CHRIST CHURCH HENLEY

Welcome to our worship this Advent Sunday. Our preacher today is our friend Scott Wheeler. We begin with the great advent hymn “O come, O come Immanuel …” Our reading is Luke 21:25-36, where Jesus teaches about the second coming 25 “And there will be signs in sun and moon…

Welcome to our worship for the Sunday before Advent – Christ the King. We begin as always by singing God’s praises: Our reading today is an extract from the story of Jesus’ interrogation on the night of his arrest. John 18:33-38 33 So Pilate entered his headquarters again and called…

Welcome to our Sunday morning worship. We begin with a version of Psalm 90, our God, our help in ages past … Our reading today is from Matthew 7, beginning at verse 15: 15 “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves.…

We continue this Sunday on the way of blessing – “Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.” But first we sing God’s praises: Our reading is from Matthew 7:1 “Judge not, that you be not judged. 2 For with the judgement you pronounce you will be judged, and…

Today we will be thinking about the “great cloud of witnesses” who surround us, faithful men and women of God who have gone to sleep in the Lord. Especially, in the service in church, we will give thanks for those who have died over the last 18 months. But let’s…

Welcome to the condensed version of our Harvest Thanksgiving service. We begin with a classic harvest hymn: Our reading today is included in the very short talk which follows right now! Luke 3:15 The people were waiting expectantly and were all wondering in theirhearts if John might possibly be the…

Welcome to our Sunday Worship. This week we are looking at Matthew 5:6 “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.” The reading is from Matthew 5:1-12  Seeing the crowds, Jesus went up on the mountain, and when he sat down, his disciples came…

This morning we consider “Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth”. The reading is Matthew 5:38-48, Jesus own commentary on that blessing which is one of the most searching parts of the Sermon on the Mount: 38 “You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an…

Today we begin a sporadic series on the book of Jonah – the sermon comes from a United Service in the Pheasants Hill Chapel back in October 2011. First of all; the reading from Jonah chapter 1. Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah the son of Amittai,…

Welcome to our Sunday morning worship. Today we are thinking about the strangest of Jesus’ blessings set out in the Beatitudes as we call them (Matthew 5:1-12) “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted” Matthew 6:24ff is a commentary on that blessing, urging us to trust God…