Sermons

Choral Evensong - 1 March 2015

Abram and the Call to Adventure It was at 9.30 on the morning of Sunday, November 10th 1918 – the day before the Armistice was signed – that my grandfather, Alec Watson, took a walk on the beach that was to change his life. He was a successful pharmacist in Newcastle-on-Tyne, the son… Read more

Sermon by Andrew Watson on Sunday 1st March 2015

Cathedral Eucharist - 1 March 2015

Taking up our Cross ‘A game of two halves’. It’s been voted one of the top ten footballing clichés, along with other well-worn phrases like ‘it’s a funny old game’ and ‘what this game needs is a goal’. ‘A game of two halves’ sugge… Read more

Sermon by Andrew Watson on Sunday 1st March 2015

Inauguration of The Bishop of Guildford

Good morning, and I’d like to thank you all so much for coming to this special service, and for the tremendous welcome that you have given Beverly and me, ever since that announcement day in late September, complete with whistle-stop tour of my new Diocese, and culminating with Evensong here… Read more

Sermon by Andrew Watson on Saturday 28th February 2015

Choral Evensong - 22 February 2015

It has been a busy time for bishops in the media in the last couple of weeks.  Among various forays into the press, two particularly stand out.  One has been the publication by the House of Bishops of the Church of England of a Pastoral Letter in preparation for the General Election, ent… Read more

Sermon by Jonathan Gough on Sunday 22nd February 2015

Choral Mattins - 22 February 2015

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Sermon by Dianna Gwilliams on Sunday 22nd February 2015

Cathedral Eucharist - 22 February 2015

First Sunday of Lent Hurrah for hypocrisy! So writes Giles Fraser in his Guardian column,  before continuing it's a large club, but few people admit to membership. He doesn't see how it is possible to be a Christian and not be a hypocrite, why? Because to follow Jesus Christ is to be commi… Read more

Sermon by on Sunday 22nd February 2015