Becoming Communion

A sermon by Revd Richard Carter

(Sunday 25th July 2021)

A sermon preached by Revd Richard Carter on Sunday 25 July 2021, Eucharist for The Eighth Sunday after Trinity.

Readings of address: Gospel: John 6.1-21

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