Worship Reflections on John
21 May 2023
Introduction We’re now six weeks after Easter. Next Sunday is Pentecost. It will be a Together@10 Service. I believe we will have a wonderful celebration of the day that the church was born. If you can, wear something that has the colour red in it. Let us pray… Our text for this morning is John 17:1-11. Now John Chapters 14-17 are known as Jesus’ Farewell Discourse. In it, he takes his disciples aside and prepares them for his departure, instructing…
7 May 2023
Text: John 14:1-14Title: The Way Introduction: This text is frequently read at funerals, and for good reason. It contains promises that are profoundly comforting in the face of the death of a loved one. “Do not let your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. 2 In my Father’s house there are many dwelling places. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? 3 And if I go and…
16 April 2023
…and the doors of the house where the disciples had met were locked for fear of the Jews… The disciples were afraid that those who had killed Jesus were possibly on a campaign to find, arrest and execute Jesus’ followers. So they locked themselves away. In the midst of this fear, Jesus comes and says, Peace be with you. Clearly the disciples were afraid. But it is also probable they were angry, angry because Jesus was dead. Jesus’ greeting is…
9 April 2023
Introduction A florist mixed up two orders on a busy day. One was to go to a new business, the other to a funeral. The next day, the guy with the new business stormed into the shop, “What’s the big idea?” The flowers that arrived for our reception said, “Rest in peace.” The florist responded, “Well, if you think that’s bad you should have seen the people at the funeral who got the flowers that said, ‘Good luck in your…
19 March 2023
Text: John 9:1-41 Title: Who is Really Blind? Introduction Who sinned? Who is responsible? What can account for this tragedy! It is a common enough concern when things go wrong. There must be somebody to blame! Or do you think that is a primitive way of thinking? Is it a kind of superstition? If it is, it is a very persistent superstition. It is not easy to get away from, even in the modern world. Whether superstition or not, when…