Sermons – St Mary’s and St Mark’s: Recent Episodes
St Mary's Parish, Slaugham
21st April 2024 - (Creed 06) - St Mary's, Slaugham - Informal WorshipSpeaker: Rev. Carl SmithPassage: John 14:15-31Series: The CreedContinuing our series looking at the statements of the creed.
14th April 2024 - (Creed 05) - St Mary's, Slaugham - CommunionSpeaker: Rev. Carl SmithPassage: John 14:1-7Series: The CreedContinuing our series looking at the statements of the creed.
7th April 2024 - (Creed 04) - St Mary's, Slaugham - Morning WorshipSpeaker: Davina Irwin-ClarkPassage: Ephesians 1:17-23Series: The CreedContinuing our series looking at the statements of the creed.
31st March 2024 - (Creed 03) - St Mary's, Slaugham - Morning WorshipSpeaker: Rev. Carl SmithPassage: John 20:19-23Series: The CreedA special sermon for Easter Sunday about how it is the resurrection of Jesus that unites us as Christians. This is part of our series going through the creed.
17th March 2024 - (Fifth Sunday of Lent) - St Mary's, Slaugham - Morning WorshipSpeaker: Liz CoxPassage: John 8:12-20Series: Lent 2024This week's sermon continues our Lent series based on the 2024 Lent course "Jesus the Lord" from Chichester Diocese.
10th March 2024 - (Fourth Sunday of Lent / Mothering Sunday) - St Mark's, Staplefield, United CommunionSpeaker: Rev. Carl SmithPassage: John 16:16-24Series: Lent 2024This week's sermon continues our Lent series based on the 2024 Lent course "Jesus the Lord" from Chichester Diocese.
3rd March 2024 - (Third Sunday of Lent) - St Mary's, Slaugham - Morning WorshipSpeaker: Graham ReidPassage: Luke 4:38-41Series: Lent 2024This week's sermon continues our Lent series based on the 2024 Lent course "Jesus the Lord" from Chichester Diocese.
25th February 2024 - (Second Sunday of Lent) - St Mary's, Slaugham - Holy CommunionSpeaker: Rev. Peter Irwin-ClarkPassage: Colossians 1:15-29Series: Lent 2024This week's sermon continues our Lent series based on the 2024 Lent course "Jesus the Lord" from Chichester Diocese.
18th February 2024 - (First Sunday of Lent) - St Mary's, Slaugham - Morning WorshipPassage: John 3:16-21Series: Lent 2024This week's sermon is the first in our Lent series based on the 2024 Lent course "Jesus the Lord" from Chichester Diocese.
11th February 2024 - (Sunday before Lent) - West Weald Parish United Service, Morning WorshipPreacher: Rev Carl SmithPassage: Matthew 3:13-17Series: The CreedThis week's sermon was recorded at our first 'United Parish' service under the West Weald banner. Continuing in our series looking at the statements of the creed, this week Carl talks about what it means to call Jesus the son of God.
4th February 2024 - (2nd Sunday before Lent) - St Mary's Slaugham, Morning WorshipPreacher: Rev Peter Irwin-ClarkPassage: Isaiah 45:15-25Series: The CreedThis week our sermon is the first in a series on the statements of the creed.
Talk recorded at the All Saint's Evening Service on the 28th January 2024. The speaker is Liz Cox.
28th January 2024 - Holy Communion - Davina Irwin-Clark - Your Name's Renown - Mark 1:21-28
7th January 2024 - 1st Sunday of Epiphany - Rev. Carl Smith - A New Creation - 2 Corinthians 5:16-21
3rd December 2023 - Informal Praise - Rev Carl Smith - The first in our series of talks for Advent looks at the theme of hope. the reading is taken from Isaiah 9:1-2,6-7
26th November 2023 - Informal Communion - Rev. Carl Smith - 1 Timothy 4:11-16 - The last in the series looking at our 'Statement of Becoming' - Honouring Children and Young People
5th November 2023 - Morning Worship - Rev. Carl Smith - Judgement and Repentance - Romans 2:1-5
1st October 2023 - Morning Worship - Phil Hawksley - Our Communities: All Saints - James 2:14-26
24th September 2023 - United Parish Harvest Service - Rev. Carl Smith - The church community at St Mark's - Acts 2:42-47
17th September 2023 - Informal Praise - Rev. Carl Smith - The DNA of the St Mary's Community - Acts 11:19-26
23rd July 2023 - Morning Worship - Liz Cox - Building Authentic Communities - Love - John 13:31-35
25th June 2023 - Morning Worship - Rev. Carl Smith - Joyful Giving - 2 Corinthians 9:6-25
18th June 2023 - Informal Praise - Rev. Carl Smith - Building Authentic Communities - 1 John 2:1-6
7th May 2023 - Morning Worship (Coronation Weekend) - Rev. Carl Smith - Meeting God In The Secret Place - Matthew 6:5-18
30th April 2023 - APCM/Morning Worship - Rev. Carl Smith - Rector's Report from 2023 APCM - Ephesians 2:11-22
16th April 2023 - Informal Praise - Davina Irwin-Clark - Romans 12:4-10 - Honouring One Another
26th March 2023 - All Saints Evening Worship - Aimee Hawksley - Matthew 14:22-33 - Jesus Walking On The Water
26th March 2023 - Morning Worship - Graham Reid - Matthew 7:24-27 - The Wise and Foolish Builders
5th March 2023 - All-Age Worship - Rev Carl Smith - Second in our Lent series focusing on Jesus in the book of Hebrews.
26th February 2023 - 1st Sunday of Lent - Peter Elwin - The first of our Lent series looking at the book of Hebrews.
19th February 2023 - Informal Praise - Rev. Carl Smith - 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 - Good News
12th February 2023 - 2nd Sunday before Lent - Holy Communion - Rev. Peter Irwin-Clark - Nehemiah 8:9-12 - Themes from our parish 'becoming statement'. This week looks at the joy of the Lord.
5th February 2023 - 3rd Sunday before Lent - All-Age Service - Rev. Carl Smith - Mark 2:23-28. The first sermon looking at themes from our parish 'becoming statement'. This week explores rest and the meaning of sabbath.
22nd January 2023 - 3rd Sunday of Epiphany (Week of Prayer for Christian Unity) - Peter Elwin - 1 Corinthians 1:10-18
15th January 2023 - 2nd Sunday of Epiphany - Informal Praise - Rev. Peter Irwin-Clark - John 1:29-42
8th January 2023 - 1st Sunday of Epiphany - Communion - Rev. Carl Smith - John 17:17-26
1st January 2023 - United Communion Service - 2nd Sunday of Christmas - Rev. Peter Irwin-Clark - Luke 2:15-21
4th December 2022 - All-Age Worship - Lectionary 2022-23 - Rev. Carl Smith - Matthew 3:1-6
27th November 2022 - First Sunday of Advent - Rev. Peter Irwin-Clark - Matthew 24:36-44
6th November 2022 - Being Church Part 6 - Rev. Carl Smith - Honouring One Another - Romans 12:9-21
23rd October 2022 - Being Church Part 4 - Rev. Peter Irwin-Clark - 1 Corinthians 13:1-13
9th October 2022 - Being Church Part 2 - Spiritual Gifts - Rev. Carl Smith - 1 Corinthians 12:4-11
14th August 2022 - Ninth Sunday after Trinity - Holy Communion - Rev. Peter Irwin-Clark - Luke 12:49-56
3rd April 2022 - Annual Parochial Church Meeting (APCM) - Rector's Report and Reflection on verses for the year from Hebrews 12 - Rev. Carl Smith
27th March 2022 - 4th Sunday of Lent / Mothering Sunday - Rev. Carl Smith - Reconciliation - Luke 15:11-32
27th February 2022 - Sunday next before Lent - Morning Worship - Rev. Carl Smith - Luke 9:28-36 The Transfiguration
2nd Sunday of Christmas - 2nd January 2022 - All-Age Service - Davina Irwin-Clark - Luke 2:21-33
Sunday Before Advent (Christ The King) - 21st November 2021 - Rev. Carl Smith - John 18:33-38
3rd Sunday Before Advent - All-age Service - Rev. Carl Smith - Taking the lectionary reading from Hebrews 9:23-28 as a starting point, this week we look at what it means to magnify Jesus in our lives.
As we carry on following the Lectionary readings, this week's sermon from Rev. Carl Smith is from Mark 10:35-45.
26th September 2021 - Morning Worship - Speaker: Liz Cox
Carrying on our series following the lectionary readings. This week's talk looks at Mark 9:38-50.
Talk from James 3:13-18 by Rev. Carl Smith from Informal Praise service on 19th September 2021
Continuing from the lectionary readings, this week's talk by Rick Grose looks at James 3:1-12 and the power of words.
22nd March 2020 - Morning Worship Livestream - Rev. Carl Smith - Lent Part 5 - Encounter with a Samaritan Woman - John 4:1-26
15th March 2020 - Informal Worship - Jon Rotheray - Lent Part 4 - Encounter with a Rich Young Man - Mark 10:17-31
8th March 2020 - Communion - Rev. Carl Smith - Lent Part 3 - Encounter with a Syrophoenician Woman - Mark 7:24-30
1st March 2020 - All-Age Worship - Rev. Carl Smith - Lent Part 2 - Encounter with a blind man - Mark 8:22-26
23rd February 2020 - Morning Worship - Jon Rotheray - Lent Part 1 - Preparation For Lent / The Transfiguration - Isaiah 58:6-7; Mark 9:2-7
16th February 2020 - Informal Praise - Rev. Carl Smith - Kingdom Values Part 7 - Transformed Lives - Acts 2:36-41
9th February 2020 - Holy Communion - Rev. Peter Irwin-Clark - Kingdom Values Part 6 - Prayer - 1 Thessalonians 5:16-28
2nd February 2020 - All-age worship - Rev. Carl Smith - Kingdom Values Part 5 - Kingdom Giving, 2 Corinthians 9:6-15
26th January 2020 - Morning Worship - Rev. Carl Smith - Kingdom Values Part 4 - Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep - Romans 12:15
19th January 2020 - Informal Praise - Rev. Carl Smith - Kingdom Values Part 3 - Belonging vs. Fitting-In - Mark 1:14-20
12th January 2020 - Communion - Rev. Carl Smith - Kingdom Values Part 2 - We Are The Body of Christ - 1 Corinthians 12:12-31
15th December 2019 - Informal Praise - Peter Elwin - Luke Part 3 - The Song of Mary - Luke 1:39-56
8th December 2019 - Holy Communion - Lindsay Smith - Luke Part 2 - The Angel Gabriel - Luke 1:26-38; Daniel 8:15-26
29th September 2019 - Cafe Church - Rev. Carl Smith - Jesus Part 5 - Jesus The Fulfilment - Isaiah 11:1-15; Luke 4:16-21
25th August 2019 - Morning Worship - Rev. Carl Smith - Lesser Knowns Part 4 - Jabez - 1 Chronicles 4:1-10
18th August 2019 - Informal Worship - Peter Elwin - Lesser Knowns Part 3 - Shiphrah and Puah: Not doing what you're told - Exodus 1:15-21
11th August 2019 - Rev. Peter Irwin-Clark - Lesser Knowns Part 2 - Ittai the Gittite - 2 Samuel 15:18-23; John 6:63-69
2nd June 2019 - All-Age Worship - Rev. Peter Irwin Clark - Romans Eight Part 5 - Set Your Mind On Things Above - Colossians 3:1-14
26th May 2019 - Morning Worship - Peter Elwin - Romans Eight Part 4 - Law vs Freedom - Avoiding the Law? - Psalm 119:1-8, Matthew 5:17-20
19th May 2019 - Informal Praise - Jon Rotheray - Romans Eight Part 3 - Freedom In Christ - Galatians 5:1-15
12th May 2019 - Communion - Rev. Carl Smith - Romans Eight Part 2 - No Condemnation - John 1:14; John 3:16-20
28th April 2019 - Specials 2019 - Rev. Peter Irwin-Clark - Thomas the disciple - Exodus 14:10-14; John 20:24-30
24th March 2019 - Morning Worship - Jon Rotheray - Lent Part 4 - Passing On To The Next Generation - Genesis 48:8-16
17th March 2019 - Informal Praise - Rev. Carl Smith - Lent 2019 Part 3 - Contending for our relationships
10th March 2019 - Communion - Jon Rotheray - Lent 2019 Part 2 - Our Life's Work - Genesis 2:15-20, Matthew 9:35-38
24th February 2019 - Morning Worship - Rev. Carl Smith - Salt and Light Part 7 - Being Salt and Light at Home - Joshua 24:14-15, 1 Peter 4:7-11
17th February 2019 - Informal Praise - Peter Elwin - Being Salt and Light at Work - Colossians 3:24-4:1; Titus 2:6-8
10th February 2019 - Communion - Rev. Carl Smith - Salt and Light Part 5 - Being Salt and Light to our Enemies - Matthew 5:43-48
27th January 2019 - Morning Worship - Jon Rotheray - Salt and Light Part 3 - Being Salt and Light to our neighbours - Matthew 22:34-40
January 20th 2019 - Informal Praise - Rick Grose - Salt and Light Part 2 - Being Salt and Light to the World (Mission Sunday) - Joshua 14:6-13; John 1:4-5
13th January 2019 - Communion - Rev. Carl Smith - Salt and Light Part 1 - Introduction to sermon series - Matthew 5:13-16; John 14:15-20
6th January 2019 - All-Age Worship - Rev. Carl Smith - Specials 2019 - Parish Vision for the Year - Romans 8:9-11
30th December 2018 - Morning Worship - Jon Rotheray - Carols Part 7 - "We Three Kings" Adoration and Worship - Matthew 2:1-12
24th December 2018 - Midnight Communion - Rick Grose - Carols Part 5 - "O Holy Night" Holiness In Human Form - Isaiah 9:6-7; John 1:1-13
23rd Decemeber 2018 - Carols By Candlelight - Rev. Carl Smith - Carols Part 6 - Joy To The World
16th December 2018 - Informal Praise - Peter Elwin - Carols Part 3 - "The Angel of the Lord Came Down" Proclaiming Good News - Luke 2:8-20
9th December 2018 - Communion - Jon Rotheray - Carols Part 2 - "Mary Did You Know?" Love Fuelled Obedience - Luke 1:26-38
2nd December 2018 - All-Age Worship - Rev. Carl Smith - Carols Part 1 - "No Crying He Makes" The Humanity of Jesus - Luke 1:41-44
25th November 2018 - Morning Worship - Jon Rotheray - Nehemiah Part 13 - Leaving a Legacy - Nehemiah 13:22-30; Mark 12:28-34
18th November 2018 - Informal Praise - Rick Grose - Nehemiah Part 12 - The Joy of Restoration - Nehemiah 8:1-12
4th November 2018 - All Age Worship - Davina Irwin-Clark - Nehemiah Part 10 - Now It's Personal - Nehemiah 6:1-9
28th October 2018 - Morning Worship - Nehemiah Part 9 - Peter Elwin - The Poor and the Broken - Nehemiah 5:1-12
21st October 2018 - Informal Praise - Jon Rotheray - Nehemiah Part 8 - Courage in the face of fear - Nehemiah 4:1-6; 2 Thessalonians 2:13-17
14th October 2018 - Communion - Rev. Carl Smith - Nehemiah Part 7 - Going Public - Nehemiah 2:17-20; Matthew 28:16-20
7th October 2018 - All-Age Worship - Rev. Carl Smith - Nehemiah Part 6 - A Personal Call - Nehemiah 2:11-16
30th September 2018 - Harvest Sunday - Rev. Carl Smith - Nehemiah Part 5 - Having a Plan - Nehemiah 2:4-9; Luke 10:1-12
23rd September 2018 - Morning Worship - Rev. Carl Smith - Nehemiah Part 4 - Removing The Mask - Nehemiah 2:1-6
Informal Praise - 16th September 2018 - Jon Rotheray - Nehemiah Part 3 - In this together - Nehemiah 1:5-11; 1 Corinthians 1:10-17
All-Age Worship - 2nd September 2018 - Rev. Carl Smith - Nehemiah Part 1 - Overview of the books of Ezra and Nehemiah
Morning Worship - 26th August 2018 - Peter Elwin - Count Yourself In - Never Too Sinful - Joshua 2:1-14; John 4:39-42
Informal Praise - 19th August 2018 - Lindsay Smith - Count Yourself In - Never Discounted - Jonah 3:1-10 - Lessons from the story of Jonah
Morning Worship - 12th August 2018 - James Simmons - Count Yourself In - Never Too Lost - Luke 15:1-7; Acts 9:1-18 - This week James looks at how the life of Paul shows that there is no-one too lost to be part of God's plan.
29th July 2018 - Cafe Church - Jon Rotheray - Count Yourself In 01 - Never Too Old - Genesis 17:15-21; Luke 2:36-38
Morning Worship - 22nd July 2018 - Rev. Carl Smith - Where The Spirit of the Lord Is... The Kingdom is Established - Romans 14:13-18; John 3:1-8
15th July 2018 - Informal Praise - Rev. Carl Smith - Where the Spirit of the Lord is... prophets rise up - Isaiah 61:1-3; Acts 11:25-30
Communion - 8th July 2018 - Rev. Carl Smith - Where the spirit of the Lord is... true humility is found - Ephesians 4:1-13
All-Age Worship - 1st July 2018 - Rev. Carl Smith - Spiritual Gifts - 1 Corinthians 12:1-11
Morning Worship - 24th June 2018 - Sandi Wickens - Where the Spirit Is... Prayer is Transformative - Colossians 1:9-14; Luke 11:9-13
Informal Praise - 17th June 2018 - Rev. Carl Smith - Where The Spirit Is... The Father Is Met - Romans 8:9-17; Luke 10:21-24
Communion - 10th June 2018 - Jon Rotheray - Where The Spirit Is... Society Is Changed - Acts 2:42-47; Ezekiel 36:25-28
All-Age Service - 3rd June 2018 - Rev. Carl Smith - Where the spirit is... there is true repentance - Romans 2:1-11; Matthew 4:12-17
27th May 2018 - Morning Worship - Rev. Peter Irwin-Clark - Where The Spirit Is... Shame Is No More - Romans 5:1-11; 2 Timothy 1:5-12
13th May 2018 - Commumion - Rev. Carl Smith - Where the Spirit is... the Fruits Are Displayed (Part 2) - Galatians 5:22-26; Romans 6:1-14
All-Age Service - 6th May 2018 - Peter Elwin - Where the Spirit is... the fruits are displayed - Galatians 5:22-26
Morning Worship - 22nd April 2018 - Rick Grose - Where the Spirit Is... there is freedom - Luke 8:26-35; 2 Corinthians 3:12-18
Informal Praise - 15th April 2018 - Jon Rotheray - Where The Spirit Is... Jesus Is Glorified
Holy Communion - 8th April 2018 - Rev. Carl Smith - Where the Spirit is... Christ is Revealed - John 15:18-27
Easter Sunday - 1st April 2018 - Rev. Carl Smith - I Believe In The Resurrection - Mark 16:1-8
Palm Sunday - 25th March 2018 - Liz Cox - We Believe He Came To Save Us - Genesis 3:1-7; Galatians 2:17-21
Informal Praise - 18th March 2018 - Peter Elwin - The Joy of Prayer - Psalm 150:1-6; Mark 10:13-16
Morning Worship - 25th February 2018 - Davina Irwin-Clark - Prayer in difficult times - Psalm 77:1-12; 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24
Informal Praise - 18th February 2018 - Rev. Carl Smith - Thankfulness In Prayer - Colossians 1:3-14
Informal Praise 21st January 2018 - Jon Rotheray - The second of our 'I Believe In...' series looks at God the Son.
Parish Communion 14th January 2018 - Rev. Carl Smith - The first in our 'I Believe In...' series looks at I Believe In God the Father.
All-age Service 7th January 2018 - In our first all-age service of the year Rev. Carl Smith shares about the vision for mission in the parish in 2018.
United Morning Worship 24th December 2017 - Davina Irwin-Clark - Our final advent talk looks at announcing the good news.
Parish Communion 10th December 2017 - Peter Elwin - The second of our advent series focuses on Mary and choosing God's plan.
All-Age Service 3rd December 2017 - In the first of our mini sermon series on Advent, Rev. Carl Smith explores the theme of expectancy.
All-Age Service - 5th November 2017
Grace Hawksley
Isaiah 2017 Part 9 - God Reigns
Isaiah 66:1-2
Cafe Church - 29th October 2017 Davina Irwin-Clark Isaiah 2017 Part 8 Isaiah 53:1-6; Philippians 2:1-11
Morning Worship - 22nd October 2017 Peter Elwin Isaiah 2017 Part 7 - God's Unfailing Love Isaiah 54:4-10; John 14:23-27
Informal Worship - 15th October 2017 Rev. Carl Smith Isaiah 2017 Part 6 - Isaiah 50:8-11; Matthew 4:1-11
All-Age Service - October 1st 2017 Rev. Peter Irwin-Clark Isaiah Part 4 - Isaiah in the Gospels Matthew 3:1-6
Cafe Church 17th September 2017 Peter Elwin Isaiah Part 3 - Injustice Isaiah 10:1-4, Micah 6:6-8
Communion Service 10th September 2017 Rev. Chris Sutton Isaiah Part 2 - Isaiah 1:1-6 - Human Rebellion Against God
Morning Worship 27th August 2017 Rev. Peter Irwin-Clark Beautifully Broken Part 9 - Paul (The Man With 'That Past') Acts 7:54-8:3 1 Corinthians 15:1-11
Morning Worship 20th August 2017 Lindsay Smith Beautifully Broken Part 8 - Job (The Depressed Worshipper) Job 3:1-13 Job 38:1-16
Morning Worship 13th August 2017 Davina Irwin-Clark Beautifully Broken Part 7 - Abraham (The Doubting Servant) Genesis 22:1-9 Matthew 26:36-46
Morning Worship 30th July 2017 Jon Rotheray Beautifully Broken Part 5 - Jacob (The Deceiving Son) Genesis 27:18-29 Genesis 28:10-17
Morning Worship 23rd July 2017 Peter Elwin Beautifully Broken Part 4 - Moses (The Stuttering Leader) Exodus 4:10-17 Acts 7:17-22
Morning Worship 16th July 2017 Rev. Carl Smith Beautifully Broken Part 3 - David (The Adulterous King)
Morning Worship - Rev. Peter Irwin-Clark. 'Beautifully Broken' Part 2 - Jonah (The Disobedient Prophet). Jonah 1:1-10; Matthew 14:22-23
All Age Service - Bernie French. 'Beautifully Broken' Part 1 - Jars of Clay. 2 Corinthians 4:1-12; Hebrews 11:29-39
In the eighth of our series on 'Being Disciples', Jon Rotheray shares thoughts on 'Honouring One Another'.
In the seventh of our series on 'Being Disciples', Rev. Carl Smith explores the topic of 'Giving Joyfully'.
In the fifth of our series on 'Being Disciples', Jon Rotheray looks at a recipe for 'Making Disciples'.
In the fourth of our series on 'Being Disciples', Liz Cox explores the topic of our 'True Identity'
In the third of our series on 'Being Disciples', Rev. Carl Smith looks at the importance of 'Resting in Him'.
In the second of our series on 'Being Disciples', Rev. Chris Sutton looks at 'Trusting God' and the story of Shadrach, Meschach and Abednego from Daniel 3:8-18
18/05/2015 - Awakening Course - Session 8 - The God of Mission Part 2 - Rev. Simon Allaby
18/05/2015 - Awakening Course - Session 8 - The God of Mission Close - Rev. Gary Simmons
18/05/2015 - Awakening Course - Session 8 - The God of Mission Intro - Rev. Gary Simmons
18/05/2015 - Awakening Course - Session 8 - The God of Mission Part 1 - Rev. Simon Allaby