Author: Robin.Kyd

Morning Prayer Thursday, 29 April 2021

You Are Important to God You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways. Before a word is on my tongue you, Lord, know it completely. Psalm 139: 3-4 LSAB Sometimes we don’t let people get to know us completely because we are afraid they will discover something about...

Morning Prayer Wednesday, 28 April 2021

Good morning, Cornerstone friends. We have three more Sundays ahead of us using Zoom only and then it’s Pentecost, when we have the choice of both Zoom and attending church in person. God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face shine upon us. That your way may be known upon earth, your...

Sermon for Sunday, 25 April 2021 Easter 4

By Revd George Mwaura Psalm 23 and John 10: 11–18 Good shepherd, you know us better than anyone else. Open the ears of our hearts so that we may recognise your voice and follow you to receive salvation and eternal life. Amen I grew up among the Maasai people of Kenya, who are pastoralist and nomadic...

Service of the Word for Sunday, 25 April 2021

This Service was held on Zoom.  A video will follow later. Led by Revd Ernesto Lozada-Uzuriaga Preacher: Revd George Mwaura Welcome Prayer of the Week Safe in the knowledge that we are loved, we come to the Good Shepherd, seeking succour for our souls. Let not the wolves of this day snatch our thoughts and scatter them...

Prayer of the Week 25 April 2021

Safe in the knowledge that we are loved, we come to the Good Shepherd, seeking succour for our souls.
Let not the wolves of this day snatch our thoughts and scatter them for our minds belong to Jesus and our hearts are open to him.
Amen

Evening Prayer Friday, 23 April 2021

Good evening everyone. Welcome to Friday evening’s prayers. It’s over a year now since I’ve been writing prayers for this forum and I’ve really appreciated the discipline of giving some serious thought each week as to what I would like to share with you. I know that not all members of our Cornerstone community are able...

Morning Prayer Friday, 23 April 2021

Hello to everyone coming to pray or praise or liven up this day. God of promise who never fails us in need, receive our thanks for a peaceful night and this wonderful new morning. Give us grace to discover you in everyone we meet and everything we do until we come to rest again tonight. Amen...

Evening Prayer Thursday, 22 April 2021

A reading from John’s First Letter 16 This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters. 17 If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can...

Morning Prayer Thursday 22 April 2021

‘Stop Doubting and Believe’ ‘This is what I told you … Everything must be fulfilled that is written about me in the Law and the Prophets and the Psalms.’ Luke 24: 44 ‘Doubting’ is a word with a wide range of meanings. At one level it can be the good, cautious response to unreliable ideas, statistics...

Morning Prayer Wednesday, 21 April 2021

Good morning, Cornerstone people, on this spring morning. Be joyful in God all the earth; sing the glory of his name, sing the glory of his praise. Say to God, ’How awesome are your deeds! Because of your great strength your enemies shall bow before you.’ All the earth shall worship you, sing to you, sing...

Music to End the Day Sunday, 18 April 2021

Hello, everyone. You may remember the inspiring Amazing Grace Pilgrimage back in September 2019, when people walked from Christ the Cornerstone to Olney, ‘home’ of Amazing Grace. The walk concluded with a lovely service in the Church of SS Peter and Paul, Olney, in which our musicians took part. In our morning service today we heard...

Holy Communion for Sunday, 18 April 2021

Holy Communion – 18th April 2021
A service of Holy Communion from the Church of Christ the Cornerstone, Milton Keynes held via Zoom.
The Service will be led by Revd. Ernesto Lozada-Uzuriaga, who also preached the sermon. Music is provided by Adrian Boynton, music director, with the Choir of Christ the Cornerstone.
The service will be available on YouTube a day or so afterwards.
Please click on the heading to see the full service sheet.

Prayer of the Week 18 April 2021

God our Father,
may we look forward with hope to our resurrection,
for you have made us your sons and daughters,
and restored the joy of our youth.
We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.
Amen

Evening Prayer Friday, 16 April 2021

Good evening, everyone. Welcome to Friday evening prayers. We are still in the season of Easter. As we look around us, particularly on days like today, as I write, while the sun is shining, we see signs of spring all around us: gardens full of daffodils, the churchyard in our village full of primroses, longer days...

Special Commemoration Service in memory of HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh 2.00 pm Friday, 16 April 2021

There will be a local Commemoration Service for the Duke of Edinburgh, which will be broadcast from Cornerstone at 2:00 pm on Friday afternoon. This will be attended by the Lord Lieutenant, the High Sheriff, the Mayor and our two MPs – with contributions from other faith communities. There will be no congregation in the building, but it will be streamed live on the Cornerstone YouTube channel. 
Please click on the heading to see the full notice, including the link to the live-streamed service.