The Church of Christ the Cornerstone
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Good evening, everyone. Traditionally on the third Sunday of Advent our thoughts turn to John the Baptist, and his proclamations of the coming of the Messiah. Tonight we begin with Charles Coffin’s great eighteenth-century hymn ‘On Jordan’s bank the Baptist’s cry announces that the Lord is nigh’, set to the tune ‘Winchester New’, adapted from a...
Preacher: Revd Canon Helen Cameron, Chair of Northampton District of the Methodist Church Celebrant: Revd Ernesto Lozada-Uzuriaga Introit: O Nata Lux Welcome Brothers and sisters, we meet in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen God’s mercy, grace and peace be with you. Good morning, and welcome to our Holy Communion...
By Revd Canon Helen Cameron, Chair of Northampton District of the Methodist Church One of the joys of my role as Chair of a Methodist District that includes Milton Keynes but also includes Loughborough, Leicester and the Chilterns is the infinite variety of my work. I can be in the centre of Milton Keynes at Christ...
This is the time for hope’s renewal.
We know Christ will bring righteousness
as surely as flowers will come again in spring.
Lord, we light candles to rage against the dark.
Keep us fierce and faithful bringers of hope.
Amen
Good evening, everyone. Welcome to Friday evening’s prayers. At the end of the second week of Advent, let’s spend a little more time reflecting on the coming of Jesus. Each year during Advent we speak of Jesus coming into a world of darkness. There seems to be plenty of darkness around today. Anxiety and constraints related...
Advent Waiting Good morning to everyone joining the People of Christ the Cornerstone to greet this new day in prayer Let’s begin with Psalm 130: 5–8. I wait for the Lord with longing, I put my hope in his word. My soul waits for the Lord more eagerly than watchmen for the morning. Like those who...
A reading of Psalm 46 1 God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. 2 Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea, 3 though its waters roar and foam< and the mountains quake with their surging. 4 There is a river whose streams make...
The Unfolding Word of God ‘The Word of God has been gradually unfolded all through the Old Testament, throughout the New Testament and ever since.’ The coming birth and ministry of Jesus was foretold mainly by Isaiah in the Old Testament. He prophesied hundreds of years before Jesus, our Messiah (anointed one) came to earth. We...
Good morning, Cornerstone friends, on what is likely, at first, to be a wet morning in Milton Keynes, but that need not deter us. It is a new day and I hope you have sufficient time for some quiet reflection. The Lord is full of compassion and mercy, slow to anger and of great kindness. He...
By Revd Geoffrey Clarke, Moderator of the East Midlands Synod of the United Reformed Church Seeing through the eyes of the creator All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being. John 1: 3a (Thank you for the invitation to offer a reflection for Living Stones. I am delighted...
Prelude – Andante from Sonata 4, by Felix Mendelssohn Led by: Revd George Mwaura Preacher: Revd Geoffrey Clarke, Moderator of the URC East Midlands Synod Introit: How beautiful are the feet Opening Responses In the beginning was the Word. Spoken. Creating the world. Jesus; you are the Word of God. The Word gives life. That life is...
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We could become comfortable in creation,
using up the bounty and the beauty God provides.
Our over-indulgence just feeds other’s poverty.
Lord, we hold your world in trust for your imminent arrival.
Keep us busy caring, sharing and preparing it to be fit for you.
Amen
Good evening, everyone. Advent – The coming of Christ Let’s begin our prayers this evening with a congregational hymn which welcomes Christ into our lives. Please click on the link below for ‘Hark the glad sound, the Saviour comes.’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeBRYhG86x0 If, like me, you are just beginning to register that Christmas really is only a few...
Welcome to this first Friday of a tier-2 Advent. We’re preparing for Christmas one small, tentative step at a time, in the beginning of winter, amid the rain and the sleet and the cold. Yet still, we can greet the day in hopeful prayer. O Lord we welcome the light of this new day, bringing its...
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