Advent 3, 2014

For this Advent we have four different preachers who are all part of St Hilda's Church. There was no specific theme or brief beyond, of course, 'Advent' itself.

Advent 3 

• Who was John the Baptist? He himself said he was not Elijah (the precursor to the messiah), nor the promised prophet. (John 1:19 and onwards)
• Then who was he? He was, he said, a voice saying: get ready for the coming Messiah.
• But what about the baptism? That was for outsiders who wished to join the Jewish faith. Not for Jews. John does not answer directly. Instead he says ''I am not fit to untie the straps of his sandals" - the most menial of a slave's tasks.

And our Advent task too is to be prepared, spiritually, to walk with Christ

Carol Ann Shields
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We'll post brief notes of the sermons each week, just to give a flavour. As the weeks go by and Christmas comes closer we'll link each post to the others.

Advent 1: November 30th - Revd Michael Bass
Advent 2: December 7th - Revd Paul Bagshaw
Advent 3: December 14th - Carol Ann Shields
Advent 4: December 21st - Revd Jon Goode