Sermon themes and readings

Download the latest sermon themes and readings.

Our sermons are uploaded to Youtube most weeks, for later access by those who can’t be here in person or who are serving in kids/youth programs.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_VcOAo_vhPLcL2Gv5Jwkuw

Foundational Bible Verses: We encourage all St James members to be familiar with our set of foundational Bible Verses. We use these for our Verse of the Day, and have a focus Memory Verse for each month. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KiCRSx3TWD1Sb9YGwbZB7DkNqtwkbbzp/view?usp=sharing

Term 1, 2026

Term 4, 2025

Term 3, 2025

Term 2, 2025

Term 1, 2025

Term 4, 2024

We have a series of special themes in Term 4: BCA Sunday, Reformation, All Saints, Remembrance, Giving and Christ the King.

During Advent we will be reading from Ezekiel 34 & 37.

Term 3, 2024

Term 2, 2024

Summer Holidays & Term 1, 2024

Term 4, 2023

All Saints Day – 5 November – The Letter from Jude

Term 3, 2023

Term 2, 2023

Term 1, 2023

During Term 1 of 2023, many of the Anglican Churches in the NT will be reading through Luke chapters 6-11. We are joining in with this plan, discovering what Jesus did and taught through this part of his ministry.

Term 4, 2022

During Term 4 we observe a range of special annual Sundays, including Anglicare Sunday, Reformation Sunday, All Saints Sunday, Christ the King and Advent.

Term 3, 2022

Term 2, 2022

Term 1, 2022

Term 4, 2021

During Term 4 we have a number of seasonal Sundays, including Reformation Sunday, All Saints Day, Remembrance Sunday and Advent. This year we will work through Luke 1 over the four weeks of Advent.

Term 2-3, 2021

A 4-week series on Prayer runs 11 April – 2 May, followed by a run of “annual” Sundays including Mothers Day, Ascension Sunday, Pentecost and Trinity Sunday.

Term 1, 2021 (Readings from Mark 11-16)

Transformed Lives

From late September until Advent we will be exploring what it means to live Transformed Lives, by the power of the Holy Spirit. Some special Sundays during this time include Anglicare Sunday, Reformation Sunday, All Saints Day, Remembrance Sunday and our Giving Sunday for 2020.

During Advent and Christmas we will follow the Lectionary readings.

God’s Big Story of the Bible

During June – September 2020 we are spending 14 weeks exploring God’s Big Story of the Bible.

Holy Week & April-May

During Holy Week we will follow the Lectionary readings.

During 19/4 – 10/5 we will have a short series on 1 Samuel 1-3.

On 17/5 we will celebration Jesus’ Ascension, with the Lectionary readings for Ascension Day.

On 24/5 we will observe the National Day of Thanks.

On 31/5 we will celebrate the Day of Pentecost, with the Lectionary readings.

October 2019 – 12 January 2020

We are following the lectionary during October-November, and then into Advent and Christmas.

On 19 January 2020 we will start a new series on Paul’s first letter to the church in Corinth.

August 2019

Image of postcards from Ephesus and Athens with the caption Postcards from Paul. Sermon series in Acts.
Postcards from Paul

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