Sermons on Easter (Page 3)
Good Friday 2020
Theme: Good Friday (Hope In Jesus)Series: Easter 2020Bible Readings: Matthew 26:44-56, Matthew 26:69-75, Matthew, 27:45-50 Matthew 27:55-61Preacher: Rev Phil Swain Welcome and Introduction Welcome Welcome to our Good Friday service. My name is Rev Phil Swain and I am the minister at Turramurra Uniting Church. If you tune in any other Sunday, when I start a church service, I am usually excited, joyous and ready to launch into worship with my church family. But Today is different. This morning I Read more
Maundy Thursday 2020
Theme: Maundy Thursday (Believe In Jesus)Series: IN – Easter 2020Bible Readings: Preacher: Rev Phil Swain GATHERING IN GOD’S NAME Tonight we begin the Great Three Days of our Lord’s passion, death and resurrection, the journey from the supper table to the cross, from the cross to Easter dawn. We are followers in his way, exploring his truth, encountering his life. This is the night when Christ the Lamb of God gave himself into the hands of those who would betray Read more
Come In – Palm Sunday
Theme: Palm Sunday (Come In)Series: IN – Lent / Easter 2020Bible Readings: Matthew 21:1-11 / 23:37-39 / 26:26-30 / 26:36-46Preacher: Rev Phil SwainPreached for the ONLINE 9am worship – Palm SUnday 5 April 2020 Kids Church Downloadable Material: Instruction sheet Activity Sheet #1 Activity Sheet #2 Service Text Call to Worship Welcome to worship … coming from my home. Truly, welcome. We want everyone to feel welcome this morning. For those who live nearby and are part of the Turramurra Read more
On the road to Emmaus
Preached at 9am Worship on Sunday 27th MayBible Readings: Luke 24:13-35Preacher: Rev Phil Swain Today’s reading is the traditional Sunday after Easter Sunday reading – the Walk to Emmaus. There is a lot in the passage that we can explore … but it’s the Sunday after Easter, it is the end of the school holidays – and to be honest, I haven’t really had the energy or desire to put into researching and writing a full-on 20 minute sermon this Read more
Good Friday 2019
Good Friday 2019 Welcome and Introduction Welcome to our Good Friday service. Last Sunday we gathered here and celebrated Palm Sunday with palm waving, treasure hunts and fun. Today is different. Today we gather to focus on the cross and the death of Jesus our saviour. It is like the sunshine of last Sunday is a fading memory as the dark clouds have swept in. Today is difficult. The story is not pleasant and reminds us of the unpleasant aspects Read more
Faith and Doubts
Are you the only one who has doubts? The short answer is “no” – you are not the only one who has doubts. We all at different stages in our lives have niggling questions and doubts and we are not sure what we do with them. This Sunday we are going to explore the experience of “doubting Thomas” and the risen Jesus – and see how Thomas is actually a good example of how to own our doubts and address them in a positive and life-giving way.
Easter Sunday 2018
In a world full of “Fake News”, how do we work out what is true or what is not true – especially when the Bible’s version of the Easter resurrection “seems too good to be true”?