The Third Sunday of Advent – 15 December 2019 6:00pm – Choral Evensong

A sermon by The Rev’d Canon Jenny Wilson

Isaiah
40:1-11

In the name of God, creating, redeeming, sanctifying… Amen.

Comfort,
O comfort my people,
   says your God. (Isaiah 40:1)

These words, so familiar to us, known to
us in liturgy and in concert […]

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The Third Sunday of Advent – 15 December 2019 10:30am – Choral Eucharist with baptism

“Do you hear what I hear?”

A sermon by The Rev’d Wendy Morecroft

Song of Mary, James 5.7-10, Matthew 11.2-11

Today’s
Gospel reminds me of the echoing chorus line in the Christmas Song “Do you hear
what I hear”. The […]

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The Second Sunday of Advent – 8 December 2019 6:00pm – Choral Evensong

A Sermon by The Very Rev’d Frank Nelson

Psalm 72:8-17, Isaiah 51:21-52:6, Luke 1:57-80

‘Blessed be the Lord God of
Israel’ – the opening words of The Benedictus, or Song of Zechariah, found in
Luke 1: 68 ff – […]

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The Second Sunday of Advent – 8 December 2019 10:30am – Choral Eucharist

A Sermon by The Rev’d Canon Jenny Wilson

Matthew
3:1-12

In the name of God, creating, redeeming, sanctifying… Amen.

And so, this second Sunday of Advent, we
go into the wilderness.

Each liturgical year we are blessed by
journeying with the story […]

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Ordination Sermon – 30 November 2019 10:00am

30 November 2019Diocesan OrdinationsSt Peter’s Cathedral, Adelaide

A sermon by The Rt Rev’d Denise Ferguson, Assistant Bishop, Diocese of Adelaide

Holy God, open our minds to know your wisdom, open our hearts to embrace your […]

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The First Sunday of Advent – 1 December 2019 10:30am – Choral Eucharist

LIVE IN THE NOW

A Sermon by The Very Rev’d Chris Chataway

Is 2:1–5; Rom 13:9–14; Matt 24:36–44

Thank you for your welcome, and my particular thanks to Dean Frank for inviting me. We began our Advent […]

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Christ the King – 24 November 2019 10:30am – Choral Eucharist

A sermon by The Very Rev’d Frank Nelson

Jeremiah 23:1-6, Song of Zechariah (Luke 1:68-79), Colossians 1:11-20, Luke 23:33-43

What stunning, challenging and exciting readings we
are offered today! A Sunday dedicated to “Christ the King” invites us […]

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The Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost – 17 November 2019 6:00pm – Choral Evensong

A sermon by The Very Rev’d Frank Nelson

Psalm 98, Zephaniah 3: 14 – 20, Luke 21: 29 – 36

In
its collective wisdom the church takes us through November with readings that lurch
between the unthinkable horrors of […]

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The Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost – 17 November 2019 10:30am – Choral Eucharist

A sermon by The Rev’d Canon Jenny Wilson

Isaiah 65:17-25, Luke 21:5-19

In the name of God, creating, redeeming, sanctifying… Amen.

Last Monday, the mayor of Glen Innes
Severn in NSW, Carol Sparkes, wrote the following

Heeding
the advice of fire […]

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Remembrance Sunday – 10 November 2019 6:00pm – Choral Evensong

SYMBOLS OF WOMEN

A sermon by The Rev’d Dr Lynn Arnold AO

May the
words of my mouth and the meditations of our hearts be worthy in your sight, O
Lord, our rock and our redeemer. Amen.

Our […]

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