Thought for the Day-To be called Christians

The Good Shepherd, Niels Larsen Stevns, 1921

A Thought for the Day given at a lunchtime service of Holy Communion at St Olave Hart Street on Tuesday 28th April 2026 based on readings from Acts 11.19-26 and John 10.22-30.

Thought for the Day-Lost & Found

The Good Shepherd (The Lost Sheep), 1922, by Henry Ossawa Tanner

A Thought for the Day given at a Lunchtime Service of Holy Communion at St Olave Hart Street on Tuesday 9th December 2025 based on readings from Isaiah 40.1-11 and Matthew 18.12-14.

Sermon - My sheep hear my voice. I know them and they follow me.

Jorge Cocco Santángelo, The Good Shepherd, 2017

A sermon given during Sung Holy Communion at St Olave Hart Street at 11am on Sunday 11th May 2025 (Easter 4, Year C) based on readings from Acts 9.36-end and John 10.22-30. The service was followed by the Annual Parish Meeting.

Thought for the Day-The Great Shepherd of the Sheep

The Good Shepherd by John Kohan

A Thought for the Day given at the lunchtime service of Holy Communion at 11am on Wednesday 21st August 2024 at St Giles-in-the-Fields based on the text of Ezekiel 34.1–11 and inspired by the anniversary of the foundation of the World Council of Churches.

Sermon – A Pause before Freedom Day

Nelson Mandela Memorial by Marco Cianfanelli, unveiled by Jacob Zuma in 2012

A sermon preached on Sunday 18th July 2021 at St George’s Bloomsbury. The Seventh Sunday after Trinity (Proper 11, Year B) responding to the thematic readings: Jeremiah 23.1-6, Psalm 23, Ephesians 2.11-end, Mark 6.30-34, 53-end and referencing Nelson Mandela Day, celebrated across the world each year on 18th July; the day of his birth.

You can hear an audio recording of this sermon at this link.

Prayers of Intercession - The Good Shepherd

A Good Shepherd by John Ndevasia Muafangejo, 1974

Prayers written for the Sung Eucharist at St Stephen Walbrook at 12.45pm on Thursday 29th April 2021 (Year B, Easter 4) based on readings from John 10.11-18 and Psalm 23.

Let us offer our prayers to the Lord, our Shepherd.

Prayers of Intercession - Trinity 1

The Great Commission by James He Qi

Prayers of intercession for the Sung Eucharist at St Stephen Walbrook on Thursday 18th June 2020 (Trinity 1) based on Matthew 9.35-10.8.

Let us pray