To Know Christ. To Serve Christ. To Proclaim Christ.

REFLECTION: Luke 20:27-40 The God of the Living Today’s reading has a group of religious leaders called the Sadducees ask Jesus a question about life after death. They tell him an absurd story about seven brothers who all die one after the other and in between they all marry the same woman. Finally, the woman dies too and they all meet up again after the resurrection, staring at each other. Who is the woman married to now? It’s a deliberately absurd story with a twisted quest

REFLECTION: Ephesians 1: 11-23 “Do you know how blessed you really are?” Do you remember your parents or perhaps even your employer telling you: “You don’t know how good you’ve got it!?” The truth is that many of us live our lives ignorant of just how lucky we are and of how many blessings we have. Too often we find little things to complain about when we have so much to be grateful for. Just as we sometimes forget how blessed we are in this lucky country, sometimes, we don’

REFLECTION: Welcome everyone to the Dedication of our new St James’ Parish Centre. HYMNS: TIS 678 How firm a foundation. O how good it is. TIS 154 Great is your faithfulness. TIS 147 To God be the glory. DEDICATION: Our service this morning will be a service of thanksgiving to the Lord for his rich provision and his many mercies in enabling this new Parish Centre to come into being. Our prayer is that this Centre would be a place where people are nurture

REFLECTION: Luke 18:1-14. How should we approach God in Prayer? Have you ever found yourself in the situation of meeting someone really important and at the same time have a huge favour that you would love to ask them, but you’re not sure how to go about it? In biblical times, to appear before a king without an invitation, or to make a request of the king could have you beheaded instantly. If this is the case with the rulers of earthly kingdoms, how hard must it be to approac

REFLECTION: Luke 17:11-19 “Only One Returned” Jesus healed thousands of people in his time. John writes at the end of his Gospel “But...

REFLECTION: Luke 17:1-10 “Faithfulness in Service” In today’s Gospel reading from Luke 17, we get a glimpse into God’s own heart on what...

REFLECTION: Luke 16:19-31 “The Rich Man and Lazarus” When you have your mind made up on something, how hard would it be for someone to...

REFLECTION: Luke 16:1-13 “Invest now in the Kingdom of God!” The parable of the shrewd manager is a parable that has us shaking our heads...

REFLECTION: Our gospel reading today contains three pithy parables all of which contain a similar theme. Jesus has chosen carefully three...

HYMNS TIS 583 Take up your cross TIS 658 I the Lord of sea and sky (Here I am ) TIS 589 Jesus calls us o’er the tumult TIS 595 ...

REFLECTION: Hebrews 13:1-16. Service that is pleasing to God Who are you trying to please with your life? Are you a people-pleaser,...

REFLECTION: Hebrews 12:18-29 “You Have Come to the Heavenly Jerusalem” The people of Israel experienced God at Mount Sinai in mighty acts...

REFLECTION: Turn your eyes upon Jesus We continue this week in our series on the book of Hebrews. In today’s reading we are reminded of...

REFLECTION: Hebrews 11: 1-3, 8-28 Faith in action What do you put your faith in these days? Who do you trust? We live in a time where we...

REFLECTION: Luke 12:13-21 The Parable of the Rich Fool In today’s reading, Jesus is asked to judge between two brothers over their rights...

REFLECTION: Matthew 20:17-28 “You do not know what you are asking!” As we celebrate our Patronal festival remembering James, the brother...

REFLECTION: Luke 10:38-42 “There is need of only one thing!” There are many distractions in our modern life. It’s easy to lose focus and...

REFLECTION:   Luke 10:25-37 “What must I do to inherit eternal life?” The hope of eternal life continues to be a theme of importance...

REFLECTION:   Luke 10:1-12, 17-24. “Jesus sends out the Seventy Two” How do you start a church? Jesus started by calling on people...

REFLECTION: Luke 9:51-62 “The Cost of Following Jesus” Is it easy to be a Christian, or is it hard? Maybe just calling yourself a...