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Sermon for Second Sunday before Lent

Will Howard — Sun, 07 Feb 2021 20:00:00 +0000

Think of the most beautiful place you’ve ever been to. Now that place is part of creation. And Paul is saying that it’s made in Christ, through Christ and for Christ. And you and I part of that creation too. Which means that you and I are created in Christ, through Christ and for Christ.

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Sermon for Advent 3

Will Howard — Sun, 13 Dec 2020 20:00:00 +0000

Are you comfortable with the notion of being a witness to Jesus? Especially after the last nine months of the pandemic that have been so gruelling. For my part, I know that I’m meant to say, yes, let’s go for it! But in truth, I’m a little bit hesitant about it. My reaction is more like, well, that’s a jolly interesting idea, let me think about it and I’ll drop you an email some time…

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Sermon for Trinity 11

Will Howard — Sun, 23 Aug 2020 20:00:00 +0000

So they’d shut down our primary place of worship. No longer were we able to gather and be in the presence of God. In fact, not only that, we were turfed out. Forced to live in a strange new world, one that was deeply disorientating. This is the new normal, some said.

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Homily — Luke 14 1-11

Will Howard — Mon, 06 Jul 2020 15:05:28 +0000

You’re in the queue, outside the supermarket. Everyone’s standing two metres apart, waiting patiently. You’re exhausted. Physically and emotionally. Suddenly a sports car screams by and stops abruptly in the disabled bay by the front door. A young man, in impossibly tight-fitting jeans, jumps out, clutching his smartphone. Flicking his mop of hair, he half-runs… Read More »Homily — Luke 14 1-11

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Sermon for Lent 3

Will Howard — Mon, 16 Mar 2020 17:17:00 +0000

Sung Eucharist and Matins, Christchurch Priory, 15 March 2020. This was part of a series of sermons where the vicar asked those who regularly preach at the Priory to talk about their favourite prayer. The following week, we entered lockdown in the UK. Exodus 17.1-7 Romans 5.1-11 John 4.5-42 Notice how at the end of… Read More »Sermon for Lent 3

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Sermon for Trinity 18

Will Howard — Mon, 21 Oct 2019 13:20:19 +0000

Sung Eucharist and Matins, Christchurch Priory, 20 October 2019 Genesis 32.22-31 2 Timothy 3.14- 4.5 Luke 18.1-8 ‘Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray always and not to lose heart.’ In a few minutes, as part of our worship this morning we’re going to say the Lord’s Prayer together. ‘Our Father,… Read More »Sermon for Trinity 18

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Sermon for Trinity 7

Will Howard — Sun, 04 Aug 2019 15:04:49 +0000

Sung Eucharist and Matins, Christchurch Priory, 4th August 2019 Ecclesiastes 1.2,12-14; 2.18-23Colossians 3.1-11Luke 12.13-21 It happens all too often, sadly. There’s been a family falling out over money. One son hasn’t got his fair share of the inheritance, or what he thinks is his fair share, and so calls out from the crowd for Jesus… Read More »Sermon for Trinity 7

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Sermon for Trinity 1

Will Howard — Mon, 24 Jun 2019 16:08:52 +0000

Sung Eucharist and Matins, The Priory Church, 23rd June 2019 Isaiah 65.1-9 Galatians 3.23-29 Luke 8.26-39 The sun is shining and as you walk by the school playground, you hear the sound of laughter and the shrieks of excitement as the children enjoy the last few minutes of break time. What you may not notice… Read More »Sermon for Trinity 1

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Sermon for Maundy Thursday

Will Howard — Tue, 23 Apr 2019 22:15:01 +0000

The Liturgy of Maundy Thursday, The Priory Church, 18th April 2019 Exodus 12.1-14Psalm 116.1, 10-171 Corinthians 11.23-26 John 13.1-17, 31b-35 ‘I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you… Read More »Sermon for Maundy Thursday

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Sermon for Lent 4

Will Howard — Sun, 10 Feb 2019 22:35:56 +0000

Sung Eucharist and Matins, Christchurch Priory, 10th February 2019 Isaiah 6.1-end1 Corinthians 15.1-11Luke 5.1-11 Good morning everybody. I was going to start with a question but instead, let me begin this way. When we gather together like this, Sunday by Sunday, the tradition that we’re a part of expects that in our act of worship… Read More »Sermon for Lent 4

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Sermon for Advent 2

Will Howard — Sun, 09 Dec 2018 18:36:20 +0000

Sung Eucharist and Matins, Christchurch Priory

It’s God who graciously makes the first move and comes to us. No matter the mess we’ve made of things.

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Sermon for Trinity 14

Will Howard — Tue, 18 Sep 2018 22:57:21 +0000

Sung Eucharist and Matins, Christchurch Priory

My non-Christian friends and family are not stupid. When they see me behaving like this, they rightly question the beliefs I hold.

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Sermon for Trinity 5

Will Howard — Wed, 18 Jul 2018 23:25:32 +0000

Sung Eucharist and Matins, Christchurch Priory

‘Having faith in Jesus is what it’s all about. But it’s not something that comes easily to us— most of us, at any rate.’

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Sermon for Trinity 2

Will Howard — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 23:50:10 +0000

Evensong, Christchurch Priory, 24th June 2007

I wish someone back then had asked me to describe the God I didn’t believe in.

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Sermon for Trinity 18

Will Howard — Sun, 15 Oct 2006 23:56:22 +0000

Sung Eucharist, Christchurch Priory, 15th October 2006

Amos 5.7-7, 10-15; Heb 4.12-end; Mark 10.17-31

Sometimes we don’t want to hear the answers to the questions we know we’ve got to ask.

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Sermon for Trinity 17

Will Howard — Sun, 08 Oct 2006 00:08:05 +0000

2nd Sunday Service, Parish of Christchurch, 8th October 2006

Genesis 12: 1-4a; John 20:19-29

What do we mean when we say ‘I believe’?

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Sermon for Lent 2

Will Howard — Sun, 12 Mar 2006 00:09:51 +0000

Evensong, Christchurch Priory

Jeremiah 22; Luke 14

In January for the Bournemouth Churches Housing Association we raised £400+. I was struck by an incongruity. This is the warmest building I know of in Christchurch. Here we have a warm building with the gates shut at night to keep those who are cold out.

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