when we are weak,
and the breath of all our being, the energy of all our doing and the peace of all our resting.
Amen

Evening Prayer Friday, 14 May 2021

Good evening, everyone. We are coming to the end of Christian Aid Week. My involvement with this charity has varied considerably over the years. For many years, I delivered envelopes and collected ‘house to house’. In more recent times, I have continued to support them, reading the news bulletin which they send me on a regular...

Morning Prayer Friday, 14 May 2021

Good morning Cornerstone Friends as we reach the mid-point of May. Like the trees moving into the full green of their summer clothing, our lives are moving into more sociability – another small step towards full communion. Let’s welcome the day and its opportunities! Refreshing Spirit of God, we welcome this day of fresh opportunity and...

Evening Prayer Thursday, 13 May 2021 Ascension Day

A reading from the Acts of the Apostles Jesus Taken up into Heaven 1 In my former book, Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and to teach 2 until the day he was taken up to heaven, after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles he had chosen. 3 After his suffering, he...

Morning Prayer Thursday, 13 May 2021

Never Give up Your Loyalty Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth. 2 Timothy 2: 15 NIV® The Christian faith has always been passed from neighbour to neighbour from generation to generation, and from culture...

Morning Prayer Wednesday, 12 May 2021

Good morning on this green refreshing world, good Cornerstone friends. Alleluia. Praise the Lord from the heavens; praise him in the heights. Praise him all his angels; praise him all his host. Kings of the earth and all peoples, princes and all rulers of the world; Young men and women, old and young together; let them...