Morning Prayers Tuesday, 14 April 2020
Take time to collect our thoughts and empty our minds.
God raised Christ from the dead, the Lamb without spot or stain.
Alleluia
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Author: Robin.Kyd
10.00 am Easter Holy Communion, 12 April 2020
Choral prelude for Easter Day – Christ Lag In Todesbanden, J.S. Bach Introduced and played by Adrian Boynton, Director of Music (recorded before the Cornerstone building was closed) Prayer Risen Lord Jesus, we adore you and praise your name. Today you defeated death and rose again. You died on the cross that we might be free....
Sermon for Easter Day, 12 April 2020
by Revd George Mwaura Resurrection Hope – Matthew 28: 1–10 Lord, we thank you for the gift of your Word, and as we reflect on the Easter Sunday event, we pray that you would open our hearts and our minds to hear afresh your message of resurrection in the name of the one who overcame death....
Prayer of the Week Easter Sunday, 12 April 2020
Risen Lord Jesus,
we adore you and praise your name.
Today you defeated death and rose again.
You died on the cross that we might be free.
Thank you, risen Lord, that you did this for us,
so that we might enjoy the freedom of eternal life.
Risen Lord Jesus,
we love you, we worship you, we adore you.
Amen
Words and Music for Good Friday
Choral Prelude for Good Friday: O Mensch, bewein’ dein’ Sunde gross by J.S. Bach; Sermon by Revd Wendy Carey; Psalm for Good Friday: Psalm 51 Miserere mei Deus, sung by the Choir of the Church of Christ the Cornerstone
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Stations of the Cross
A virtual service for Good Friday, 10 April 2020
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The Last Seven Words of Jesus
The Last Seven Words of Jesus has been widely used since the sixteenth century as a spiritual tool for prayer, meditation and above all self-examination. …
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Holy Week message from Revd Canon Helen Cameron, Chair of Northampton Methodist District
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Reflection for Maundy Thursday 2020
Picture for a moment the scene is the upper room: Jesus and his twelve close followers are gathered for the last time. Only two of them know that fact. The meal begins. Small talk flows, but then the volume and intensity of feelings rise. John tells us that a dispute broke out among the disciples. Who is the greatest disciple? they asked. All claimed to be the greatest. Each extolled their virtues. Each, except one.
Slowly and silently Jesus stands to his feet. …
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Prayer for Maundy Thursday, 9 April 2020
Most merciful God, we your Church confess that often our spirit has not been that of Christ.
Where we have failed to love one another as he loves us,
where we have pledged loyalty to him with our lips and then betrayed, deserted, or denied him;
we humbly ask you to forgive us.
And by your Spirit make us faithful especially during these very trying times;
through his overcoming name we pray.
Amen
Bonhoeffer Anniversary
Today (Thursday, 9 April 2020) we mark the anniversary of the execution of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. I first heard of him in 1962…. His writings took me on journeys that I would not have dreamed about. He was a man who found ways of living purposefully without the need of perpetual reassurance and comfort. Through his writings...
