Summer Sermon Series 2024:
Feast

21st July 2024:
Feast: Five loaves and two fish

Psalm 65
Mark 6: 30-44

We begin our summer sermon series, Feast, thinking about what Jesus did with just five loaves and two fish - feeding more than 5000 people. Bishop Saju asks what little thing Jesus might be asking us to offer to make a big difference.

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28th July 2024:
Feast: Elijah and the flour and oil

1 Kings 17: 2-16

Revd John thinks through the significance of bread in the bible and how important this story of shared bread is throughout scripture. The widow had almost nothing to offer Elijah- how can God honour the little we can offer and increase it?

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4th August 2024:
Feast: Breakfast on the beach

John 21: 4-19

Why did the risen Jesus choose to repeat a miracle of a catch of fish and then feed his disciples breakfast? Lou Peet thinks about why we should be ready to see Jesus in unexpected places and to feast with him.

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11th August 2024:
Feast: Manna and quail in the desert

Numbers 11: 4-20

After the miracles that God did to release his people from slavery in Egypt, they should have been full of gratitude when he provided food in the wilderness. Revd Matthew asks why they grumbled instead and what we can learn from their reaction.

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18th August 2024:
Feast: Raisin cakes, fig cakes and grain

1 Samuel 25: 2-19, 23-35

Sometimes a wonderful feast can be no more than a tool in a bigger plan. Revd Abby looks at how Abigail used food as a key part of her plan to reduce tension and make peace with David, when he was set on revenge. What can we take from her story?

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1st September 2024:
Feast: The feast of bread and wine

1 Corinthians 11: 23-26

Mark 14: 22-25

Every week we feast together, alongside Christians all over the world - that ordinary but extraordinary feast of bread and wine at the Lord's table. Revd Abby asks why Jesus called us to share bread and wine together.

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25th August 2024:
Feast: The Wedding Banquet

Matthew 22: 1-14

Revd Matthew looks at Jesus's parable of the Wedding Banquet - are we ready to accept God's invitation to the amazing feast he is preparing for us? But are we willing to change for Jesus? Where do we need his transformation in our lives?

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