In God We Trust. Therefore, Kiama-Jamberoo Uniting Church seeks to bring people to an understanding of the Good News and to share the love of God with people in our communities. Through challenge, love, service and witness we seek to create a safe place where people can gather, grow and share the journey of life and faith.
Sermons on Easter
Acts 1:15-17 AND 21-26 & Luke 24:13-17 AND 28-35 & Luke 24:13-17 AND 28-35 This week we celebrate Ascension Sunday. The time in the church calendar when we remember the risen Christ’s return to Heaven, before the gifting of Christ’s Spirit in the season of Pentecost. Today’s two readings are set close to that event – […]
1 John 1:1-4 & John 20:19-31 In Ecclesiastes – as we have heard throughout Lent – there is a time to mourn and a time to dance, a time to weep and a time to laugh. If we think about these actions and reactions – they involve a stimulus that makes internal things happen within […]
Mark 16:1-8 Alright I’ll admit it. For many years I had a problem with this passage, which is the lectionary Gospel reading – read across the globe on this Easter Sunday. The oldest existing texts of this Gospel – finish here at verse eight (verse 9 to 20 which may have been added on later) […]
Acts 1:1-14 & John 17:1-12 I remember Christmases with the extended family of my generation and of my daughter’s generation. Often, when there were lots of kids and youth around there was a time set apart in the afternoon after Christmas lunch and before the men went to sleep on the couches or on the […]
Bible Readings Acts 2:14a, 22-28 & 1 Peter 1:3-9 When I was young I would walk around to my Nana and Pops place and sit and talk to my Pop for long periods of time. Above the bed in their room there were two printed and framed images. One of Jesus’ mother Mary – her […]
Matthew 27:62 to 28:15 Where do you find your security? ‘Go’ Pilate says to the chief priests and Pharisees ‘you have a guard of soldiers. ‘Make the tomb as secure as you know how.’ Security is almost everyone’s concern in the last chapters of the Gospel. Think about it. Those who arrest Jesus in the […]
Today we celebrate two very important events. In the world of faith, we celebrate the Ascension of Jesus to Heaven – after Easter and before Pentecost. In the secular world we celebrate Mothers’ Day. But, on a day such as this, with its dual celebrations there is a link that spans both the ethereal and […]
As we head forward to the season of Pentecost, I want us to consider the transformation that the Spirit of Christ in our own lives, and in our church and in our wider community. In the Gospel reading set down for the common lectionary this week, we see a remarkable and transformative event take place […]
He is Risen! Thank God – He is Risen Indeed! Back in 1974 Cat Stevens – aka Youssef Islam – wrote a song for the ‘Catch Bull at 4’ album, called ‘Can’t Keep It In’. It goes a little like this: ‘I can’t keep it in, I’ve gotta’ let it out. I’ve got to show […]