Category: Message of the Week
-
Message of the Week
Verse: Psalm 16:11 “You make known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand.” This week’s message is a joyful one: God isn’t distant from your Tuesday afternoon or your Thursday deadline — He’s near, and there’s real joy to be…
-
Message of the Week
Verse: Matthew 11:28–30 “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me… For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” Good news for a Tuesday: rest isn’t something you have to earn or squeeze in — it’s…
-
📖 Message of the Week — Tuesday 28th July
“Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.” — Galatians 6:9 July is nearly done — and what a month it’s been. There’s something quietly important about finishing well. Not with a fanfare, but with the same faithfulness you…
-
📖 Message of the Week — Tuesday 21st July
“Therefore encourage one another and build each other up.” — 1 Thessalonians 5:11 This week we’ve been reflecting on community — what it means to belong somewhere, and what it means to make others feel they belong too. We hear it again and again from people who come to St Mary’s for the first time:…
-
📖 Message of the Week — Tuesday 14th July
“Be still, and know that I am God.” — Psalm 46:10 We’re halfway through July. How are you doing — really? It’s easy to arrive at the middle of summer and realise you’ve been so busy getting through it that you haven’t actually been present in it. The school runs, the work deadlines, the to-do…
-
📖 This week’s message…
“The wise ones took oil in jars along with their lamps.” — Matthew 25:4 As we head into our All Age service next Sunday exploring the Parable of the Wise and Foolish Bridesmaids, we’ve been sitting with this simple image: being prepared. Not in an anxious, rushing way — but in the quiet, steady way…
-
📖 Message of the Week
“See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?” — Isaiah 43:19 A new month. A fresh page. Whatever last month held — the things that went well, the things that didn’t, the worries you carried and the joys you savoured — July is a new beginning. That’s…
-
Message of the Week:
“Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise.” — Proverbs 6:6 This week our children and Junior Church have been learning about the ant — and what a teacher she turns out to be. Solomon points us to one of the smallest creatures in creation and says: watch her, and grow…
-
💛 Thankful Thursday 💛
Pause for a moment. Look up from your screen. Notice three things right now that are good — the light coming through a window, a cup beside you, a sound, a memory, a face you love. Whisper a thank you. 🙏 “Every good and perfect gift is from above.” — James 1:17 Gratitude is one…
-
Message of the Week — “Only Believe”
Running through Matthew 9 is one quiet, powerful thread: faith that simply trusts God to do what only He can do. When Jesus called Matthew, the tax collector didn’t bargain or hesitate — he got up and followed. And when the religious leaders objected to the company Jesus kept, Jesus reminded them that He came…
