Bishop Graham draws on Paul's Letter to the Ephesians: when we are root our lives deeply in Christ's love we can achieve more than we could ever have asked or imagined.
Paul reminds the the gentiles that Jesus, through his death and resurrection, has broken the walls of enmity and division between God and between his people. We are all, because of this, one family of God, a new creation, a new humanity.
Pentecost symbolises God within us. It reminds us that we have been given the power to go out into the world and bring the power of heaven down to earth.
Teri-Anne begins the a sermon series where we will be looking at what it means to live as the body of Christ. In this sermon, Come: Let Us Draw Near, she focuses on the importance of coming to church and being part of the community.
In the final sermon of this series, Teri-Anne tells us that how fear of the Lord, when properly understood, will lead us into the fullness of advent joy.
The tongue cannot be tamed but we can ask the Holy Spirit to help us that when we speak we are filled with joy, peace, patience, gentleness, kindness, goodness, good news, self control and love.