Showing posts with label WW2. Show all posts
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Sunday, 21 June 2026

Sermon on the 75th Anniversary of the start of the restoration of St Olave Hart Street


A sermon given at St Olave Hart Street on Sunday 21st June 2026 during a service marking the seventy fifth anniversary of the start of the restoration of the church after World War II, based on readings from Ephesians 2:19-22 and John 2.19-22 and the words given by Bishop Arne Fjelbu and King Haakon VII at St Olave Hart Street in June 1951. More information and pictures of the service are at this link.

Friday, 7 November 2025

Sermon-And there's another country, I've heard of long ago

Photographs of the Fallen from the William Cory & Son Roll of Honour

A sermon given at The Corynthians Remembrance Service on Friday 7th November 2025 at St Olave Hart Street commemorating employees of William Cory & Son (now Cory Group) who fought and died in WW1 and WW2. The sermon is based on the text of Micah 4.1-5 and inspired by the music sung during the service and the rediscovery this year of the company ‘Roll of Honour’.

Sermon-Who is Jesus? Who am I? Who am I becoming?

Georges Rouault, Christ (1925–27) A sermon given during Holy Communion at St Olave Hart Street on Sunday 27 th September 2026 (Year A, Seve...