Author Archives: Parish Church of St Mark, Chadderton

In my sermon last week, I spoke about the problem of people who call themselves ‘Christians’ but who don’t come to church, and I want to stress again today that by that, I don’t mean those who can’t come because of ill health or work and so on, but those who could come and don’t,Continue reading “Sermon for Advent 3, 11th December 2022”

I’m sure many of us, if not all of us, will have seen the recently reported figures regarding religion from last year’s census. Those figures show that, for the first time since census records began, those who regard themselves as Christians, are now a minority in England and Wales. But if we look a littleContinue reading “Sermon for Advent 2, Sunday 4th December 2022”

Today is Advent Sunday and so, once again, we’ve come to the season of Advent and the start of a new Church year. For us in the Church, just like for everyone else, this is the time when we make our preparations for Christmas which, for us in the Church at least, means preparing toContinue reading “Sermon for Advent 1, Sunday 27th November 2022”