Sermons by Revd James Brown

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ECC Worship Toolkit for June 07, 2020 – Trinity Sunday

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Hymn: All things bright and beautiful (Church Hymnary, No. 137.1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPMA5I3-0Jw Reading & Reflection: “This is good!” <iframe src=”https://player.vimeo.com/video/426509255″ width=”640″ height=”564″ frameborder=”0″ allow=”autoplay; fullscreen” allowfullscreen></iframe> Hymn / Prayer for Creation: All things bright and beautiful (an alternative version) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUo5YawV7as&feature=youtu.be Blessing May the God who dances in creation, who embraces us with human love, who shakes […]

ECC Worship Toolkit for May 24, 2020 – Seventh Sunday of Easter

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Church bells and organ prelude: Bach, Prelude in G Minor (BWV 558) Bible reading: Acts 1:1-14 (Dear Theophilus) Reader: Robert Haworth Your browser does not support the audio element. Download AudioDownload https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts+1%3A1%5E-14&version=GNT (right mouse-click on the Bible Gateway link to ‘open in a new tab’ while listening to the audio file)  Hymn: In Christ there […]

ECC Worship Toolkit for May 10, 2020 – Fifth Sunday of Easter

Guarding Words and Actions

(Poff, Stephen. Guarding Words and Actions, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. http://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=55024 [retrieved May 7, 2020]. Original source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/stephenpoff/3530640841/.) Bible reading: Acts 7:55-60 (The Stoning of Stephen) https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts+7%3A55-60&version=GNT The Bible Gateway website includes further translations in English and many other languages. (right mouse-click on the […]

ECC Worship Toolkit for April 26, 2020 – Third Sunday of Easter

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(Ivory carving from the Carolingian period, ca. 850-900, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. http://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=56883 [retrieved April 22, 2020]. Original in: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Creative Commons 3.0 license.) Bible reading: Luke 24:13-35 (The Road to Emmaus) https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+24%3A13-35&version=GNT The Bible Gateway website includes further […]

ECC Worship Toolkit for April 19, 2020 – Second Sunday of Easter

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Jesus and Thomas: (JESUS MAFA. Jesus appears to Thomas, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. http://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=48302 [retrieved April 17, 2020]. Original source: http://www.librairie-emmanuel.fr (contact page: https://www.librairie-emmanuel.fr/contact).) Anthem: Christ the Lord is risen again  (sung by members of the ECC Choir, directed by Hendrik Ziser) Bible reading: […]

ECC Worship Toolkit for March 29, 2020

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Prayer: A Prayer in Times of Crisis written by Scottish Church Leaders (adapted) For all that is good in life, thank you, For the love of family and friends, thank you, For the kindness of good neighbour and Samaritan stranger, thank you. May those who are vulnerable, hungry or homeless experience support, May those who […]

ECC Worship Toolkit for March 22, 2020

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Bible reading: John 9:1-41 (Jesus Heals A Man Born Blind) Play Audio ReadingPlay Audio Download Audio ReadingDownload MP3 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+9&version=GNT The Bible Gateway website includes further translations in English and many other languages. Hymn: Amazing grace! (Church Hymnary, No. 555) Nana Mouskouri (first three verses): Barack Obama: Bagpipes, but only verse 1: Blessing: The Lord has […]