Today, the sixth Sunday after Easter, we celebrate also the baptism of Sylvia Burnett-Stuart into the church. Michael Bayley examines the description of Paul’s arrival in Philippi. It reveals an extraordinary confidence and joy in the Christian message….and we witness to its continuing wellspring in this act of baptism.

'A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another'(John 13, 31-5). Shan Rush urges us to put that command into action in the context of Dementia Action Week, and what it implies for us all.

On this third Sunday of Easter, when Wren Adekunle-Purcell is baptised into our church, Beth Keith takes us to the story of Peter and Jesus by the lake of Galilee, to remind us that we are not judged, but called.

Concluding the Lenten series of sermons on parables, Anne Padget addresses one of the most challenging of Jesus' teachings.

The fourth Sunday in Lent is the Feast of Mothering Sunday, and Saint Mark's also welcomed on this day Shewan Abubkari in baptism. Beth Keith explores the theme of the mothering community in the context of the parable of the Good Shepherd.

'Master, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you did not sow ... I was afraid, so I went and hid your talent in the ground'. The parable is so well-known, and so often interpreted in particular ways. Janet Morley encourages us to see another meaning in it.

'Lent comes providentially to awaken us from our lethargy' says Pope Francis. In the Lenten series on parables, Mark Newitt awakens us to the issues in the parable called the Shrewd, or perhaps Unjust, Manager - the different titles attributed to it being a sign of the challenges it raises.

On this first Sunday in Lent, Michael Bayley begins a cycle of sermons examining Jesus' parables. The church's Lent study groups have been encouraged to read and think about the parables, using Paul Gooder's book (Canterbury Press, 2020).

Jonathan Williamson takes the readings on this, Church Action on Poverty Sunday, to explore what it means to radiate God's presence.

Richard Hide talks to us about his activities in the Democratic Republic of Congo