Sermon Archive: 2025

Sermon for Easter 7

Easter 7, Year C [Ezekiel 36.24-28]  Acts 16.16-34; John 17.20-26 May I speak… As I was preparing to preach today, I came across these words: No land in sight. Kept on sailing.  It seems that these words formed a brief entry the ship’s log of Christopher Columbu… Read more

Sermon by Chris Hollingshurst on Sunday 1st June 2025

Ascension Day | Lifted Up, Sent Out, and Empowered

I love Ascension Day; a vital yet often underappreciated celebration in the Christian calendar. Forty days after Easter Day, we remember and rejoice in the Ascension of Jesus Christ into heaven—that profound and triumphant event marking the completion of His earthly ministry and the beginnin… Read more

Sermon by Bob Cooper on Thursday 29th May 2025

Installation Service | Honorary Canons

Matthew 28:1-10, 16-end Zephaniah 3:14-end  Installation of Neil Roberts and Daniel Natnael as Canons, Guildford Cathedral, 25.5.25 ‘You’re just a bunch of bleeding amateurs!’ It’s a phrase that has stayed with me since one of the earlier series of The A… Read more

Sermon by Andrew Watson on Sunday 25th May 2025

64th Anniversary of Consecration and Community

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Well, here we are, once again worshipping God on a spring day in the Easter season 😊 Today there are signs and metaphors of new life everywhere we look – and I, for one, am feeling thankful. This weekend we are al… Read more

Sermon by Chris Hollingshurst on Sunday 18th May 2025

VE Day 80th Anniversary Commemoration Service

VE Day: 80th Anniversary County Service Micah 4:1-4, 2 Corinthians 5:16-21, Guildford Cathedral, 11.5.25 Mayor’s Parlour, Municipal Offices, Guildford   In consonance with the expressed wish of His Majesty the King that the Sunday following VE Day should be observed as… Read more

Sermon by Andrew Watson on Sunday 11th May 2025

Easter 2 Sermon

This week, I came across a quote from an eighteenth-century atheist French philosopher called, Denis Diderot. In case you are wondering, that particular school of thought isn’t at the top of my reading list but, as I stumbled upon it in passing it provoked a reaction in me.  Diderot… Read more

Sermon by Chris Hollingshurst on Sunday 27th April 2025

First Evensong of George, Martyr, Patron of England

Psalm 111, 116 Jeremiah 15.15-end Hebrews 11.32-12.2 On occasions, in a moment of weakness, I have been known to try a McDonalds’ meal…and it never fails to disappoint - the mismatch with that appealing picture on the board.  The crisp lettuce, the melting cheese, the sh… Read more

Sermon by Steve Summers on Sunday 27th April 2025

A Sermon for Easter Sunday

Let us pray. This Easter Evening, help us O Lord to open our hearts and minds to what you would have us receive from you, and strengthen our faith in the power of your resurrection. Amen. As someone said, a lot can happen in seven days – and it has been quite a week here as, once again… Read more

Sermon by Chris Hollingshurst on Sunday 20th April 2025

Easter Eve Confirmations

Luke 24:1-12 Easter Eve Confirmations, Guildford Cathedral, 19.4.2025 ‘So here are three things I’ve learnt’, she said, as she came to the end of a brief but rather harrowing description of her faith journey: ‘Life is hard. God is good. Heaven is real’. &lsqu… Read more

Sermon by Andrew Watson on Saturday 19th April 2025

Chrism Eucharist | Maundy Thursday

Chrism Eucharist 2025 Luke 4:16-21, 17.4.25, Guildford Cathedral Well, of course, I’ve preached on it many times before, and so have most of you. I’ve preached on it at confirmations, ordination retreats, as part of a sermon series, and every year that Luke comes around in the Le… Read more

Sermon by Andrew Watson on Thursday 17th April 2025

Surely Not I

John 13: 1-17; 31b - 35 Surely not I I feel very blessed by the gift that we received from Durham, just a few months ago, in the form of a new Dean. He’s brought with him the rich Christian heritage of the North and the deep wisdom it has to teach us in the South about being disciple… Read more

Sermon by Paul Davies on Thursday 17th April 2025

Passion Sunday

Its true to say that most organisations today have a strap brand line of sorts, and the Diocese of Guildford has a very catchy one ......... Hands up if you can remember it !! Sorry, I forgot myself for one moment, in that I am not in a classroom full of teenagers!! And in fairness its still ve… Read more

Sermon by Paul Thompson on Sunday 6th April 2025