Hinde Street sermons

Recent Media Uploads   29 Jan - Chris Roles 'The Annual Soper Sermon' (272KB) 03/02/2012, ‘The Kingdom of God is a life of quality in a world of justice’. You could be forgiven for thinking that, rather like policemen, Soper Sermon preachers seem to get younger every year. This presents a problem for the preacher, because with the passing of the years, it becomes more difficult to make a personal connection with Donald. 22 Jan - Christopher MacKenna (316KB) 24/01/2012, Week of prayer for Christian unity, 2012 1.Thank you for inviting me to preach this morning: on the Sunday within the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. The last time I preached here, it was on the same day and theme, when I remember speaking rather personally about how the hopes and despairs of the ecumenical process had impacted on my own life; from the early 1960’s, in the heady days of the Second Vatican Council, when I was a Benedictine monk, through to what has been rather depressingly described as 15 January - Val Reid (404KB) 16/01/2012, A monk comes to his abbot, seeking enlightenment. He questions the abbot eagerly and impatiently, firing questions at him. But the abbot says, “Just look.” The monk is very disappointed. “I’m always looking,” he says sulkily. “No, you’re not,” says the abbot. “In order to look at what is here, you have to be here, and you are mostly somewhere else.” 8 Jan - Sue Keegan von Allmen (372KB) 12/01/2012, If you’re about my age, you might have shared one of my weekly passions as a teenager, The Waltons. Nothing got in the way. Whatever else was going on, me and my friends always got home in time to watch. It was the story of an American family living in rural Virginia during the depression. Mum and Dad, Olivia and John lived with John’s parents, and seven children. Watchnight Service - David Cruise (121KB) 05/01/2012, I was humbled and honoured recently when I was entrusted with the heavy responsibility of ensuring the lights went up on the Christmas tree in Montagu Square where we live. Christmas Day 2011 18 Dec - Sue Keegan von Allmen & Val Reid 4 Dec - David Cruise 27 Nov - Val Reid 20 Nov - Sue Keegan von Allmen 13 Nov - Ann Morisy 6 Nov - Val Reid 16 Oct - Sue Keegan von Allmen 2 Oct - Val Reid 25 Sept, Harvest Festival - Sue Keegan von Allmen

Recent Media Uploads   23 May, Pentecost & Aldersgate Sunday - Ken Howcroft (69KB) 03/06/2010, We’ve seen it all in the last couple of weeks, between the election and the formation of the new government. Nobody really sure what’s going on or whether anything’s going on. Nobody knowing whether things are going to get better or worse. People milling around in private rooms and public places. Then a rumour something’s happening, and everyone rushes to see. A media frenzy. 5 July - Burchell Whiteman (770KB) 09/07/2009, God's Kingdom - Our Weakness, His strength One of the sayings which made an impression on me during middle age and rsonated with me more, soon after I had passed my 60th Birthday was this: The young are always impatient; only the old have plenty time. The second part of the statement clearly does not apply in a practical sense to life expectancy, but it certainly speaks to a wholesome and healty attitude to the quality of whatever life we live. 10 May - Miriam Moules (825KB) 18/05/2009, May I speak in the name of the living God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. At the last circuit meeting, we were talking about the fact that our social work projects had been awarded "Investor In People" status again, and how proud we were of this fact. For those that don't know, this recognises the work that our social work projects do in nurturing their staff both personally and professionally, and how we contribute to their development. 3 May - Leao Neto (56KB) 06/05/2009, Jesus took the psalms and made them his own. “The Lord is my Shepherd”, Jesus appropriated it as, “I am the good Shepherd”. Psalm 22. 1 was his words on the Cross: “Father, why have you forsaken me”. Talking about Judas he uses Psalm 41. 9 – “… my best friend, the one that I trusted most, the one who shared my food turned against me”, that is in the Gospel according to Mark 14. 8. 26 April - Sue Keegan von Allmen (1,446KB) 28/04/2009, Every morning, one of the first e-mails I notice, is one from our web provider giving me a list of e-mails tht have been quarantined. I check then just in case some I want have been caught up in it. And everyday I am struck by the number offering to change lives. Easter Sunday - Leao Neto (250KB) 15/04/2009, "Who will roll the stone away?" Faith, Grace and Love 29 March - Burchell Whiteman (892KB) 05/04/2009, Last Saturday, we were engaged in tracking Christ's journey though his ministry and the experience of being misunderstood, persecuted, of his suffering and death. 22 March - Leao Netp (585KB) 23/03/2009, In Lent we reflect on teh story of Jesus resolutely going to Jerusalem. The story progresses from misunderstandings, to persecution, from there, to suffering, and death. In this story we learn about God's presence in the drama and tragedy of it all. We learn about Jesus/love overcoming evil and death. 15 March - Sue Keegan von Allmen (1,482KB) 23/03/2009, This sermon is not the sermon I was going to preach when I told Leao what readings I'd chosen. I'd started reflecting on the terrorist killings in Northern Ireland, on the peace marches, and onthe deaths of some 25 people in Alabama and Germany at the hand of two young men. But that changed on Thursday. 8 March - Leao Neto (583KB) 09/03/2009, "Abraham, I will make you father of many nations; and from Sarah kings of people will come from" "The promise is to faith, so that it comes as a free gift and is secure for all the decendents, not only those who rely on the Law [of moses], but all others who rely on the faith of Abraham, the ancestor of us all". 22 Feb - Sue Keegan von Allmen (1,220KB) 01/03/2009, Making sense of the transfiguration is another of those mysteries that preachers struggle with. Like the Trinity, there's so much we can say, and yet it's difficult to express in the words we have. So this morning, I'm going to say most of what I want to say, by telling you three stories. They're real events. 15 Feb - Leao Neto (25KB) 19/02/2009, Jesus said to the man whom he had cleansed from the leprosy: “See that you don’t tell anybody about this healing.” Where there is secrecy there is probably something political going on. However the Gospel is much more than just politics. I would like to talk to you about the way in which we should receive the Gospel: about the encounter between politics and mysticism. 8 Feb [Reflection] - Sue Keegan von Allmen (176KB) 09/02/2009, I've always been a little uneasy about the story of Jesus healing Simon's Mother-in-law. It look suspicious to me. Jesus and his pals go to Peter's home to grab a meal in the middle of their busy lives, only to find the person who should have been cooking for them, is ill. 1 Feb - Leao Neto (533KB) 03/02/2009, What is the role of dreams and creativity, especially, in times of recession? The present economic climate demands creativity in spending money. The recession encourages me to do even more of what I always did, look for bargains. Have you noticed that Waitrose reduces the price of bread? I can spot the loaves with 'reduced' tags from a distance! 25 Jan - Kenneth Greet [The Annual Soper Sermon] (137KB) 26/01/2009, On a bitter February morning in 1977 I sat in Gatwick Airport waiting for the fog to clear and the ice to be removed from the runway. My plane to Belfast was delayed by an hour, but when I eventually arrived a small group of distinguished people was waiting for me. At the centre of this group was a little lady called Sadie Patterson.