The Church of Christ the Cornerstone
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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...
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...
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...
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...
Hello everyone Our worship this weekend continues to focus on inspirational words from John, chapter 15: ‘As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you. Dwell in my love. … You did not choose me: I chose you. I appointed you to go on and bear fruit, fruit that will last. … This is my...
By Revd George Mwaura Psalm 98 and John 15: 9–17 Friends Christ, who calls us friends, speak to us in the silence of this space, and teach us to befriend those who seek and hunger for true friendship. Amen If someone were to ask you to describe your best friend, or the qualities that makes someone...
This Service will be by Zoom at 10.00 am. Click this link to join the Service: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84537860106?pwd=bTkzM2lVbjkxMWZ3NGg1dUhVaWswZz09 Meeting ID: 845 3786 0106 Passcode: 439628 Preacher: Revd George Mwaura Celebrant: Revd Ernesto Lozada-Uzuriaga Gathering music Introit: Ubi Caritas Welcome Prayer of the Week God of all, we give you thanks for the gift of friendship: for the giving...
God of all,
we give you thanks for the gift of friendship: for the giving and the receiving;
for the opportunities and the challenges; for the laughter and the tears;
for the conversations and the silence; for the moments and the memories.
Draw us deeper into your love, and bless us with the confidence
to proclaim Jesus as our dearest friend, teacher and Saviour.
We ask this in his name.
Amen
Good evening, everyone. Welcome to Friday evening prayers. This evening, we are going to begin our prayers with a hymn which recognises that God, our Creator, watches over everything in His world and all that happens in it. In the darkness of the still night in the dawning of the daylight, in the mystery of creation,...
Where your treasure is, there your heart will also be! Welcome friends to a day to be treasured, blessed with blue skies and warming sun. Let us begin with a song of thanksgiving! Lord of Life and the one who blesses this day with beauty, we are thankful that we can enjoy your limitless bounty. Thank...
Psalm 98 1 Sing to the Lord a new song, for he has done marvellous things; his right hand and his holy arm< have worked salvation for him. 2 The Lord has made his salvation known and revealed his righteousness to the nations. 3 He has remembered his love and his faithfulness to Israel; all the ends of the...
Prayers for People Hurting and Distressed God of the heights and the depths, we bring to you those driven into the desert, those suffering with difficult decisions. May they choose life. God of the light and darkness, we bring to you those lost in the mist of drugs and drink, those dazzled by the use of...
Good morning, good Cornerstone friends, on this May morning, which is struggling to stay like spring. The readings this morning are similar to those of last Sunday. I don’t want to repeat what we had then nor contradict the wisdom we received from George. I hope this does the trick. How lovely is your dwelling place,...
By Revd George Mwaura Psalm 22: 25–31 and John 15: 1–8 Tangled up in the vines… This passage from John’s gospel is one that has created great comfort for many people, and at the same time, profound pain and suffering for others. So, let us begin by putting some context to it and, as we do so,...
This Service will be by Zoom at 10.00 am. Click this link to join the Service: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87231636860?pwd=YVFGVTVBKzdicmROaUUrVnVCYVZ5dz09 Meeting ID : 872 3163 6860 Passcode : 679426 Preacher: Revd George Mwaura Led by Revd George Mwaura Gathering music Introit: Étude in A minor by Louise Farrenc Call to Worship Pause for a moment, my dear friends in Christ, from...
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