Our Vicar, Revd. John Hayward, delivered a number of sermons at St Mary’s following his sabbatical travels. They reflect both John's Camino de Santiago walk in 2014, and his sabbatical trips to Egypt and Greece in 2023. 

Download them all below:

Camino de Santiago

• Pilgrimage to Santiago Journey through Lent, Hebrews 11: 1-3, 8-16
• Pilgrimage to Canterbury, Abp. Becket, Addington Palace and RSCM
• Pilgrimage -  Road to Emmaus linked to Camino, Luke 24: 13-35

Greece

• Meteora Monasteries in Greece
• Count the Cost before Travel. Contrast Jesus and Alexander the Great.
  Luke 14: 27-33

Egypt

• Moses, The Law, 10 Commandments, Transfiguration, Elijah, Burning Bush, St Catherine’s Monastery
• St Catherine's Monastery, Sinai, Egypt
• Moses, snake, overcame, deliverance, passion, death and resurrection, Prince Philip’s walking stick. Exodus 7 and Luke 22
• Romans, Moses, Bible, The Law, 10 Commandments, Transfiguration, Elijah, Burning Bush, St Catherine’s Monastery
• Matthew 2  1-12: God chooses his name, flight to Egypt, tyrants and avoiding tyranny – bias to the future and outward looking as Christ is made manifest to the wider world
• Ecumenical Councils – conciliar church government: Acts 4 1-22