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PATHWAYS OF PRAYER

Wednesdays 7pm English Presbyterian Church, Wynnstay Road, Ruthin.

Feb 13: The Path of Holiness

Feb 20: The Path of Social Justice

Feb 27: The Devitional Path

Mar 5: The Sacramental Path

Mar 12: The Contemplative Path

Tue Mar 18: The Charismatic Path (bi-lingual meeting on Mar 18 at Bathafarn Chapel)

 

 

Sermons

This page has been designed to allow all visitors to this site access to the sermons that are regularly given at our churches within the Dyffryn Clwyd Deanery. We hope that you can find the time to read our sermons which bring comfort, solace and guidance to so many of our parishioners. To access the sermons, please click on the highlighted subject heading. If you have any questions relating to these sermons, please contact the parish priest from the link at the top of each sermon page.

DATE CHURCH SUBJECT PREACHER BIBLE REF.
MARCH 2008
16.03.08 Clocaenog Church Palm Sunday: On Palm Sunday,  the Church recalls the day when Jesus entered Jerusalem on what was to be the last week of his life.   He was accompanied by a large crowd of people who greeted him as their king.  By the end of the week people were shouting for his death,  so what happened to change their minds?  Rev. John Davies Matthew 21. 1-11
FEBRUARY 2008
17.02.08 Llanbedr Church To be a Person of Faith is Such Privilege! The Bible speaks to us of faith: Faith as a journey into uncertainty (in the case of Abraham); and faith as a birth in the case of Jesus talking to Nicodemus – and what John Wesley called the “fundamental doctrine of new birth.” Rev. Huw Butler Gen. 12.1
10.02.08 Llanbedr Church The Temptation to Despair: Today we meet Christ in the desert. Strange as it may seem there is something about entering the desert that enables personal spiritual growth. Jesus obviously recognised this to be true which is why he went out into the wilderness for those 40 days and nights. Rev. Huw Butler Matthew 4:1
03.02.08 St Peter's, Ruthin Candlemas: Looking Forward: Today we meet Christ in the desert. Strange as it may seem there is something about entering the desert that enables personal spiritual growth. Jesus obviously recognised this to be true which is why he went out into the wilderness for those 40 days and nights. Rev. Canon Dr. R. Bayley Luke 2:25
JANUARY 2008
27.01.08 Llanbedr Church Know the Living God: It was on hearing that John had been arrested that Jesus withdrew: and this close link which Jesus had with John is thought to be historically verified. The fact that three gospels record that Jesus was baptised by John is considered to be evidence that this is historically true. Rev. Richard Carter Matthew 4. 12
20.01.08 Tabernacl Chapel, Ruthin Church Means People: Statistics show that the majority of people in the United Kingdom claim to believe in God, and also that most people pray in some form or another.  Similar statistics show that a substantial number of people in the UK claim to be Christians.  This may indeed surprise us in what many call a secular age. Rev. John Davies 1 Thess. 5. 12-22
13.01.08 Llanbedr Church The Baptism of Christ: I am sure that all of us will have photographs which have been taken at a baptism – very likely it will be a posed shot with the Vicar holding the baby and the parents and godparents standing around the font. There are some churches which routinely take a photograph of every baptism and make a kind of collage of the church family which they put on display. Rev. Huw Butler Matthew 3. 13-17
06.01.08 Llanfwrog Church Epiphany - The Journey of Faith: Imagine yourself to be directing a film on one of the books of the Bible.  How would you cast the characters?   You would probably give the principal parts to the best actors, assuming you consider the principal characters as those who appear most frequently and have the most to say.  Rev. John Davies Matthew 2 1-11
DECEMBER 2007
30.12.07 Eglwys Llangwyfan Pwysigrwydd Amser, Pergylon Amser, a Phwrpas Amser: Hyfryd cael eich presenoldeb yma yn eglwys hanesyddol Llangwyfan ar achlysur ein gwasanaeth  arferol  i’r ddwy ddeoniaeth, Dinbych a Dyffryn Clwyd, ar y pumed Sul. Yr.Hybarch Bernard Thomas, Archddiacon Llanelwy Salm 90:12
24.12.07 Llanfair DC and Llanfwrog churches Christmas Sermon: Buying Christmas gifts or even Christmas cards needs a little imagination.  Sometimes receiving gifts and cards does also.  The best Christmas gifts are often what we call the useful gifts.  Rev John Davies Luke 2. 1-16

 

23.12.07 Llanbedr Church Are You Ready?: This was the overarching sentiment of an elderly gentleman I visited last week - he reflected how so often along his journey of life things had a habit of working out for the best even at times when things seemed to be hopeless and desperate.   Rev. Huw Butler Matthew 24: 36-44

 

16.12.07 Llanbedr Church Faith and Doubt: During the Season of Advent we keep hearing about “waiting and watching,” “expectancy,” and “anticipation,” being prepared. And we read the expectant prophecies of Isaiah which, in general, are poetries of hope (poetries of wild and visionary hope) which originate from desperate situations (of exile) and, of course, we prepare for what has become the most popular Christian festival of the year (Christmas).  Rev. Richard Carter Matthew 11.3

 

09.12.07 St Peter's Church, Ruthin The God of Steadfastness and Encouragement: What is the stream in which the elephant may swim and the lamb may wade ? It is the description Pope Gregory I gave to the Bible. He saw the Bible as being a means of unity among people, a way of coming together to know God Rev. Canon Dr. R. Bayley

 

Romans 15:5

 

02.12.07 Llanfwrog and Clocaenog Church Are You Ready?: The people we read about in the Bible seem to be waiting for some great event.  The prophets of Old Testament times speak of the coming of the Messiah, who will save the people.   Christian tradition points to Jesus as that Messiah.   Rev. John Davies Matthew 24: 36-44

 

NOVEMBER 2007
25.11.07 Llanbedr Church Do You Fear God?: Do we fear God? Do I fear God? In years gone by fearing God was thought of as being a real virtue. But we are now living in a thoroughly secular age. Rev. Huw Butler Luke 23:25-43

 

18.11.07 St Peter's Church, Ruthin Anyone Unwilling to Work Should Not Eat: The Government has announced that a large number of training places is to be offered to young people to give them skills and trades so that they can begin to earn a useful living. Rev. Canon Dr. R. Bayley 2 Thess 3.10

 

11.11.07 Clocaenog Church Remembrance Sunday: I heard on the television news last week that there are in the UK just five known people still alive who served  in the armed forces in World War 1, and of those five, just one now survives who was in the trenches.  Also, this  year,  anyone who served in World War 2 would be at least aged eighty. Rev. John Davies  John 13:34

 

04.11.07 Llanbedr Church Kingdom 1: I am sure that we could come up with many words to describe Zacchaeus – I am equally sure that a saint would not be one of them! Having said that, of course, it would depend upon your definition of a saint and what sainthood is all about. Rev. Huw Butler  Luke 19. 1-10

 

OCTOBER 2007
28.10.07 Llanfwrog, Cyffylliog and Llanynys Churches Bible Sunday: Different people have different views of the Bible.  At one level there are people who take a very fundamentalist and literal view.   At the opposite level there are people who see the Bible as a collection of parables to teach us about God. Rev. John Davies  Luke 18. 16-24 

 

21.10.07 Llanbedr Church Wrestling with God: Do you remember World of Sport on with Dickie Davies ITV on a Saturday afternoon? Back in the early 70s at our home, for some reason, we didn’t have an aerial which would pick up ITV – but I always remember watching World of Sport when I went round to see my friend Nick. The only sport that ever seemed to be on was wrestling! Two of the best known characters of the day were Mick McManus and Big Daddy. Rev. Huw Butler  

 

18.10.07 St Peter's Church, Ruthin Physician, Heal Yourself - St Luke's Day: The saying, Physician, heal yourself, can be found in other places besides the dialogue between Jesus and the people of Nazareth. There was the Jewish proverb used by the Rabbis, Physician, heal your own limp. And an Arabic proverb, A doctor who cures other people and is himself ill. The Greek dramatist Euripides has the  line, He is a healer of others, but himself swells with sores. A slightly different line appears in the Gospel of Thomas, A healer does not treat his own parents.  Rev. Canon Dr. R. Bayley Luke 4. 23 

 

07.10.07 Llanbedr Church The Mustard Seed: After that first naive foray I left it for about a week and then went back at it.  And when the same thing happened again I phoned a friend with a chain saw.  It was about two months later that we finally had it down to the stump and then it took three of us, a lot of heaving, and a lot of, "you stand there like that, and I'll stand here and pull this while you push with all your weight from there."  Rev. Richard Carter Matthew

 

SEPTEMBER 2007
30.09.07 Llanfwrog Church The Rich-Poor Divide: Wealth and poverty live side by side.  Go to any large city, anywhere in world,  London, Paris, New York, Sydney and you will see areas of great wealth, hotels and restaurants where it costs a fortune to stay or to eat, but not far from these places, people living in cardboard boxes on the street and begging.   Wealth and poverty are never far away.  Rev John Davies Luke 16. 19-31

 

23.09.07 Llanbedr Church Christians and Money: Who would want to be the Chief Executive of Northern Rock Bank? He has found himself to be in a very precarious and uncomfortable situation over the last few weeks – needing to borrow money from other banks to remain solvent but due to world economics finding that this is not possible. Rev. Huw Butler   Luke 16. 1-3

 

16.09.07 St Peter's Church, Ruthin God Values Everyone: The rearing of sheep today is a big business. They roam the hills in their thousands. Tractors and land rangers are used to supervise them and round them up when there is a need. We have come a long way from the small time shepherd Jesus was referring to in his parable of the Lost Sheep. T Rev. Canon Dr. R. Bayley Luke 15.5

 

09.09.07 Llanfwrog Church The Demands of Jesus on Our Lives: With some celebrities it is simply their presence which draws the crowds and the autograph hunters will flock to them.   They don’t have to say anything.  People just want to see them. Rev John Davies Luke 14. 25-23

 

02.09.07 Llanbedr Church The Prayer of Humility: Within society now we have many homeless people - a situation which has escalated over the past 20 years or so. But we don’t seem to have the “gentleman of the road” professional kind of tramp so much. Rev. Huw Butler Hebrews 13:2

 

AUGUST 2007
26.08.07 Llanfwrog & Llanynys  Church Freed from the shackles by Jesus: In today’s gospel we hear of an interesting encounter that Jesus has with a synagogue leader about how the Sabbath should be kept.  The synagogue leaders made sure that people kept the Sabbath laws to the letter.  Rev. John Davies Luke 13:10-17

 

19.08.07 St Peters Collegiate Church, Ruthin. Faith is being sure of what we hope for: In a month's time the clergy of the St. Asaph Diocese will all be required to go to Lancaster University for four days of in service training. The subject - Conflict Resolution. This is a very fashionable subject these days. Rev. Canon Dr. R. Bayley Luke 12:49

 

12.08.07 Llanbedr Church Faith is being sure of what we hope for: in actual fact, hope always comes before faith because without a sense of hope then there is nothing to have faith in!  Rev. Huw Butler Heb. 11:1

 

05.08.07 St Peter’s, Ruthin Parable of the Rich Fool: That "life does not consist in the abundance of possessions" is little comfort for those who lost their homes and businesses in the recent floods. Rev. Richard Carter Luke 12:13-21

 

JULY 2007
29.07.07 St Meugan’s and St Peter’s, Ruthin The Lord's Prayer: We’ve read in our gospel reading this morning how Jesus taught the disciples what we now call the Lord’s Prayer.  Presumably they then learned it and repeated it frequently, and that’s how we now say it so often.  Alyson Goldstein Luke 11.1-13

 

22.07.07 St Garmon, Llanarmon & St Cynhafal, Llangynhafal Mary Magdalene is an Apostle: We don’t often think of her like this - as an apostle.  We don’t often think of women as apostles because the official "twelve apostles" were all men.  But all four gospels single Mary Magdalene out as the very first person who saw the risen Lord.    Rev. Richard Carter John 20.17

 

15.07.07 St Peters Collegiate Church, Ruthin. The Good Samaritan: The Good Samaritan is probably the best known and loved parable of Jesus. It is interesting to notice that some of the parables, such as the parable of the sower for example, are explained by Jesus in order for the disciples to understand the “heavenly meaning” of the earthly story. Rev. Huw Butler Luke 10:33-35

 

08.07.07 St Peters Collegiate Church, Ruthin. Let us love one another: If we respect others, even though they may be of a different generation, another faith, another race and language, a way of life we are not used to, an opposed political position, we are fulfilling that last commandment Jesus gave on the night before he died Rev. Canon Dr. R. Bayley 1 John 4.19

 

01.07.07 Llanfwrog & Llanynys  Church The Urgency of Following Jesus: When a Samaritan village turns Jesus away and he moves on, he tells people that if they want to follow him then it's a commitment to be taken seriously. Rev. John Davies Luke 9: 51-62
APRIL 2007
15.04.07 Llanbedr Church Christ Has Risen: The cross is, in this sense, easier to preach about because suffering and death are things that we can relate to - they are literally all around us - they are part and parcel of our existence - we know them to be true - we experience them ourselves. Rev. Huw Butler John 20:25b
08.04.07 St Peters Collegiate Church, Ruthin. Easter Sunday: On Good Friday Jesus died on the Cross. His body was taken down and laid in a tomb. On the first Easter Day the stone was rolled aside and the grave clothes left empty. Jesus had risen from the dead. Rev. Canon Dr. Raymond Bayley Luke 24.11
MARCH 2007
25.03.07 Llanfwrog Parish Church Journey to the Cross: On this Passion Sunday as we begin to think more intently of Jesus’ journey to  Jerusalem and to the Cross, we too think about our faith and how we make our journey of life with Jesus. Rev. John Davies Phil. 3:4b-11
18.03.07 Llanbedr Parish Magazine Family Values: Mothering Sunday is an excellent opportunity for affirming “family values” in terms of our own personal families and also in terms of the wider Church family Rev. Huw Butler Phil. 3. 12-21
11.03.07 Clocaenog & Llanfwrog Church God Gives up on No One: Being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Rev. John Davies Luke 13. 1-19
04.03.07 St. Peter's Collegiate Church, Ruthin. Lent: The baptism of Jesus was followed by a journey into the wilderness, and this must have been something like a maze for him. Physically it was a maze. Rev. Canon Dr. Raymond Bayley Luke 4
FEBRUARY 2007
25.02.07 Llanfwrog & Rhewl Church The Temptations of Jesus: The season of Lent is in Christian tradition associated with the forty days that Jesus spent in the wilderness.  Rev. John Davies Luke 4. 1-13
04.02.07 Llanfwrog & Llanynys Church Candlemas: is a half way point between Christmas and Easter,  a time to look back on Christmas and a time to look forward to Holy Week and Easter.  Rev. John Davies Luke 2. 22-40

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