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Preacher: Helen Hardcastle [Text: Galatians 4:4-7] ![]()
Preacher: Ian Hardcastle [Texts: Luke 1:26-38; 2 Samuel 7:1-11,16] The Annunciation. There are lessons to be learnt to encourage us in our faith and trust in God. Will join us as we explore this wonderful account? ![]()
Preacher: Ian Hardcastle [Texts: Isaiah 61:1-4, 8-11; 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24; John 1:6-8, 19-28] The theme of the Third Sunday of Advent is joy. It is a joyous thing for a believer to meet Jesus and Paul tells us to rejoice always. We may struggle with joy, the late Margaret Hopkins was full of joy and wrote down for us her understanding of being joyful. Read on ... ![]()
Preacher: Ian Hardcastle [Texts: Mark 1:1-11 with Isaiah 40:1-11, 2 Peter 3:8-15] As the Second Sunday of Advent we are looking to the announcement and commencing of Jesus ministry and also into the future to his second coming. Baptism was the activity around the beginning of his ministry as John baptised people for repentance and Jesus was baptised to commence his ministry - more of that in January. Today, we have two baptisms - so it is fitting to look at the significance of Christian baptism. We find it carries meanings of repentance, of incorporation into the Body of Christ, of dying to self and rising in new life. ![]()
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