St John's Church Hartford

The Parish of Hartford and Greenbank, Cheshire

Sermons and Talks

Sermons and talks are now available in MP3 format, for download or streaming. There are instructions at the bottom of the page. We update this page with new sermons approximately once a month.

Tapes of all sermons are always available for a small charge in church after each service.

You can also listen to sermons on the Christ Church Greenbank website - follow the links to Downloads.

Sunday Morning Sermons

Sunday Evening Sermons

Joel: "Terror and Hope"

Jan 13: Joel 1: "Alas for that day!"
(Preacher: George Crowder)

Jan 20: Joel 2.1-17: "Rend your heart!"
(Preacher: George Crowder)

Jan 27: Joel 2.18-32: "I will pour out my Spirit"
(Preacher: George Crowder)

Feb 3: Joel 3: "The valley of decision"
(Preacher: George Crowder)

"Being God's holy people ..."

Feb 10: Ephesians 1.3-14: "... by God's grace"
(Preacher: Mike Smith)

Feb 17: Ephesians 1.15-23: "... captive to God's word"
(Preacher: Mike Smith)

Feb 24: Ephesians 4.1-16: "... together"
(Preacher: Mike Smith)

Mar 2: 2 Corinthians 8-9: "... using God's resources"
(Preacher: James Hughes)

Mar 9: Ephesians 6.1-4: "... nurturing the next generation"
(Preacher: Roger Fawcett)

Mar 16: Ephesians 6.10-20: "... making Christ known"
(Preacher: George Crowder)

Mar 23: Easter Sunday. Isaiah 25.6-9: "A victory feast!"
(Preacher: Roger Fawcett)

Mar 30: Isaiah 65.17-25: "Blessed by the Lord"
(Preacher: Mike Smith)

Apr 6: Luke 24.36-48: "Dinner Party Shock!"
(Preacher: Roger Fawcett)

Daniel: "An Enduring Kingdom"

Apr 13: Daniel 1-5: "The God of Heaven… and the Kingdoms of Men"
(Preacher: George Crowder)

Apr 20: Daniel 6: "Daniel in the Den"
(Preacher: David Charlton)

"From the Gospel of Matthew"

Jan 13: Matthew 5.1-16: "Your kingdom come"
(Preacher: Mike Smith)

Jan 20: Matthew 5.17-48: "Not abolition, but fulfilment"
(Preacher: Mike Smith)

Jan 27: Matthew 6.1-18: "No hypocrisy!"
(Preacher: Mike Smith)

Feb 3: Matthew 6.19-34: "Storing and seeking"
(Preacher: Mike Smith)

Feb 10: Matthew 7.1-12: "Wisdom and power"
(Preacher: Roger Fawcett)

Feb 17: Matthew 7.13-29: "Two ways to live"
(Preacher: George Crowder)

Feb 24: Matthew 8.1-17: "He took up our infirmities"
(Preacher: James Hughes)

Mar 2: Matthew 8.18-34: "What kind of man is this?"
(Preacher: Jeremy Hunns)

Mar 9: Matthew 9.1-17: "The mission of Jesus"
(Preacher: James Hughes)

Mar 16: Real Issues: "Sex" - Main talk and slides available*
(Preacher: Mike Smith)
(* see below for help on viewing slides)

Mar 20: Maundy Thursday service
(Preacher: James Hughes)

Mar 23: Easter Sunday. Matthew 9.18-34: "Easter Power!"
(Preacher: Mike Smith)

Mar 30: Matthew 9.35-10.15: "The Lord of the Harvest"
(Preacher: Dick Clague)

Apr 6: Confirmation Service
(Preacher: Bishop Peter Forster)

"Our Anglican Faith"

A series on The 39 Articles of the Anglican Faith - you can also download a handout to accompany the series.

Apr 13: "Article 1: Of Faith in the Holy Trinity"
(Preacher: Mike Smith)

Apr 20: "Article 2: Of Christ the Son of God"
(Preacher: Mike Smith)

Complete Sermon Series, Other Recordings and Presentations

2 Peter 3 - "God's Word about Christ's return" (November and December 2007, mornings)

Christmas and New Year 2007/2008 (all Carol services and other sermons around Christmas 2007)

Ezekiel 1-12 - "Warnings from God's watchman" (October to December 2007, evenings)

James - "The Implanted Word" (September to November 2007, mornings)

2 Corinthians - "My grace is sufficient for you" (May to September 2007, evenings)

Mark 12.30-31 - "The greatest commandment" (September 2007, mornings)

Judges 4-8 - "Deborah and Gideon" (July/August 2007, mornings)

John 15-17 - "The last word" (May to July 2007, mornings)

Romans 8.29-30 - "Conformed to Christ" (April/May 2007, mornings)

1 Peter - "Resurrection Power" (Easter 2007, mornings)

Matthew 26-28 - "The Passion of the Christ" (Easter 2007, evenings)

John 12-14 - "The hour has come" (March 2007, mornings)

Ecclesiastes - "Vanity of vanities" (January to April 2007, evenings)

Other Sermons - miscellaneous sermons from Missionary Weekends, Confirmation Services and other events (2007)

Parish Weekend, Swanwick - Speaker: Geoff Turner, September 2007

Real Issues - "The lost meaning of the Cross" followed by Question and Answer session (Mike Smith, Dec 16th 2007)

Real Issues - "The Death of Christian Britain?" (Mike Smith, July 29th 2007)

Chester Diocesan Evangelical Fellowship Debate - The Mechanism of Creation (June 5th 2007)

Annual General Meeting - recordings, report and presentation (25th April 2007)

Instructions

These sermons are all large files and will download quickest using a broadband connection. Dial-up users can still access them, but it will be very slow.

Simply clicking on the links above should start the files downloading to your computer and they will start to play after a short time.

We have tested these downloads on Internet Explorer 6 and 7, Firefox, Opera and Safari. Unfortunately, there are many combinations of browsers and media players which may work slightly differently. If you have any problems try right-clicking (on a PC) or CTRL-clicking (on Apple computers) and selecting the "Save Target As..." or "Save Link As..." (or similar) option. Also, watch out for Internet Explorer blocking content or security messages - you can safely allow any content on this site.

* PowerPoint slides: If you don't have PowerPoint, you can download free viewers for Windows or Apple Computers from Microsoft.

Finally, if you are still having problems, please email the church office and we will try to help.