Stoneygate
Baptist Church

This morning's reflection saw us stay with the lectionary, but we also marked Remembrance Sunday in prayer and silence. Luke 20:27-38 Some of the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Jesus with a question. “Teacher,” they said, “Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man must marry the widow and raise up offspring for his brother. Now there were seven brothers. The first one married a woman and died childless. Th

Luke19:1-10 Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through. A man was there by the name of Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was wealthy. He wanted to see who Jesus was, but because he was short he could not see over the crowd. So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig tree to see him, since Jesus was coming that way. When Jesus reached the spot, he looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, come down immediately. I must stay at your house today.” So he came down at onc

Genesis 32:22-31  That night Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two female servants and his eleven sons and crossed the ford of the Jabbok. After he had sent them across the stream, he sent over all his possessions. So Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him till daybreak. When the man saw that he could not overpower him, he touched the socket of Jacob’s hip so that his hip was wrenched as he wrestled with the man. Then the man said, “Let me go, for it is dayb

Jeremiah 29:1, 4-7 This is the text of the letter that the prophet Jeremiah sent from Jerusalem to the surviving elders among the exiles...

2 Timothy 1:1-14 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, in keeping with the promise of life that is in Christ Jesus, to...

This morning was our Harvest service. As well as the reflection below, we heard from the chair of trustees at The Bridge and watched a...

We'll start this blog with our opening prayer exercise as it is referenced in both part of the reflection. A prayer exercise focused on...

Jeremiah 18:1-11 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord: “Go down to the potter’s house, and there I will give you my...

This morning was cafe church, a more informal and interactive way of worshipping together. We sang and prayed and reflected and created,...

Jeremiah 1:4-10 The word of the Lord came to me, saying, “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you...

Isaiah 5:1-7 I will sing for the one I love a song about his vineyard: My loved one had a vineyard on a fertile hillside. He dug it up...

Isaiah 1:1, 10-20 The vision concerning Judah and Jerusalem that Isaiah son of Amoz saw during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz and...

Ecclesiastes 1:2, 12-14; 2:18-23 “Everything is meaningless,” says the Teacher, “completely meaningless!”  I, the Teacher, was king of...

Psalm 82 God presides in the great assembly;     he renders judgment among the “gods”: “How long will you defend the unjust     and show...