Parish Church in Ampfield, Chilworth and North Baddesley
Talks, sermons and lectures
A recording of Sunday worship at All Saints, with Revd Vanessa Lawrence, and team, in person and online. And so may I speak in the name of God who is creator redeemer and sustainer Amen. So is it just me or is the world feeling pretty miserable at the moment?Who feels like they have the …
Reconciliation needs to be at the heart of the Christian community’s mission, both where the local Christian community is placed, and in the wider world. And reconciliation requires engagement, compassion, listening and embrace.
God forbid that after the pandemic we go back into our churches on a Sunday morning and leave the seeds and the yeast that makes the kingdom new and grow in a building never to see sunlight again.
In the meeting of the Samaritan woman at the well with Jesus he turns the male dominated worldview on its head. We see a powerful woman with theological acumen go on to be an inspired missionary leader. Her nonconformity presents no obstacle to her acceptance and leadership in Jesus’s network. May I speak in the …
Is apathy the greatest sin? Revd Victoria accounts how an angry Lenten Vicar led to her rebellion against an apathetic ‘Sunday Christianity’ and led her to fellowship with much older Christians in a housegroup that fired the vocation she now bears. May I speak in the name of the Father and the Son and the …
Who is Christ to you? And what is it that he calls you to? May you have a blessing and fog filled Lent and may Easter bring you brightness, joy and clarity. May I speak in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit? Amen. Have you ever felt as if …
May I speak in the name of God who is Creator Lover and Protector, please be seated. We apologise for audio quality issues in this recording. And in this the Lord showed me something small no bigger than a hazelnuts lying in the palm of my hand and I perceived that it was as round …
The call of Jesus on our lives is completely countercultural. It goes completely against our expectations of what it should be. It turns a whole world on its head, following Jesus does not take us where we expect to go. We might think that becoming a Christian or coming to church will result in one …
How do we keep believing, while living in a world which seems such a mess at times? How do we keep trusting in God when we see so much suffering, and so much trouble? So much of what God does not want in our world? May I speak in the name of God who is, …
Epiphany is about what we give God. It’s about our response to the gift of Jesus. Christmas has come and gone, and also the new year. And if we’re honest, we would probably have to admit that most of us, if not all of us, have been feeling rather exhausted. We do it every year. …
