Semron preached by Rev’d Karen Charman on the Second Sunday before Lent, 16th February 2020. “Do not worry about your life …” On Friday lunchtime, I was sat in the Bat & Ball at Cuddesdon, with the Area Dean. He…
Third Sunday before Lent
Sermon preached by Rev’d Karen Charman on the Third Sunday before Lent, 10th February 2020. I last stood in this pulpit, to preach a sermon, on the 24th of January, 2016. I never imagined I’d be doing so again, 4…
Candlemas
Sermon preached by Rev’d Karen Charman on Sunday 2nd February 2020. Today, we celebrate Candlemas, or the Presentation of Christ. As foretold by the prophet, Malachi, the Lord comes to his Temple. However, he comes not as a refiner’s fire,…
The Second Sunday of Easter
Semon preached by Rev’d Dr Sarah Brush,Tutor in Pastoral Theology at Ripon College Cuddesdon on Sunday 28th April 2019 at St Giles’, Horspath. Acts 5:27-41 John 20: 19-31 In the era of fake news you can’t always believe what people…
The Lord’s Prayer Sermon Series: ‘Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil’
Sermon preached by Rev’d Clare Hayns, Chaplain and Welfare Co-ordinator of Christ Church, Oxford on Sunday 7th July at St Giles’, Horspath Jonah 1; Mark 14:32-42 I am delighted to be able to come and join in with your series on…
The Lord’s Prayer Sermon Series: ‘Give us today our daily bread’
Sermon preached by Siobhan Grimes, Regional Coordinator for Christian Aid on Sunday 5th May at the Benefice service at All Saints’, Cuddesdon. In the beginning God created the whole world and everything in the world. When it came to create us humans…
The Lord’s Prayer Sermon Series: ‘Thy kingdom come, they will be done’
Sermon preached by Bishop Humphrey Southern, Principal of Ripon College, Cuddesdon on Sunday 7th April at the Benefice service at St Mary’s, Garsington. John 12. 1-8. Hard/Soft. Leave/Remain. People’s vote/respect the referendum. And now ‘Flextension’ … What a good moment to be encouraged,…
The Lord’s Prayer Sermon Series: ‘Our Father in heaven hallowed be your name’
Sermon preached by Rev’d Jane Hemming, Diocesan Director of Ordinands for the Dorchester Area on Sunday 3rd March at the Benefice service at St Giles’, Horspath. Matthew 6:6-13 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) 6 But whenever you pray, go into your room…
Letting Go
Sermon preached by Rev’d Dr Emma Pennington at St Mary’s, Garsington and St Giles, Hospath on Sunday 10th February 2019. ‘They left everything and followed him.’ In her autobiography St Teresa of Avila tells of the rather endearing time when…
The Glory of God at Candlemas
Sermon preached by Rev’d Dr Emma Pennington at All Saints’, Cuddesdon, on Sunday 3rd February 2019. In the National Gallery at the moment there is a wonderful exhibition of the work of two leading Renaissance artists: Andrea Mantegna and Giovanni…