Author: Wendy Pope

Sermon For Trinity 2019   There is often a ripple of a smile or even laughter when those who are preaching are asked to preach on Trinity Sunday. It seems to me quite natural why this might be the case, …

For Trinity Sunday by Neil Read more »

When reading Acts I remembered that tomorrow is the day in the Church year to remember the martyrs of Uganda in 1885 – 1887, and 1977, I felt I wanted  to try to find out how Christian martyrs endured their …

2nd June by Joy Whitelaw Read more »

Sermon For Pentecost  2019   The Day of Pentecost and they were all together in one place… then suddenly! It all seems so straightforward and so amazingly sudden. There seems to be none of the doubting and questioning as we …

For Pentecost. by Neil Brice Read more »

Sermon For Easter 5 Lerwick and yell 2019 I have just got back from my parents home (as many of you will know) It is the place where I grew up, and I guess really … yes it is still …

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12th May at St Magnus’ Lerwick I might say that over the past weeks my life has been dominated by death. There have been the usual funerals where sometimes the topic is raised, though strangely when I think on it, …

Sermon for Easter 4 Read more »

Awakening; a new way of seeing by Helen Randall Learning the names of the children in my class, when I was a primary school teacher, was an important way of helping the children settle in at the start of the …

Easter 3 5th May Read more »

I had thought last week that I was drawing a line under the Epiphany as we gathered for the Presentation of Christ in the Temple. The thought that we had seen the manifestation of God (Epiphany) and then witnessed the …

Fourth Before Lent. 10th February Read more »