This section contains a selection of talks, sermons, etc. The intention is that all sermons will appear hear. We occasionally have the odd technical glitch that means we miss the odd one!
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St John's Sermons and Talks
| Talk |
File |
Size |
Comment |
Confirmation Service
19th October 2008 |
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5.3Mb |
The Bishop of Taunton, Peter Morris, preaching during the Yeovil Deanary confirmation service in St John's |
Holy Communion
12th October 2008 |
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8Mb |
Alison Handcock preaching on the parable of The Shrewd Manager, from Luke 16:1-9 |
Together for Worship
5th October 2008 |
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7Mb |
James Dudley-Smith's Harvest sermon from Psalm 65 |
Holy Communion
28th September 2008 |
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7Mb |
Brian Adams' sermon on Luke 15:25-32, continuing our series from Luke and preaching on the second half of the parable of the 'Prodigal Son'. The children's talk is also available  . |
Together for Worship
21st September 2008 |
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12Mb |
Mark Deneufchatel's sermon on Luke 15:11-24, 'The Prodigal Son', the associated presentation is here. Marc and Hilary are our new misson link partners and we will be supporting them as they start their work in Benin, West Africa. You can listen to Hilary's talk here and see the her presentation here |
Together for Communion
31st August 2008 |
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6Mb |
Alison Handcock's sermon on Luke 14:25-35, continuing our series from Luke. |
Holy Communion
24th August 2008 |
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9Mb |
James Dudley-Smith preaching on 'The Parable of the Great Banquet' Luke 14:15-23, continuing the sermon series from Luke's Gospel. Also available is the young peoples talk. |
Morning Worship
13th July 2008 |
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11Mb |
Alison Handcock's talk on Luke 13:10-17, continuing our series from Luke. |
Together for Communion
29th June 2008 |
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6Mb |
'Do not worry' - James Dudley-Smith preaching from Luke 12:22-28, part 6 of the sermon series from Luke's Gospel. |
Holy Communion
22nd June 2008 |
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8.6Mb |
James Dudley-Smith preaching from Luke 12:49-59, part 5 of the sermon series from Luke's Gospel. Also available is the childrens talk. |
Morning Worship
15th June 2008 |
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6Mb |
Keith Stevens preaching from Luke 12:41-48, part 4 of the sermon series from Luke's Gospel. |
Holy Communion
8th June 2008 |
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6Mb |
James Dudley-Smith preaching from Luke 12:35-40, part 3 of the sermon series from Luke's Gospel. |
Holy Communion
25th May 2008 |
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9.7Mb |
James Dudley-Smith preaching from Luke 12:8-11, part 2 of the sermon series from Luke's Gospel. |
Morning Worship
18th May 2008 |
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9.4Mb |
James Dudley-Smith preaching from Luke 12:1-7 and introducing the new sermon series from Luke's Gospel covering Jesus' journey to Jerusalem |
Diocesan Evangelical Fellowship
13th May 2008 |
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23Mb |
 The Rev Dr Chris Wright, International Director of The Langham Partnership, giving a talk titled "Do All Religions Lead to God". Also available is Chris' introduction to the work of the Langham Partnership.
The Langham Partnership promotes and enables Biblical teaching around the World. |
Morning Worship
20th April 2008 |
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9Mb |
James Dudley-Smith preaching from 1 Peter 2:18-25 |
Holy Communion
30th March 2008 |
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6.1Mb |
James Dudley-Smith preaching on the difference Jesus' death and resurrection makes to us, from Romans 6:1-10 |
Palm Sunday
16th March 2008 |
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12Mb |
Morning Worship
Alison Handcock preaching on the Jesus' entry into Jerusalem. It includes a dramatised version of Luke 19:28-48 |
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7.4Mb |
Evening Ecumenical Lent Service
James Dudley-Smith also preaching on the Jesus' entry into Jerusalem, this time from Mark 11:1-11 |
Holy Communion
9th March 2008 |
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10Mb |
 Dick Lucas preaching on 'The Repentant Thief', from Luke 23:26-49
Dick is a World renowned biblical preacher and, before his retirement, was Rector of St Helens, Bishopsgate in London for nearly 40 years. He also founded the Proclamation Trust |
Holy Communion
10th February 2008 |
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5Mb |
James Dudley-Smith preaching on giving, from 1 Chronicles 29:1-9. Also available is James' talk on finance that he gave at the start of the service |
Holy Communion
13th January 2008 |
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8Mb |
David Keen talking about the planned housing developments around Yeovil, and the Church in Yeovil's mission to meet the spiritual needs of those living there. This presentation accompanies David's talk and it will make a lot more sense if you look at the presentation as you listen! |
Together for Worship
6th January 2008 |
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3.8Mb |
James Dudley-Smith preaching on the Wise Men, from Matthew 2:1-18 |
Family Communion
30th December 2007 |
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4.9Mb |
James Dudley-Smith preaching on Mary and Martha, from Luke 10:38-42 |
Christmas Celebration
Christmas Day 2007 |
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6.5Mb |
James Dudley-Smith preaching on Isaiah 7 and 2 Kings 16, with the help of the congregation. |
Midnight Communion
Christmas Eve 2007 |
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4Mb |
James Dudley Smith preaching on Luke 1:26-38 |
Holy Communion
23rd December 2007 |
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5.5Mb |
James Dudley-Smith preaching on the names of Jesus. This also includes another excellent drama from CYFA! |
Morning Worship
16th December 2007 |
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6.5Mb |
Alison Handcock and CYFA on Advent. This includes various bits from the service including some excellent dramatised readings by CYFA! |
Morning Worship
18th November 2007 |
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6.5Mb |
James Dudley-Smith continuing the sermon series on The Church and preaching on 1 Corinthians 13 |
Remembrance Sunday
11th November 2007 |
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5Mb |
James Dudley-Smith, preaching on Remembrance Sunday |
Holy Communion
28th October 2007 |
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7.5Mb |
James Dudley-Smith, preaching on Worship, continuing with the series on The Church |
Morning Worship
21st October 2007 |
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7Mb |
Alison Handcock, preaching on John 14:15-31, "The Holy Spirit". |
Holy Communion
14th October 2007 |
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6Mb |
Brian Adams, continuing the series on The Church Today, preaching from John 21:15-25, "Jesus reinstates Peter" and Acts 6:1-7, "The choosing of the seven". |
Holy Communion
23rd September 2007 |
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6Mb |
Andy Lenton, preaching on John 21:1-14, "The miraculous catch of fish". Andy is vicar of Holy Trinity, Buenos Aires, Argentina, and is our SAMS link partner. |
Holy Communion
9th September 2007 |
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8Mb |
James Dudley-Smith preaching on "What is the Church" introducing the new sermon series. |
Holy Communion
26th August 2007 |
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7Mb |
James Dudley-Smith preaching on Joshua 24:19-33 |
Morning Worship
19th August 2007 |
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9.6Mb |
James Dudley-Smith preaching on Joshua 24:1-18. This sermon was in two parts, the mp3 file contains both, and includes the readings.
This service also included the baptism of Malakhi McDaid. You can listen to the recording here.
The prayers are available here. |
Together for Communion
29th July 2007 |
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4.8Mb |
James Dudley-Smith preaching on Luke 18:9-14 |
Morning Worship
15th July 2007 |
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8Mb |
David Upton preaching on Joshua 6:1-21 |
Morning Worship
17th June 2007 |
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5.6Mb |
Keith Stevens preaching on Joshua 4
Also, Keith's talk at the start of the service
and Ed Bangay interviewing Ivor and Anthea Hughes |
Holy Communion
10th June 2007 |
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6.5Mb |
James Dudley-Smith preaching on Joshua 3:1-17 |
Morning Worship
20th May 2007 |
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6.5Mb |
Alison Handcock preaching on Joshua 1:10-18 |
Holy Communion
13th May 2007 |
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7Mb |
James Dudley-Smith preaching Joshua 1:1-9
This is the start of a new sermon series on Joshua. Also in this service, we fortunate to have the Rev. Charlie Thomas with us from Zambia, talking about his work with Street Kids in Kitwe. You can listen to an interview with him by clicking here . |
Together for Worship
6th May 2007 |
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4Mb |
James Dudley-Smith preaching John 1:15-28 |
Together for Holy Communion
29 Apr 2007 |
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5Mb |
James Dudley-Smith preaching on John 10:22-30 |
Holy Communion
22 Apr 2007 |
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4Mb |
Keith Stevens preaching on Peter's reinstatement John 21:1-19 |
Morning Worship
15 Apr 2007 |
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1.5Mb
5.5Mb |
Alison Handcock preaching on 'Doubting Thomas' John 20:19-31
Note: This talk was in 2 parts. |
Easter Sunday
8 Apr 2007 |
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7Mb |
David Upton preaching on Acts 10:34-43 |
Holy Communion
25 Mar 2007 |
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7Mb |
James Dudley-Smith preaching on John 12:1-11
Note: the sound quality isn't very good on this recording. |
Mothering Sunday
18 Mar 2007 |
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4Mb |
Alison Handcock |
Holy Communion
11 Mar 2007 |
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4Mb |
Brain Adams preaching on Luke 13:1-9 |
Holy Communion
25 Feb 2007 |
 |
4Mb |
James Dudley-Smith's Sermon on, 1 Chronicles 17, celebrating John Newton Sunday. Check out www.johnnewton.org for the presentation James used at the start of the service.
Note, the first 2-3 minutes are missing due to glitch. Also, the quality is poor for the first bit. Just so you don't miss out, the sermon notes are available - click the pdf icon on the left |
Holy Communion
14 Jan 2007 |
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9Mb |
David Upton preaching on spiritual gifts, 1 Corinthians 12:1-11 |
31 Dec 2006
Family Communion |
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6.5Mb |
James Dudley-Smith's Sermon on Luke 3:41-52. The Boy Jesus at the Temple |
Midnight
Christmas Eve 2006 |
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12Mb |
James Dudley-Smith's Sermon |
For those of you who were unable to join us, Nick's talks are available to download here or you can borrow them on CD from St John's.
