Other sermons and talks
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Click here for sermons and addresses given in the Cathedral by the Bishop of Coventry.
May 2013
12/05/2013 ‘Remember Our Child’ Annual Service (Revelation 21.1-4, John 10.22-30) John Witcombe text
11/05/2013 Choral Evensong (Coventry Branch of the Prayer Book Society) (2 Samuel 19.1-24, 2 Thessalonians 3.1-17) David Stone text
April 2013
27/04/2013 Mothers’ Union Provincial Service (Acts 13.44-end, John 14.7-14) John Witcombe text
‘Faith in Conflict’ Conference
26/02/2013 ‘The Exasperating Patience of God’ Sam Wells audio | text
26/02/2013 Bill Marsh interviews the Revd Tory Baucum and Bishop Shannon Johnston audio
27/02/2013 ‘The Habits of Conflict Resilience’ Jo Bailey Wells audio | text
28/02/2013 ‘Resilient Tents of Meeting’ Jo Bailey Wells audio | text
28/02/2013 ‘The Crooked, Straight Path of Reconciliation’ Justin Welby audio | text
Further downloads and transcriptions will be placed here as they become available.
March 2013
24/03/2013 Palm Sunday (Ps 69.1-20, Isaiah 5.1-7, Luke 20.9-19) John Witcombe text
February 2013
13/02/2013 Short Address in the Frauenkirche, Dresden John Witcombe text
13/02/2013 The Liturgy for Ash Wednesday (Isaiah 58.1-12, John 8.1-11) John Stroyan, Bishop of Warwick text
10/02/2013 Choral Evensong on Quinquagesima (Exodus 3.1-6; John 12.27-36a) John Witcombe text
January 2013
20/01/2013 Dean’s First Choral Evensong (1 Samuel 3.1-20, Ephesians 4.1-16) John Witcombe text
19/01/2013 Dean’s Installation (Isaiah 61.1-4, Matthew 5.1-12) John Witcombe text
Celebration and Thanksgiving for the Golden Jubilee Festival
Click here for the text of the address given by Festival Director Michael Foster at a special service of Choral Evensong on 13 January 2013.
BBC Radio 4 Sunday Worship
Click here for the text of the address given by the Canon Precentor during the service broadcast live on Radio 4 on 14th October 2012.
Golden Jubilee Service
Click here for the sermon preached by the Archbishop of Canterbury at the special service on 25th May 2012 to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of the Cathedral's consecration.
Talks for Holy Week 2012
given by the Bishop of Warwick
02/04/2012 “The whole earth is full of his glory” (Isaiah 6.3) - Matter Matters text
03/04/2012 “As lambs among wolves” (Luke 10.3) - Vulnerable Witness text
04/04/2012 “For with you is the fountain of life. In your light we see light” (Psalm 36.9) - His Life In Us text
Bystanders at the Cross - Lent Talks 2012
Richard Cooke’s Talks and details of the music introduced by Helen McGowan
27/02/2012 Week 1: Introduction text
27/02/2012 Week 1: Mark text
05/03/2012 Week 2: Matthew text
12/03/2012 Week 3: Luke text
19/03/2012 Week 4: John text
26/03/2012 Week 5: Paul text
Paul Wignall’s poems
27/02/2012 Week 1: A Death in the Desert text
05/03/2012 Week 2: The Little Fishie text
12/03/2012 Week 3: Court Report text
19/03/2012 Week 4: Shavuot text
26/03/2012 Week 5: Benedicite text
Friends’ Festival Choral Evensongs
25/09/2011 Revelation 5 Christopher Lamb text
24/09/2011 Coventry Cathedral 1962-2012 (John 20.11-18) Michael Sadgrove text
Lent Series: Mission in a Secular and Spiritual Age
11/04/2011 4: Making Disciples Martin Robinson audio | study notes
04/04/2011 3: Spirituality “yes”, religion “no” Martin Robinson audio | study notes
28/03/2011 2: The Church is not the Issue! Martin Robinson audio | study notes
21/03/2011 1: 'Europe - the exceptional case' Martin Robinson audio | study notes
A Celebration of the Ministry of Readers
29/01/2011 Bishop John Stroyan text
25/12/09 Christmas Day (Isaiah 9.2-7, Luke 2.1-14) John Irvine text