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Coming to God with Empty Hands

Fr. Gregory Hallam gives the homily on Sunday, February 5, 2017.




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Suffering for Me

Fr. Gregory from Palm Sunday.




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The Healing Cross

Fr. Gregory speaks on the Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross.




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Angels of God's Healing and Light

Fr. Gregory gives a tour through two of the lesser well known Archangels revealing some gems of insight concerning the brilliance of God in both healing power and enlightenment of mind.




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Boomerang Love

Fr. Gregory helps the children and adults understand true love with a very practical illustration.




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Energising Grace

Fr. Emmanuel Kahn gives the homily for the Feast of St. Nicholas.




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The Protecting Veil

Fr. Gregory Hallam starts with the children followed by Fr. Emmanuel Kahn's homily reflecting on the vision of the Protecting Veil in the church in Constantinople which was clearly a miracle.




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Receiving Christ

At the Pre-Sanctified Liturgy, Fr. Emmanuel Kahn considers why we receive Christ in Holy Communion.




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Reflecting the Image, Growing by Grace

The Annunciation is one of the most important announcements in human history. And the announcement—the message—is not only to Holy Mary that she is the Theotokos, but a message to each of us that our lives, like the life of Holy Mary, can be suddenly and unexpectedly changed because of the intervention of Christ guiding us to His purposes.




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All Around Change

Fr. Emmanuel Kahn preaches on the Sunday of the Prodigal Son.




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Becoming Godly

How do we "train ourselves in godliness" as St. Timothy admonishes?




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Forgiven, Now Forgiving

Fr. Emmanuel Kahn and Fr. Gregory Hallam speak to both the adults and children about the importance of forgiveness.




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Encountering an Angel

Fr. Emmanuel Kahn gives the sermon on the Feast of the Annunciation




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Discerning the Creed Slowly

At the Liturgy of the Pre-Sanctified Gifts, Fr. Emmanuel Kahn gives a reflection on what the Nicene Creed means in each of our lives.




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Knowing the One Who Overcomes

Fr. Gregory begins with the children and then Fr. Emmanuel concludes with the sermon for Pascha.




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New Life Calling

Fr. Gregory says we should take care every day to do a spiritual health check; to make sure that we are consciously living in the new life that Christ gives us out of his generosity and love.




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Battling Anxiety

An anxious person needs a particular kind of repentance in order to get better, and since getting better is a progressive and slow process, so also must repentance be continual and measured.




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Building Right

After Fr. Gregory speaks with the children, Fr. Emmanuel speaks from I Corinthians saying that the cultures of the first and twenty-first centuries are certainly different, but the foundations for living are the same. What are these foundations for living that St Paul wishes to communicate to his fellow workers in the first century and to us today?




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Choosing the Way of the Cross

Orthodox Christians will bear three things in mind if they want to live honestly and in a God-pleasing way.




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Of Kings, Prophets, and Saints

Why does the Orthodox Church call Moses a prophet and set aside a day in the Church calendar to remember him? Fr. Emmanuel addresses that question in today's sermon.




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Building the Church

Fr. Emmanuel and Fr. Gregory team together to celebrate the life of St. James but also to reflect on the growth of St. Aidan's.




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Blessings from Samaria Today

Lesson from the Good Samaritan by Fr. Emmanuel Kahn.




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Becoming Familiar With God

Fr. Emmanuel Kahn preaches on the Forefeast of the Entry of the Most Holy Theotokos into the Temple.




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Settling Into Life With Christ

Fr. Emmanuel Kahn preaches on the Feast of Theophany.




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Standing in the Truth, Proclaiming the Truth

Fr. Emmanuel Kahn gives the sermon on the Woman at the Well.




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Becoming Holy

Today we celebrate the lives and deaths of all the saints. Here are people so committed to Christ and His Church that we want to remember them and seek their prayers and fellowship.




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Where Have We Been? Where Are We Going?

Today in our cycle of veneration of Orthodox Christian Saints we remember and celebrate those of the Orthodox Church of the British Isles and Ireland in the first millennium.




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Seeing Clearly

What is the Kingdom of God and how can we seek it?




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No Strange Country

On the feast day of St. Aidan, the patron saint of the parish, Fr. Emmanuel explores how does a person become a saint and how did St Aidan become a saint?




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The Empowering Cross

Fr. Emmanuel Kahn is the preacher today. The Church Fathers taught clearly that to believe fully that Christ has been crucified is also to believe in the Incarnation, the life of Christ on earth, the Resurrection and the Ascension of Christ into heaven.




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Loosening the Bonds of Pride

We love and respect God first. Then we love and respect ourselves because we are each made in the image of God.




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Growing Seeds of Faith

Fr. Emmanuel talks about the Seed and the Sower after Fr. Gregory speaks with the children.




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The New and Living Way

Fr. Emmanuel Kahn preaching on the Feast of the Entry of the Theotokos into the Temple.




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Striving for Holiness

Fr. Gregory and Fr. Emmanuel team up to preach on St. Paul's admonishment to "put off the old nature and put on the new nature."




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Always Growing

Fr. Emmanuel Kahn says as we take leave of the Feast of the Nativity, perhaps we can also leave behind our awareness of Jesus Christ as a baby and begin to grow older with Christ Himself.




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True Fasting

Fr. Gregory Hallam gives the sermon on Cheesefare Sunday, 2018.




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Following For Real

Fr. Gregory Hallam gives the sermon on the first Sunday of Great Lent




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Dancing in the Rain with the Lord

Fr. Emmanuel Kahn gives the sermon about the second chapter of the Gospel of St Mark and the healing of a man who was paralysed.




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Emerging Faith: A Partnership with the Lord

Belief that is joined with unbelief. Fr. Emmanuel Kahn gives today's sermon.




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Living in the Court of Conscience

Fr. Emmanuel Kahn gives the sermon for Great and Holy Thursday.




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Doing a Beautiful Thing for Christ

Fr. Gregory Hallam begins with the children and then Fr. Emmanuel Kahn speaks to the adults about Joseph of Arimathea.




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Seeing Truth

Fr. Gregory Hallam gives the sermon on Sunday, May 13, 2018.




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Glorified and Glorifying

After Fr. Gregory Hallam speaks to the children, Fr. Emmanuel Kahn preaches to the adults and says our faith in the Truth that is Jesus Christ makes us one with Him, completes our life on earth and brings us eternal life.




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Building to Last

From the Gospel record of St Peter walking across the water on Galilee to Christ. Fr Gregory Hallam shows how important it is to keep our eyes firmly fixed on Christ amid all the challenges of life. From the Apostle reading he explains St Paul's teaching of Christians fulfilling their role as God's co-workers and fellow builders. We build on that sure foundation which is Christ, a gold that will never tarnish or be destroyed.




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Beholding Christ Glorified

Fr. Gregory Hallam preaches about the Transfiguration of our Lord.




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Losing Ground

Fr. Gregory Hallam gives the sermon for Sunday, 26 August 2018.




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Straight-Forwardly Growing

Two Orthodox saints from the fifth and sixth centuries, St Caesarius of Arles and St John Chrysostom, are showing us how we can live with Christ today and tomorrow and for the rest of our lives on earth.




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Fishing with Grace

Fr. Gregory Hallam gives the sermon on Sunday, 23 September 2018.




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Touching the Hem of HIs Garment

Fr. Emmanuel Kahn reflects on two healings by one Lord Jesus Christ.




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Fasting for a Safe Journey

When we fast we are confronted with an important decision: Am I living primarily for self or for service to God and service to others?