Category Archives: sermon

Out With A Bang: Sermon Preached on 16th November 2025 (Second Sunday Before Advent)

Posted on November 16, 2025 by Gerry Lynch

How would you live if you thought the end of the world was round the corner? It’s a reasonable question when nuclear tensions are rising. Continue reading →

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Why Are You Here?: Sermon Preached on 9nd November 2025 (Third Sunday Before Advent)

Posted on November 10, 2025 by Gerry Lynch

You are a seed for something much greater & the universe as nothing but soil compared to the glories you were made for in the Resurrection. Continue reading →

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Impossible Even for Saints: Sermon Preached on 2nd November 2025 (All Saints’ Day)

Posted on November 7, 2025 by Gerry Lynch

We’re all called to be saints; but loving your enemies is nearly impossible, even for saints. Continue reading →

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Popes, Kings, and Tax Collectors: Sermon Preached on 26th October 2025 (Nineteenth Sunday After Trinity)

Posted on October 26, 2025 by Gerry Lynch

Christians at their worst, like the Pharisee, tell God they’re holy while damning others; at their best, like the publican, count on His mercy. Continue reading →

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Persistence: Sermon Preached on 19th October 2025 (Eighteenth Sunday After Trinity)

Posted on October 19, 2025 by Gerry Lynch

Persistence can allow us to be record-breakers: perhaps even allowing us to be breakers of the scratched record that our tired, jaded, culture has become, and thus being heralds of a new Christian Spring. Continue reading →

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Be Like This Dirty Foreigner: Sermon Preached on 12th October 2025 (Seventeenth Sunday After Trinity)

Posted on October 16, 2025 by Gerry Lynch

We all have a bit of hatred tucked away somewhere. But Jesus uses those hated by the world to show us how to live well. Continue reading →

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Wait Patiently in Faith: Sermon Preached on 5th October 2025 (Sixteenth Sunday After Trinity)

Posted on October 10, 2025 by Gerry Lynch

At a chaotic time we need plenty of patience and a little faith… a mustard seed’s worth is enough for God to make the impossible real. Continue reading →

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How to Win by Embracing Failure: Sermon Preached on 14th September 2025 (Holy Cross Day)

Posted on September 14, 2025 by Gerry Lynch

Christianity isn’t a religion that promises to make us good; it makes promises to people who often aren’t very good. Continue reading →

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Should You Hate Your Mum?: Sermon Preached on 7th September 2025 (Twelfth Sunday After Trinity)

Posted on September 10, 2025 by Gerry Lynch

Did Jesus really mean it when He told you to hate your Mum? Continue reading →

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Made to Flourish as Ourselves: Sermon Preached on 31st August 2025 (Eleventh Sunday After Trinity)

Posted on August 31, 2025 by Gerry Lynch

Just as different crops ripen in different climates and different types of soil, so each of us is made to flourish in unique circumstances. Continue reading →

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