Author Archives: Parish Church of St Mark, Chadderton

One of the things we hear a lot about in the Church these days is mission.  But what is mission. Put simply, the Church’s mission is to be about the Lord’s business; to go out into the world and do the things he told his disciples to do; to care for the sick and needy,Continue reading “Sermon for the 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Trinity 15) 8th September 2024”

When I was working in industry, on quite a few occasions I was asked to help with the training of apprentices and trainees. On the whole, that was something I enjoyed doing. It was quite satisfying to help someone learn new skills and to see them grow in confidence about what they were doing andContinue reading “Sermon for the 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Trinity 14), 1st September 2024”

If someone were to ask us to sum up, in a few words, what it means to be a Christian, what would we say? We might think that’s quite a hard thing to do but I think we could do that very easily in just three sentences . First of all we must pay attentionContinue reading “Sermon for the 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time (Trinity 13) 25th August 2024”