Sermon preached by Rev’d Dr Emma Pennington on Good Friday at All Saints’, Cuddesdon. I wonder, I wonder, what does the cross of Christ mean to you? It’s not often that we are called to go deeper, to look…
Scott Holland Centenary
Sermon preached by Canon Professor Mark Chapman at the Requiem mass held in honour of the centenary of the death of Henry Scott Holland on Saturday 17th March 2018, at All Saints’, Cuddesdon. Readings: l John 3: 2, 3; Matt…
Beatitude Sermon Series: Blessed are the Meek
Sermon preached by Canon Edmund Newey, Sub Dean of Christ Church, Oxford on Sunday 4th March at the Benefice Service in St Giles’, Horspath. Readings: Zephaniah 3:8-13, Matthew 11:25-30 ‘Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.’ In…
Transfigured by Light
Sermon preached by Rev’d Dr Emma Pennington at St Giles, Horspath and St Mary’s, Garsington on Sunday 10th February 2018. Readings: 2 Corinthians 4:3-6, Mark 9:2-9. There is something very special about entering a church during the day, at a…
Beatitude Sermon Series: Blessed are those who mourn
Sermon preached by Canon Andrew Meynell at the Benefice Service at All Saints’, Cuddesdon on Sunday 4th February 2018. Readings: Isaiah 57 14-21, Luke 7 1-10 Mary Oliver connects with this beatitude in the little poem: The Uses of Sorrow Someone…
St Mary’s Breakfast Discussion: Whose responsibility is it to care for the elderly? (Luke 2:22-40)
Discussion at St. Mary’s Church Garsington on 28th January 2018 Whose responsibility is it to care for the elderly? (Luke 2:22-40) Biblical views: the patriarchs had many years to learn from their mistakes and develop wisdom! A vision…
One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic
Sermon preached by Rt Rev’d Humphrey Southern, Principal of Ripon College Cuddesdon on 22nd January at the Licensing of Rev’d Dr Emma Pennington as Area Dean. Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. ‘We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic…
Learning to Listen
Sermon preached by Rev’d Dr Emma Pennington at All Saints’, Cuddesdon and St Giles’, Horspath on Sunday 14th January 2018. Reading: 1 Samuel 3:1-10 [11-20]. A few years ago a very kind student whose parents had just bought an old…
Beatitude Sermon Series: Blessed are the Poor in Spirit
Sermon preached by Rev’d Dr Jonathan Arnold, Dean of Divinity at Magdalen College, Oxford on 7th January 2018 at the Benefice Service in St Mary’s, Garsington. Readings: Isaiah 61: 1-11; Luke 18: 9-14 The Beatitudes are an extraordinary set…
Sermon Series on the Beatitudes 2018
One of the benefits of belonging to a benefice is that together we make a sizable congregation of fellowship and support. Next year there will be a special Sermon Series running at each of the Benefice services on the first…