The Church of Christ the Cornerstone
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Good morning, Cornerstone friends. Are you ready for the day? Let us gather before we all get involved with all the things we have to do today. Today is the feast of St Mary Magdalene and Ernesto has shared us some thoughts about her, written by Fr Richard Rohr, so I need not dwell on it....
Hello, everyone. Some years ago, I was privileged to visit the Iona Community. The peace, tranquility and calm of that holy place touched me very deeply. In times of difficulty and stress, my thoughts always turn to Iona, and the wonderful people I met there. Our ‘Music to end the day’ this evening is a great...
[The complete Service is contained in one video file. The musical prelude and postlude are each in their own video file, at top and bottom of this post. The words of the service, hymns, readings and intercessions are all included in the video of the Service, but not the words of the Sermon by Revd Tim...
By Revd Tim Clapton Well hello – it is lovely to join you, Christ the Cornerstone, for your Sunday worship, if only in a digital sort of way. I lived and worked in Milton Keynes about ten years ago. It is amazing how time flies. I now serve as a Prison Chaplain in London. As some of...
Eternal God, you draw near to us in Christ and make yourself our guest.
Amid the cares of our daily lives,
make us attentive to your voice and alert to your presence,
that we may treasure your word above all else.
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
As we come to the end of another week, I imagine we will all have much thank God for – people who have touched our lives, experiences which have brought joy or blessings to us, people who have thought of us, contacted us or prayed for us. So, this evening, I thought I would provide an...
Sometimes you just want to run away – not from the danger of contagion, nor from the dangers of the dark. Will nothing ever change? Will the Archers never have a full cast of characters again? Sometimes the monotony of one day merging into another makes you yearn to be somewhere – anywhere – that is...
A reading from Paul’s First Letter to the Corinthians 5 What, after all, is Apollos? And what is Paul? Only servants, through whom you came to believe – as the Lord has assigned to each his task. 6 I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God has been making it grow. 7 So neither the one who plants...
He Knows My Name I remain confident of this: I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Psalm 27: 13 NIV® When you choose to see things from God’s perspective, it changes how you feel. The only thing keeping your old negative feelings in place is your thinking. As he...
Good morning, Cornerstone friends. Today is St Swithun’s day. Swithun was an Anglo-Saxon Bishop of Winchester who died in 862. He was a loving pastor and humble, asking to be buried in the common burial ground. He was so venerated that, later, the cathedral authorities moved his remains into the cathedral building, to make a shrine...
Hello, everyone. As you can imagine, it has been a real sadness for me during this lockdown period not to be able to make music with friends and colleagues (choirs, solo singers, instrumentalists), which in normal times forms such an important part of my weekly routine. So it has been a real joy and solace to...
[The complete Service is contained in one video file. The musical prelude and postlude are each in their own video file, at top and bottom of this post. The words of the service, hymns, readings and intercessions are all included in the video of the Service, but not the words of the Sermon by Revd George Mwaura; if...
By Revd George Mwaura Isaiah 55: 10–13; Matthew 13: 1–9 & 18–23 The art of listening Creator God, you who set the stars in the heavens and causes the sun to rise and set, we pray that you will shed the light of your wisdom in the darkness of our collective minds by the power of your...
Gracious God, we thank you that all good gifts come from you.
We thank you for all you have already given us.
And, as the good soil welcomes the seed, and causes it to grow,
we welcome you to take root and flourish in our lives
enabling us to listen, to learn and to act in Jesus’ name.
Amen
Good evening, everyone. As we draw towards the close of the day, I’d like us to begin our prayer time by listening to an evening hymn. Please click on the link below to join in with or listen to the congregation of Durham Road Baptist Church, Gateshead as they sing, ‘The Day Thou Gavest, Lord, is...
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