Author: Robin.Kyd

Evening Prayer Friday, 26 June 2020

Welcome to our prayer time this evening. We begin our time together with a hymn from the Taizé Community, ‘Bless the Lord, my soul.’ Click the link below / in the written version of the prayers; you should be able to skip the adverts, and press ‘esc’ at the end to return to the rest of...

Morning Prayer Friday, 26 June 2020

Good morning, Cornerstone Christians! Let us greet the day in prayer. Thank you, Lord, for protection through the night and the splendid morning light. The beauty all around I see, crafted from glory as if just for me. Here’s a poem to celebrate the day: Have you caught the sunrise in CMK? Have you splashed in...

Evening Prayer Thursday, 25 June 2020

A reading from Psalm 133 1 How good and pleasant it is   when God’s people live together in unity! … 3 It is as if the dew of Hermon   were falling on Mount Zion. For there the Lord bestows his blessing,   even life for evermore. Psalm 133: 1 & 3 NIV® We pray for unity in your Church...

Morning Prayer Thursday, 25 June 2020

Smashed Rainbows The righteous cry out, and the Lord hears them; he delivers them from all their troubles. The Lord is close to the broken-hearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit. Psalm 34: 17–18 NIV® The Psalms have been valued throughout the history of the Church. Martin Luther said, ‘in the Psalms we look...

Morning Prayer Wednesday, 24 June 2020

Good morning, Cornerstone friends. I hope you are all ready for a hot summer day after our time of reflection. Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel who has come to his people and set them free. He has raised up for us a mighty Saviour born of the house of his servant David. Through...

Prayer of the Week 21 June 2020

Eternal God, in Christ you have sought us with a shepherd’s heart,
and we have rejoiced to be found and restored.
Multiply in all the world the wonders of your saving grace,
and gather your scattered people until heaven resounds in jubilation
at humanity made whole and creation restored.
We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
God for ever and ever.
Amen

Evening Prayer Saturday, 20 June 2020

A reading from the First Epistle of John 13 I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life. 14 This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. 15 And...

Morning Prayer Saturday, 20 June 2020

A reading from the Book of Revelation A new heaven and a new earth 1 Then I saw ‘a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea. 2 I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from...

Evening Prayers Friday, 19 June 2020

Refugee Week This is Refugee Week. If you visit the website (https://refugeeweek.org.uk/) you will find a number of ideas for positive action. One is to imagine how the world would be if displaced people were truly welcome and their gifts and talents celebrated. At the close of the day let us imagine what our Church, our...

Morning Prayers for Friday, 19 June 2020

Good morning, friends. God is good? All the time. Let us pause to acknowledge God`s watchful, care and mercy as we slept… Prayer God of all, we come to you just as we are – happy, sad, busy, bored, lonely, or fed up with people. We thank you that you welcome us just as we are...

Evening Prayer Thursday, 18 June 2020

An Attitude of Adjustment He changes times and seasons; … He gives wisdom…. Daniel 2: 21 NIV® Realise that tough times won’t last for ever. As surely as God created Spring to follow Winter. He changes times and seasons. He gives wisdom. The season of adversity you’re in will end, and when it does, you’ll glean...

Morning Prayer Thursday, 18 June 2020

One Race: the Human Race There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for you are all one in Christ Jesus. Galatians 3: 28 Did you know that all of humankind share a genome that is 99.5% identical? Biologically speaking we are all the same. There...

Morning Prayer Wednesday, 17 June 2020

Good morning good Cornerstone friends. I hope you feel refreshed from a good night’s rest Are you part of a bubble with another single isolator or member of your family? Have you had the joy of meeting grandchildren again? Have you made a trip out to the shops for the first time in ages? Or is...

Evening Prayer Sunday, 14 June 2020

Good evening, everyone. Welcome to our prayer time this evening. Let us pray: Thank you, loving God, for the world we live in, for its beauty and variety. We thank you that, as our Father, you provide for us, protect us, and encourage us to take risks, knowing that you will be there if we stumble...

Service of the Word for Sunday, 14 June 2020

[There are five separate recordings here for this Service. The first is a video of the Prelude. Then there is an audio recording of the first part of the service. Below that is the text of that part of the service, so that you can scroll down to follow the words. The sermon is another video,...