Sunday Sermon: Fourth Sunday after Pentecost

Father Lee speaks of God’s promise to Abraham. He stresses the importance of reading the Bible to give us a view of God’s divine perspective and his plan for the world. We can all relate to how these stories resonate in our own lives today . Father Lee relates how...

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Children’s Sermon – Fourth Week after Pentecost

Father Lee gets the latest news from the children and speaks about the upcoming youth service trip and creating a fair world. He says the foundational root of a fair and just world in God’s eyes, is that people should have food to eat, clothes to wear and a safe...

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Wednesday Sermon: Third week after Pentecost

Father Lee on Saint Alban the first recorded Christian martyr in the British Isles. Alban converted to Christianity after being impressed by the faith and piety of a Christian priest he had sheltered from persecution. When St. Alban’s sheltering of the priest was discovered and they came for the priest...

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Sermon: Third Sunday after Pentecost

Father Lee on our responsibilities as Christians to God’s creation. He advises us to maintain a perspective that doesn’t paralyze us with anxiety but allows us to make practical decisions about how we can help maintain the balance in the eco-system entrusted to us. He echos St Paul in his...

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Sermon: the second Sunday after Pentecost

Friar John Ogle on Saint Paul’s letter to the Romans in which he makes it clear that it is faith that matters. Saying because we are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. He urges us to hope dangerously in the love of God,...

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Wednesday Sermon: the week of Trinity Sunday

Wednesday Sermon: the week of Trinity Sunday Father Lee on remembering 4th century Christian ascetic Melania the Elder, who founded two of the early monastic communities. Her ideas were that we should reject all worldly comforts because they lead you astray from God. Today we celebrate her belief that we...

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Children’s Sermon: Trinity Sunday

Father Lee gets the latest updates from the children of the parish and shares the unique nature of Trinity Sunday in the church calendar and the role of the Nicene Creed in our weekly services

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Sunday Sermon: Trinity Sunday

Father Lee on the doctrine of the Holy Trinity, the history of the Nicene Creed and the controversies that led to the Creed we use today. He relates the controversy between Arius and Athanasius that led to a Church Council in Nicea, which endorsed the creed as a sign of...

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Wednesday Sermon: Week of Pentecost

Father Lee on remembering the Visitation of Mary and remembering our own calling to nurture a faith and trust in Jesus that grows in the way we live our lives as individuals, as a church and as a community. God asks us to nurture the spirit of Christ in our...

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