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Devizes Curate to Walk ‘50k in a Day’

Posted on July 12, 2021 by Gerry Lynch

A Wiltshire clergyman plans to walk five miles more than a marathon in one day to raise funds for his churches, and to help the victims a brutal but often ignored conflict. The Rev’d Gerry Lynch, Curate of St John … Continue reading →

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The Baptist’s Wounds: Sermon Preached at St John’s, Devizes, 11 July 2021 (The Sixth Sunday after Trinity)

Posted on July 11, 2021 by Gerry Lynch

Prophets continue to be made martyrs for speaking truth to power; the prophet I knew best personally instead taught me about the reality of Resurrection. Continue reading →

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Like A Mustard Seed: Sermon Preached at St John’s, Devizes, 13 June 2021 (The Second Sunday after Trinity)

Posted on June 13, 2021 by Gerry Lynch

The parable of the mustard seed isn’t just about big things coming from small beginnings, but about things that seemed to fail actually being essential. Continue reading →

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Easter Day Sermon Preached at St John’s, Devizes, 4 April 2021

Posted on April 4, 2021 by Gerry Lynch

True Resurrection is bewildering & frightening, as it was for the women who were its first witnesses, but that is the only way to new life. Continue reading →

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Clearing the Temple of our Souls: Sermon Preached Digitally for St John with St Mary, Devizes, on Sunday 7 March 2021

Posted on March 7, 2021 by Gerry Lynch

Readings – 1 Corinthians 1:18-25, John 2: 13-22 May I speak in the name of God, who is Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Amen. I love Giotto’s painting of the scene in the Temple in Jerusalem that forms the centrepiece of … Continue reading →

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Touched by an Angel?

Posted on September 29, 2020 by Gerry Lynch

Did angels push me and my bike into the Kennet & Avon Canal so I would do a social media detox? Does saying this imply I hit my head on the bottom when I fell in? Thoughts for Michaelmas. Continue reading →

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