Sermons by Andrew Watson
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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
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 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
Cathedral Eucharist - The Sixth Sunday after Trinity
Preached at the Cathedral Eucharist on Sixth Sunday after Trinity, by The Right Reverend Andrew Watson on 19 July 2020 Read more
Sermon by Andrew Watson on Sunday 19th July 2020
Farewell Celebration Service for Derek Holbird
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Sermon by Andrew Watson on Sunday 26th June 2016
Surrey County Council Service to Celebrate the 90th Birthday of HM The Queen
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Sermon by Andrew Watson on Sunday 12th June 2016
Easter Day Cathedral Eucharist
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Sermon by Andrew Watson on Sunday 27th March 2016
Diocesan Chrism Eucharist
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Sermon by Andrew Watson on Thursday 24th March 2016
Gordon's School Service of Thanksgiving
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Sermon by Andrew Watson on Sunday 17th January 2016
Christmas Day 2015 - A New Song
It was the last week of December 2008, that blissful post-Christmas holiday beloved of clergy-people everywhere - and since Hazel my mother-in-law had turned 70 earlier that month, we decided to take her to Dublin, on a trip down memory lane. We’d visited the Cathedral, Trinity College, the… Read more
Sermon by Andrew Watson on Friday 25th December 2015
Choral Evensong with Installation of Canons
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Sermon by Andrew Watson on Sunday 18th October 2015