Sandyhills Parish Church:Reaching out to the community.

50 days after the resurrection of our Lord Jesus the Holy Spirit descended onto the Apostles. The scripture is taken from John 14:15-26  where Jesus is telling the disciples of what was to come. In v 20 we read 'In that day you will know that "I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you....

Today is Holy Communion. The minister uses two scriptures Ephesians 5:25-32 & Revelation 19:7-9. In verse 9 of Revelation 19 we read these words ‘ And the angel said to me”Write this:’Blessed are those who invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb” and he said to me,”These are the true words of God” This aptly illustrates the Communion we received today.

Today we complete our journey through Ephesians 6:10-20 with a look at prayer. Paul in his letter to the Ephesians reflecting on 'The Armour of God' concludes with these words from v18 'praying at all times in the spirit with all prayer and supplication. To that end keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all saints'...

This week the focus is on prayer. The main text is Ephesians 6:18 ‘Praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication.To that end keep alert with all perseverance,making supplication to all saints,’

We return this week to “The Armour of God’ series looking especially at Ephesians 6:17 ‘and take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the spirit which is the word of God’ Paul is reflecting to us the WORD of GOD as contained in the scriptures which we should be conducting in our daily lives.

Sandy uses the 1999 blockbuster movie 'The Matrix' as background metaphor for today's sermon. Many thoughts for us as we journey into and reflect on the Kingdom of God.

Sunday's Com'in - The Resurrection. The minister continues to look at Ephesians 6 and uses Luke 24:1-28 to focus on the The Resurrection on this Easter Sunday.

On this Palm Sunday we reflect on Paul's Letter to the Ephesians 6:16 he writes ’ In all circumstances take up the Shield of Faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming darts of the evil one' 

Ephesians 6:15 is the backdrop for today's reflective sermon' ..and as shoes for your feet, having put on the readiness given by the gospel of peace' The minister challenges us with this text of our readiness for daily challenges.

Last week we looked at fastening the belt of truth - today we look at the significance of the BREASTPLATE as found in Ephesians 6:14