Sandyhills Parish Church:Reaching out to the community.

Stewards of God's grace is the heading taken from 1 Peter 4:1-11. 

The letter closes with this passge  "whoever speaks, as one who speaks oracles of God; whoever serves, as one who serves by the strength that God supplies—in order that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen."

Continuing with Peter's Letter Chapter 3 on this our harvest Sunday. Some interesting thoughts to take away with regard to Jesus' sacrifice on the cross for us.1 Peter 3:18-22. Additional text Genesis 6:1-8 and Jude 1:6-7

Following on from last week we continue in 1Peter 3:13-17 of note is the final verse V17 - 'For it is better to suffer for doing good, if that should be God's will, than for doing evil'.

We return to 1 Peter in our studies on this important letter from apostle Peter. This week Peter reflects 'Suffering for Righteousness' sake with text from 1 Peter 3:8-12.

The Guild Dedication service. Norman used Matthew 22:34-40 to illustrate the Guild service with the confrontation between Jesus - the church led by Pharisees and the sadducees in the temple. They were trying to trick him up Jesus quoted the first two commandments in answer to a question "Teacher which is the great commandment  in the Law.

Sermon today has a different emphasis as it coincided with the period of mourning for the loss of The Queen Elizabeth II. The minister used text from Mark 2:1-12,Mark 11:15-19 to illustrate the faith of Queen Elizabeth. The text reflects on the parable 'Jesus heals a Paralytic' and the 'Jesus cleanses the Temple.

Todays passage from Mark 4:35-41 covers the story of Jesus on The Sea of Galilee when a storm breaks out. The deciples became quite concerned about the waves but Jesus said "Peace Be Still" and there was great calm. Norman closes the sermon with words from Revelation 21:1-5

Sandy takes us through the meaning of Koinonia with text from Ephesians 4:17-32.

Today's sermon is from Luke 8:40-48.Filipe reflects on the scene when Jesus felt that someone had touched his garment in the crowd.

From Ephesians 3:14-21 apostle Paul speaks of the strength of prayer for spiritual strength.