With a relaxing of the lock down rules during the Coronavirus crisis the church is able to run services again in the sanctuary, but with a limited number of worshippers. However, the decision to simultaneously continue with the live-stream services online was taken.

Below is the recording of the sermon for this week. Pastor Ray Pountney looks at the challenges the church is facing today and introduces a series of encouragement to live in faith from the book of Hebrews.

Living in Faith pt. 1: Faith, Not Religion – Genesis 4:1 – 16 – Rev Ray Pountney – 20th September 2020

• Reflective Hymn & Genesis 4:1-16

  Guide me, O Thou Great Jehovah

  Guide me, O Thou great Jehovah,
  Pilgrim through this barren land;
  I am weak, but Thou art mighty,
  Hold me with Thy pow’rful hand.
  Bread of heaven, Bread of heaven,
  Feed me till I want no more;
  Feed me till I want no more.
   
  Open now the crystal fountain,
  Whence the healing stream doth flow;
  Let the fire and cloudy pillar
  Lead me all my journey through.
  Strong Deliv’rer, strong Deliv’rer,
  Be Thou still my Strength and Shield;
  Be Thou still my Strength and Shield.
   
  Lord, I trust Thy mighty power,
  Wondrous are Thy works of old;
  Thou deliver’st Thine from thralldom,
  Who for naught themselves had sold:
  Thou didst conquer, Thou didst conquer
  Sin and Satan and the grave,
  Sin and Satan and the grave.
   
  When I tread the verge of Jordan,
  Bid my anxious fears subside;
  Death of death and hell’s Destruction,
  Land me safe on Canaan’s side.
  Songs of praises, songs of praises,
  I will ever give to Thee;
  I will ever give to Thee.

  
  Cain Murders Abel
   
  1 Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore Cain, and said, “I have acquired a man from the Lord.” 2 Then she bore again, this time his brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. 3 And in the process of time it came to pass that Cain brought an offering of the fruit of the ground to the Lord. 4 Abel also brought of the firstborn of his flock and of their fat. And the Lord respected Abel and his offering, 5 but He did not respect Cain and his offering. And Cain was very angry, and his countenance fell.
   
  6 So the Lord said to Cain, “Why are you angry? And why has your countenance fallen? 7 If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin lies at the door. And its desire is for you, but you should rule over it.”
   
  8 Now Cain talked with Abel his brother; and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother and killed him.
   
  9 Then the Lord said to Cain, “Where is Abel your brother?”
   
  He said, “I do not know. Am I my brother’s keeper?”
   
  10 And He said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood cries out to Me from the ground. 11 So now you are cursed from the earth, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand. 12 When you till the ground, it shall no longer yield its strength to you. A fugitive and a vagabond you shall be on the earth.”
   
  13 And Cain said to the Lord, “My punishment is greater than I can bear! 14 Surely You have driven me out this day from the face of the ground; I shall be hidden from Your face; I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond on the earth, and it will happen that anyone who finds me will kill me.”
   
  15 And the Lord said to him, “Therefore, whoever kills Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold.” And the Lord set a mark on Cain, lest anyone finding him should kill him.
   
  The Family of Cain
   
  16 Then Cain went out from the presence of the Lord and dwelt in the land of Nod on the east of Eden

  New King James Version

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