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Rev Leigh Greenwood
Nov 11, 20198 min read
On Peace
A couple of months back, we looked at the passage from Ecclesiastes that says there is a time for everything. One of the questions I...
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Rev Leigh Greenwood
Nov 4, 20198 min read
On Giving
Sunday was our church gift day, when we invited special donations towards some necessary work at the church, and so we took it as an...
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Rev Leigh Greenwood
Oct 30, 20195 min read
Five Scrolls: Song of Songs
On Sunday, we reached the end of our series on the Hamesh Megillot, with the fifith of the five scrolls, Song of Songs. As with the...
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Rev Leigh Greenwood
Oct 28, 20191 min read
Compassion leads to change
On 20 October, we welcomed back our good friend Martin Gage, who spoke on Mark 11:12-25. He has kindly shared with us a video that covers...
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Rev Leigh Greenwood
Oct 16, 201910 min read
Five Scrolls: Esther
On Sunday we looked at the Story of Esther as part of our series exploring the Hamesh Megillot - the Five Scrolls which are the sort of...
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Rev Leigh Greenwood
Oct 7, 20198 min read
Five Scrolls: Ruth
On Sunday we returned to the Hamesh Megillot and the story of Ruth. We have encountered Ruth’s story a couple of times over the past year...
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Rev Leigh Greenwood
Sep 30, 20197 min read
Harvest: In Celebration of Water
Sunday was our Harvest festival, as part of which we held a collection for WaterAid, a charity which aims to ensure that everyone has...
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Rev Leigh Greenwood
Sep 23, 20198 min read
Five Scrolls: Lamentations
This is the second in our series on the Hamesh Megillot, or Five Scrolls from the Hebrew Bible. Check out last week's blog for an...
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Rev Leigh Greenwood
Sep 16, 20195 min read
Five Scrolls: Ecclesiastes
Our teaching over the past few months has been largely thematic - the Big Story, God in popular culture, the Lord's Prayer - and so I...
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Rev Leigh Greenwood
Sep 2, 20198 min read
Reflections on Welcome
Last Sunday marked one year since I started my ministry at SBC, and so I wanted us to go back to where we were a year ago and think about...
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Rev Leigh Greenwood
Aug 25, 20199 min read
Doctor Who and the Modern Parable
Last week we looked at Marc Chagall’s painting White Crucifixion, helped along by some poetry and some music. This week we stayed with...
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Rev Leigh Greenwood
Aug 19, 201910 min read
Reflecting on White Crucifixion
A couple of months ago, we spent a couple of weeks finding God in popular culture. We thought about what the animated film Kubo and the...
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Rev Leigh Greenwood
Aug 5, 20198 min read
The Lord's Prayer | Yours is the kingdom, the power and the glory
On Sunday we reached the end of our series on the Lord’s Prayer, with the doxology yours is the kingdom, the power and the glory, for...
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Rev Leigh Greenwood
Jul 29, 201910 min read
The Lord's Prayer | Lead us not into temptation
On Sunday morning we focused on the final petition of the Lord’s Prayer, lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. There is...
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Rev Leigh Greenwood
Jul 22, 201910 min read
The Lord's Prayer | Forgive us...as we forgive
When I emailed Sunday's Bible passage to the reader last week, he replied saying he would be interested to see how I would preach about...
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Rev Leigh Greenwood
Jul 15, 20199 min read
The Lord's Prayer | Give us today our daily bread
On Sunday morning we focused on the third part of the Lord’s Prayer, give us today our daily bread. We thought about a couple of...
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Rev Leigh Greenwood
Jul 8, 201910 min read
The Lord's Prayer | Your kingdom come
Last week we focused on the opening words of the Lord's Prayer, and thought a little about what it means to name God as Father and hallow...
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Rev Leigh Greenwood
Jul 1, 201910 min read
The Lord's Prayer | Our Father...hallowed be your name
On Sunday we started a new series digging deeper into the Lord’s Prayer. We pray it together almost every week, because it is good for us...
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Rev Leigh Greenwood
Jun 24, 201910 min read
Social Justice: Refugee Week
Last Sunday marked the end of Refugee Week, which aims to celebrate the contributions of refugees and encourage better understanding of...
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Rev Leigh Greenwood
Jun 12, 20193 min read
The Grace of Gamaliel
We've had a few guest speakers recently, while our minister has been away, and they have kindly provided us with some of their notes....
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