Author: Robin.Kyd

Morning Prayer Thursday, 22 October 2020

Inspiring Christians history forgot ‘So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.’ Matthew 7: 12 NIV® Vocab Malone, a Christian apologist, has written about the lives of eight black Christians whose achievements have been largely ignored, but whose faith, fervour and...

Morning Prayer Wednesday, 21 October 2020

Good morning, good Cornerstone people. It is St Luke’s tide, and we often get a spell of warm weather at this time of year, but not, it seems, in 2020. It is going to be a cool and wet day, so before we do battle with the elements let us have a time to look at scriptures...

Choral Evensong for Sunday, 18 October 2020

Led by Revd Tim Norwood The video recording for this service can be viewed (on YouTube) by following this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5k6zhjT2iJQ Because it is quite a lengthy recording (over an hour) it may, depending on your network, take a little while to get to it. The Order of Service is available as a PDF file here:...

Service of the Word for Sunday, 18 October 2020

Led by Revd George Mwaura Prelude: Andante from Sonata no.6 (opus 65) by Mendelssohn (1845) Introit: How beauteous are their feet How beauteous are their feet who stand on Sion’s hill, who bring salvation on their tongues and words of peace reveal! How happy are our ears that hear this happy sound, which kings and prophets...

Sermon for Sunday, 18 October 2020

By Revd George Mwaura Psalm 96 and Matthew 22: 15–22 Kingdom currency Lord may I speak in the power of the Holy Spirit to the glory of your name and may our collective meditation be acceptable in thy sight. Amen A young lady was sunbathing on the beach in Cornwall when a little boy in his...

Prayer of the Week 18 October 2020

We praise you, Lord, for witnesses through the ages who have told your story and made you real to the next generation.
We thank you for people whose names are well known and prominent,
and we thank you for those whose names are long lost in the annals of history – but who are known to you.
We praise you for all whose good Christian lives have impacted on who we are, and what we are, and where we are.
We praise you that in every generation there are witnesses who stand out, who stand up to be counted, who make a difference to the Christian path. We praise you, Lord God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, that we have been brought by word, by deed, by action to follow you.
Amen

Evening Prayer Friday, 16 October 2020

I found this idea on the Methodist Church website. If you take three strands of wool or fibre, each one a different colour, then plait them slowly and thoughtfully, you can use them as a stimulus for your prayers The idea is to think of one colour representing God, one colour other people and one yourself....

Morning Prayer Friday, 16 October 2020

Good Morning, friends! Today our invitation to prayer is in Psalm 5: 1–8: Listen to my words, Lord, consider my inmost thoughts; heed my cry for help, my King and God. For to you I pray in the morning knowing you will hear me. In the morning I lay my requests before you and keep watch...

Evening Prayer Thursday, 15 October 2020

A reading from Psalm 99 1 The Lord reigns, let the nations tremble; he sits enthroned between the cherubim, let the earth shake. 2 Great is the Lord in Zion; he is exalted over all the nations. 3 Let them praise your great and awesome name – he is holy. 4 The King is mighty, he loves justice – you...

Morning Prayer Thursday, 15 October 2020

Moving from the shoreline to the Saviour As Jesus walked along the beach, He ‘saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen. Then He said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.” They immediately left their nets and followed...

Morning Prayer Wednesday, 14 October 2020

Good morning good Cornerstone friends. I hope you are keeping safe and in good heart this morning. God’s gift to us is this new day with its autumn colours, let us thank Him for it and consider some scriptures together and pray. The Lord is King: let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of the isles...

Music to end the Day for Sunday, 11 October 2020

‘Music to end the day’ begins tonight with a charming and sprightly Prelude in C, one of the ‘Eight Short Preludes and Fugues’ formerly attributed to J.S. Bach, but now thought more likely to be the work of his finest pupil, Johann Krebs. Krebs was a brilliant performer, second only to Bach, but he found it...

Holy Communion for Sunday, 11 October 2020

Organ Prelude Kleine Präludien und Intermezzi (4th movement) H. Schröder Holy Communion Service Celebrant: Revd Ernesto Lozada-Uzuriaga Introit: Holy Ground This is holy ground. We’re standing on holy ground, for the Lord is present and where he is is holy. [Twice] Welcome Welcome in the name of Christ. God’s mercy, grace and peace be with you....

Sermon for Sunday, 11 October 2020

By Revd George Mwaura Isaiah 25:1–9 and Matthew 22:1–14 An invitation that demands our response Living God, we thank you for sending us your word with power over the years making this church a green pasture where the souls are nourished and healed in Jesus’ name. Amen In less than two months’ time, we will enter...

Prayer of the Week 11 October 2020

Faithful and loving God, we do not always feel like rejoicing.
Even as we gather to worship you, our minds are sometimes distracted and elsewhere,
weighed down by the burdens of our lives.
Help us, in this moment, to find it within our hearts
to REJOICE in your constancy and loving care for us
for we know you love us immensely.
Amen