St Bride's: Sermon Series

As the parish church of journalism, St Bride's is keen to hear and disseminate the word of visiting preachers both lay and clergy.

Each Lent there is a series of sermons during Sunday morning services on a given theme.

Here you can listen again to past sermons and read transcripts where available.

2013: Faith & Work Sermon Series

Work is part of the normal experience of the vast majority of people, but for the person of faith is it also part of our vocation? Do faith and work relate to each other in any way, or do we keep them in separate boxes? If our vocation as Christians is to be faithful to God in the many different things we find ourselves doing in life, then what we do in our working lives must be part of that vocation.

But is this reflected in what goes on in church?

How many sermons have you heard which deal specifically with workplace issues? Or is the impression given that commitment to the life of the church is far more important than commitment to the life of the world?

Our series of Lent addresses is an attempt at beginning to address these challenges. I have invited five members of the congregation to reflect on their own

work and how their faith influences or affects what they do during the working week. We shall hear from a barrister, a businessman, a journalist a mother and a teacher about some of the challenges they face in being a Christian in the workplace. And Charles Hippsley from the London Institute for Contemporary Christianity will help us look at how faith in the workplace fits in to the wider picture of the Gospel as being concerned with the whole of our lives, not just the time we spend in church.

The Gospel is holistic. It affects all of life and every aspect of who we are. The challenge this Lent is to think and pray about how we can all live and share this Gospel more effectively in our daily work.

Faith And Work

From the Heart

Charles Christie-Webb, Estate Agent
Sunday 17 February at 11:00am

Charles Christie-Webb has been selling houses for the last 27 years from a vintage double-decker bus in Camden Town where he lives with his wife, Julie and son, Tom and keeps chickens in the back-garden.

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Christian values to work, based on the story of Ruth and Boaz

Charles Hippsley, Director of LICC Workplace Forum
Sunday 24 February at 11:00am

Having volunteered with LICC for a number of years as a Workplace Associate, Charles joined LICC full time in January 2012. Previously, Charles worked in financial services as Chief Operating Officer of a private equity investment company, and was Executive Director of a listed technology products and services business. He has lectured and led workshops on workplace theology and related topics and has been involved in church leadership for many years.

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Faith in the Newsroom

Rachel Corp, ITN News Editor
Sunday 3 March at 11:00am

Currently News Editor at ITV News, running Home or Foreign Newsgathering on the day, covering all aspects of news for ITV programmes. Previously worked on the road for ITN around the UK and the world and for the BBC in the Former Soviet Union. Also responsible for the ITV News Assistant News Editors and work experience internships.

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My Faith and Motherhood

Emma Chamberlain, Full Time Mother
Sunday 10 March at 11:00am

Emma was born in York in 1979 and studied history and religious studies at Lancaster University from 1997 to 2000. After graduating Emma moved to London to work in the not for profi t sector and began working for the Church Commissioners in 2001. She married fellow St Bride's Guildsman Matt at St Bride's in 2005. Emma gave up work to be a full time mother when their son Tom was born in March 2010. Their daughter Laura was born in May 2012.

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Dieu et mon droit

Nick Baldock, Barrister
Sunday 17 March at 11:00am

Called to the bar in 1983. Practised in general common law from 6 Pump Court in the Temple since 1985. Sits as a legal assessor for the General Medical Council. Guildsman at St Brides. Proud husband and father. Can't sing or play a note but loves music.

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Why I am a teacher: because I know education changes people's lives

Kate Treacy, Deputy Head of English
Sunday 24 March at 11:00am

Kate studied English and Related Literature at the University of York and after a brief career in the Charity sector became a teacher in 2008. She now has responsibility for GCSE English at an all-Girls comprehensive school in Camden.

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