St. Luke's, Ramsgate - Sermons

Encounters with Jesus: Thomas - Unless I see, I will not believe! (John 20:19-31)

11/4/2021

Many people find the idea of Jesus being resurrected from the dead completely unbelievable. It is just not possible for dead people to come alive again. Thomas one of Jesus’s closest disciples was one of those people. He had been told by ten other disciples that Jesus had risen from the dead, but he refused to believe. Then the risen Jesus appeared to him.

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Children's Activity Sheet
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Encounters with Jesus: Mary Magdalene - Where have they put him? (John 20:1-18)

4/4/2021

Mary is distraught at the death of Jesus. Her one consolation is that she can care for his dead body. Then she discovers it is missing! Yet, in the midst of her grief she discovers an amazing truth.

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Encounters with Jesus: Pilate: Are you the king of the Jews? (John 18:28-19:16a)

28/3/2021

Jesus is brought to Pilate, the Roman governor, the most powerful person in Judea, the only one who can officially condemn Jesus to death. The Jewish leaders demand that Jesus be executed. Who has the real power here? What is the truth about what is happening? What kind of king is Jesus

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Growth Team Sheet
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Encounters with Jesus: Peter - Are you going to wash my feet? (John 13:1-17)

21/3/2021

Peter is flabbergasted that Jesus would wash his feet. How can the one who is Messiah degrade himself and act like the lowest of slaves? Yet, Jesus’s actions are designed to help Peter understand some very important truths

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Growing Faith: Children and Young People (Psalm 78:1-8)

14/3/2021

How does an ancient Psalm, mothering Sunday and the film Terminator connect? This talk looks at a vision for the future as we seek to pass on the great truths of God's saving works and his rules for life from generation to generation.

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Growth Team Sheet
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Children's Activity Sheet - Mothering Sunday
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Compassion for the Community (Psalm 146)

7/3/2021

This week we look at another song of praise. It is a psalm that focuses on what God is like and what God does. However, we tend to put into practice what we praise and become like those we worship, so as we consider what God does we find ourselves wanting to act like him.

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Growth Team Sheet
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Children's Activity Sheet
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Praising Creatively (Psalm 150)

28/2/2021

The Psalms are a great collection of songs of the people of God. They include a great variety of expressions of human experience and emotion but conclude with an emphatic call to praise God. Psalm 150 is the ultimate climax which briefly explains why we should praise God, then tells us to do so with a variety of instruments suggesting we should do so corporately and creatively. This has much to show us about the kind of church God is calling us to be.

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Share (Acts 6:1-7)

21/2/2021

For the early church their key aim and priority was to spread the Word of God about Jesus. In Acts 6, however, they run into problems and have to reassess their priorities. What can we learn from the attitude and behaviour of the early church that will help us as a church today to open our mouth and share God’s Word?

Sermon Transcript - Share (Acts 6:1-7)
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Children's Activity Sheet - Share (Luke 4.1-13)
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Care (Acts 4:32-35)

14/2/2021

What is needed to make a church a caring church? Open handedness. That is a generosity that is willing to use your own resources for the good of others. That was the example of the early church as we will see in this talk

Sermon Transcript (Acts 4:32-35)
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Children's Activity Sheet (Luke 10:25-37)
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Prayer (Acts 4:23-31)

7/2/2021

We are often taught that to pray you need to put your hands together and close your eyes. However, the Bible does not teach this. Rather, as we pray, we need to open our eyes to the God we are praying to, to his people, his character, his ways and his mission. This is how we grow in prayer.

Sermon Transcript - Prayer (Acts 4:23-31)
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Growth Team Sheet (Prayer, Acts 4:23-31)
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Children's Activity Sheet - Prayer (Acts 12)
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