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The great furnace of real happiness (Christmas Eve Service 2020)

December 24, 2020 by 2

Arise, shine, for your light has come; and over you the glory of the Lord has dawned. Isaiah 60:1

Welcome to this virtual service for Christmas Eve…

Rev. Geoff McKee’s audio sermon is based on Titus 2:11-14, which is set out for you below. Geoff discusses Charles Dickens’ famous story, A Christmas Carol, and how the transformation of Ebenezer Scrooge that it describes – to a kind, generous and compassionate man – embodies the true spirit of Christmas. As G.K. Chesterton described it: “The great furnace of real happiness”.

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Re-evaluating Mary’s role in the coming of the Christ

December 19, 2020 by 2

Welcome to the Fourth Sunday of Advent – 20 December 2020. The readings for this week are: 2 Samuel 7:1-11, 16; Luke 1:46b-55; Romans 16:25-27; and Luke 1:26-38.

Rev. Geoff McKee’s sermon is based on the Luke 1:26-38 passage – The Birth of Jesus Foretold.

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Will you embrace the view or will you shrink from it?

December 12, 2020 by 2

The Third Sunday of Advent falls on 13 December 2020 and the Lectionary readings for this week are: Isaiah 61:1-4, 8-11 and Psalm 126; and 1 Thessalonians 5: 16-24 and John 1:6-8, 19-28.

The passages from John’s Gospel (John the Baptist denies being the Messiah) are the basis for Rev. Geoff McKee’s sermon this week.

As this scripture highlights, we are invited to come, to see and to know the Messiah. That’s something which requires the laying bare of our souls. Only then can we be loved as we truly are, as we meet with the incarnate God,

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Preparing a pathway to God through hope not fear

December 5, 2020 by 2

06 December 2020 is the Second Sunday of Advent, with Lectionary scriptures of Isaiah 40:1-11 and Psalm 85:1-2, 8-13; and 2 Peter 3:8-15a and Mark 1:1-8.

Geoff’s sermon is based on the passages from Isaiah (Old Testament) and Mark (New Testament). The title of the section from Isaiah is Comfort for God’s People. The text from Mark’s Gospel – John the Baptist Prepares the Way – quotes some of Isaiah’s words. In this Advent season, we continue the theme of Preparation.

You will find the 4 Lectionary readings below, together with the audio sermon, prayers and a musical selection.

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Waiting in hope for good to come

November 28, 2020 by 2

Sunday 29 November 2020 is the First Sunday of Advent and the beginning of a new Church year.

The Lectionary readings for this week are Isaiah 64:1-9 and Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19, 1 Corinthians 1:3-9 and Mark 13:24-37. The reading from Mark’s Gospel is the basis for Geoff’s sermon.

Below you will find the four Lectionary passages in full, prayers, Geoff’s audio sermon and Kath’s musical selection.

A candle is burning, a flame warm and bright,
A candle of HOPE in November’s dark night
While angels sing blessings from heaven’s starry sky,
Our hearts we prepare now for Jesus is nigh

Shortly after Moonrise, Lossiemouth West Beach, 28 November 2020
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Why having low expectations in life to avoid disappointment is a bad plan

January 16, 2021 By 2

The virtual service for 17 January 2021 is available on this page. It is the Second Sunday after the Epiphany.

The service includes scripture readings, prayers, a sermon and, below the video further down, a musical selection chosen by Kath Robertson.

The Lectionary readings this week are: 1 Samuel 3:1-20 and Psalm 139:1-6, 13-18;
1 Corinthians 6:12-20 and John 1:43-51. Geoff reads these as part of the service.

The sermon is based on the text from John’s Gospel and that Bible passage set out below for you. It is the story of how Jesus called Philip and Nathanael as disciples.

Rev. Geoff McKee contrasts different commentators’ views and reflects on whether meagre expectations of life serve us best or, as he argues, if we’re not expecting so much more than that then we cannot live as we have been made to live.

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