Sunday Worship and Other Links (25th May)

WORSHIP
1. The bells of All Saints, Maidstone in Kent - BBC Radio 4
2. Choral Evensong from Southwark Cathedral - BBC Radio 3
3. Sunday Holy Communion livestreamed from St Helena's Church, Beaufort, South Carolina at 10:15 am Eastern Time, 3:15 pm London Time
4. Confirmation Service 2014 - St George's Church, Tanglin, Singapore Video
5. Choral Services from the Chapels of King's College, Cambridge
and Trinity College, Cambridge
and St John's College, Cambridge
and New College, Oxford
6. Sunday Hour - BBC Radio 2
SERMONS AND TALKS
7. Life in all its Fulness - Bishop Paul Williams - St Paul's Hammersmith Audio
8. Marks of the authentic Christian - William Taylor - St Helen's Vimeo [Acts 11:1-18]
9. Leyland Bible Week - Talks on Colossians - Anthony Billington, Head of Theology at the London Institute for Contemporary Christianity
10. A convergent dichotomy: the axioms and implications of science - Professor John Lennox - Veritas Forum video
11. Various other sermons available
All Souls, Langham Place
their 4,000 sermon searchable archive
St James the Less, Pimlico
Cathedral Church of the Advent, Birmingham Alabama
PRAYER
Please pray for the Church of England at this critical time; for the release and rescue of the abducted Nigerian schoolgirls and for release of Meriam Ibrahim in Sudan; for Egypt and its Christian community as elections take place on Monday and Tuesday; for the persecuted church and for Sudan, Uganda, China and Syria; for peace in Ukraine; and for the diocese of South Carolina and those affected by recent shootings and loss at sea.
12. Topical Prayers - Church of England
Prayers for the Church of England - Lent and Beyond
Egypt: A Saviour for Egypt? - Open Doors
Bishop Mouneer Anis' April newsletter and prayer request
Nigeria: Attacks in Borno following Jos bombings - CSW
Sudan: Lawyers appeal Meriam Ibrahim's death sentence - CSW
#SaveMeriam - CSW
Uganda: Uganda churches warned of Al Shabab ‘threats’ - WWM
China: CSW briefing explores tensions behind Zhejiang church demolitions - CSW
and there is a downloadable brief report and list of demolitions in the last month
Another Chinese church set to be demolished - Christian Today
Syria: Documents indicate Turkey connection to bishops' kidnappers - WWM
CURRENT AFFAIRS
13. Sunday Programme - current affairs with Edward Stourton - BBC Radio 4
14. Food for thought
Malala: Save My Nigerian Sisters - Time
Religious Violence And The Kidnapped Girls - Dean Phillip Jensen
One pregnant Christian’s death sentence in Sudan is relevant to us in the UK too - Gillan Scott
High Court judge says gay couple's adoption of Catholic Roma kids should go ahead despite parents' protest - Christian  Today
Not very Christian: Rural communities in uproar as 250 Anglican churches use ancient rules that could leave them facing bills for thousands in repairs - Independent
How Jesus Became God: A Review - Michael Kruger
How God became Jesus - Dr Chris Tilling
‘X’ marks the spot - Times of Malta
People of the Resurrection - Diocese of Singapore
Evangelism and Listening - Dr Ian Paul
FINALLY
15. A Free Three-Week Evangelistic Course - Glen Scrivener - 321 [watch and see what you think]
16. Preaching the Gospel from St John - David Cook - St Helen's Media
17. Bless this House - Lesley Garrett - BBC
18. The Duck Whisperer - Philip Bloom Vimeo

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