Andrew's Sermons

A Sermon preached at St Cyr, Stinchcombe, October 29th 2023.  Rev'd Andrew Hill, Associate Priest A Joint Benefice service for Bible Sunday, presided by Rev'd Canon Frances Wookey to also celebrate fifty years of marriage and 25 years since ordination. (Readings and Intercessions are further down the page)  May the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, my rock and Redeemer, Amen. We take turns, but many months ago, I had the task of choosing the readings for each Sunday and for today, there were either ordinary time readings, or, Bible Sunday. Which isn’t something we always mark in our churches, even though we do look at the Bible on a fairly regular basis, I promise.   At that point, I didn’t know who would be preaching today or that we would also be celebrating with Frances and Roger, for their fiftieth wedding anniversary and Frances’s 25 th anniversary of ordination to the priesthood.   So it’s fitting to be marking all of