22 April, 2010 – 12:47 pm
Sermon delivered on 11 April 2010 by Rev. Alistair Macrae, President of the Uniting Church in Australia Acts 5:27-32 Psalm 118:14-29 Revelation 1:4-8 John 20:19-31 On occasions like this we are aware of the communion of saints … and that we stand on the shoulders of giants. Many stories have already been told in the [...]
Delivered 18 April, 2010 by Rev Dr John Evans Acts 9:1-6, (7-20) • Psalm 30 • Revelation 5:11-14 • John 21:1-19 There are some media images which are just seared into our mind. Mine come form the Vietnam war, or as the Vietnamese say, the American war. I think you know the ones: the young [...]
Delivered Easter Day, 2010 by Rev Dr John Evans Acts 10:34-43 Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24 1 Corinthians 15:19-26 John 20:1-18 Easter is about new life; resurrection; new beginnings, hope! Have you heard about the Fremantle Dockers? That little known AFL football club. My football club. A good source of my sermon illustrations about humility and hopelessness. [...]
Delivered by Rev Dr John Evans on Sunday 28 March, 2010 Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29 Luke 19:28-40 As long as I can remember Palm Sunday has been a day of peace activism by Christians. Indeed it has been a day of peace activism, generally. When I lived in Canberra in the 1980’s, there were huge rallies [...]
Delivered by Rev Dr John Evans on Sunday 14 March, 2010 Joshua 5:9-12 Psalm 32 2 Corinthians 5:16-21 Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32 The story of the two sons and their father is one of the great stories of Jesus. It resonates with us at many levels. We each have been the younger son – desperate to [...]
Delievered on Sunday 7 March, 2010 by Rev Dr John Evans Isaiah 55:1-9 Psalm 63:1-8 1 Corinthians 10:1-13 Luke 13:1-9 In baseball there is a rule that says that if the game is two thirds of the way through the 9 innings of a full game, and one team is 10 runs ahead of the [...]
28 February, 2010 – 10:50 am
Delivered on Sunday 28 February, 2010 by Rev Dr John Evans Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18 Psalm 27 Philippians 3:17-4:1 Luke 13:31-35 Today in our journeying towards Easter through this season of Lent and at the same time journeying to the celebration marking the establishment our congregation 150 years ago, I want to consider the role and [...]
21 February, 2010 – 8:26 am
Delivered by Rev Dr John Evans on Sunday 21 February, 2010 Deuteronomy 26:1-11 Psalm 91:1-2, 9-16 Romans 10:8b-13 Luke 4:1-13 Today we begin two journeys. The first is our annual Lenten journey with Christ into his passion, death and then at Easter his resurrection. We are called again to reflect on what this means for [...]
1 February, 2010 – 7:18 am
Delivered on 31 January 2010 by Rev Dr John Evans Jeremiah 1:4-10 Psalm 71:1-6 1 Corinthians 13:1-13 Luke 4:21-30 Today in our fast paced gospel reading we hear two well known proverbs or sayings that have entered our common language. “Doctor heal thyself” or “Physician heal thyself “ The second is “No prophet is accepted [...]
25 January, 2010 – 6:59 am
Delivered24 January, 2010 By Rev Dr John Evans Nehemiah 8:1-3, 5-6, 8-10 Psalm 19 1 Corinthians 12:12-31a Luke 4:14-21 I believe on websites there are things called spoiler alerts. Warnings that you may not wish to proceed. You may hear information about a film, or program or a book, that you yourself may wish to [...]
