Sermons

Please click on the links below to download the most recent sermons by the Reverend Matthew Pollard, Rector at Bridlington Priory.

Archived sermons (from 2015-2017) are available here.

OCTOBER 2021
10th Oct 2021 Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity
Amos 5: 6, 7, 10 – 15; Mark 10: 17 – 31

Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity (Evensong)
Joshua 5: 13 – 6: 20; Matthew 11: 20 – 3
SEPTEMBER 2021
19th Sep 2021 Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity
James 3: 13 – 4: 3, 7 – 8; Mark 9: 30 – 37

Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity (Evening)
Exodus 19: 10 – end; Matthew 8: 23 – end
12th Sep 2021 Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity (Choral Evensong)
Exodus 18: 13 – 26; Matthew 7: 1 – 14
5th Sep 2021 Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity
James 2: 1 – 17; Mark 7: 24 – 37
AUGUST 2021
29th Aug 2021 Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity
James 1: 17 – end; Mark 7: 1 – 8, 14, 15, 21 – 23
22nd Aug 2021 Twelfth Sunday after Trinity
Ephesians 6: 10 – 20; John 6: 56 – 69
1st Aug 2021 Ninth Sunday after Trinity
Ephesians 4: 1 – 16; John 6: 24 – 35
JULY 2021
4th July 2021 Fifth Sunday after Trinity
2 Corinthians 12: 2 – 10; Mark 6: 1 – 13
JUNE 2021
20th June 2021 Third Sunday after Trinity
2 Corinthians 6: 1 – 13; Mark 4: 35 – end
6th June 2021 First Sunday after Trinity
2 Corinthians 4: 13 – 5: 1; Mark 3: 20 – end
MAY 2021
30th May 2021 Trinity Sunday
Romans 8: 12 – 17; John 3: 1 – 17
23rd May 2021 Pentecost Sunday
Acts 2: 1 – 21 and John 15: 26, 27; 16: 4b – 15
9th May 2021 Sixth Sunday of Easter
Acts 10: 44 – end; John 15: 9 – 17
2nd May 2021 Fifth Sunday of Easter
Acts 8: 26 – end; John 15: 1 – 8
APRIL 2021
18th Apr 2021 Third Sunday of Easter
Acts 3: 12 – 19; Luke 24: 36b – 48
11th Apr 2021 Second Sunday of Easter
Acts 4: 32 – 35; John 20: 1 – end
4th Apr 2021 Easter Sunday
Acts 10: 34 – 43; Mark 16: 1 – 8
MARCH 2021
28th Mar 2021 Palm Sunday
Philippians 2: 5 – 11; John 12: 12 – 16
14th Mar 2021 Mothering Sunday
Exodus 2: 1 – 10; John 19: 25b – 27
7th Mar 2021 Third Sunday of Lent
Exodus 20: 1 – 17; John 2: 13 – 22
FEBRUARY 2021
28th Feb 2021 Second Sunday of Lent
Genesis 17: 1 – 7, 15 – 16; Mark 8: 31 – end
14th Feb 2021 Sunday Next before Lent
2 Kings 2: 1 – 12; Mark 9: 2 – 9
7th Feb 2021 Great Gale Service
Proverbs 1: 22 – 31; John 1: 1 – 14
JANUARY 2021
24th Jan 2021 Third Sunday of Epiphany
Genesis 14: 17 – 20; John 2: 1 – 11
17th Jan 2021 Second Sunday of Epiphany
1 Samuel 3: 1 – 10; John 1: 43 – end
3rd Jan 2021 Epiphany Sunday
Isaiah 60: 1 – 6; Matthew 2: 1 – 12
DECEMBER 2020
25th Dec 2020 Christmas Morning
13th Dec 2020 Third Sunday of Advent
Isaiah 61: 1 – 4, 8 – end; John 1: 6 – 8, 19 – 28
6th Dec 2020 Second Sunday of Advent
Isaiah 40: 1 – 11: Mark 1: 1 – 8
NOVEMBER 2020
22nd Nov 2020 Christ the King
Ezekiel 34: 11 – 16, 20 – 24; Matthew 25: 31 – end
15th Nov 2020 Second Sunday before Advent
Zephaniah 1: 7, 12 – end; Matthew 25: 14 – 30
OCTOBER 2020
18th Oct 2020 St. Luke’s Day
Acts 16: 6 – 12a; Luke 10: 1 – 9
SEPTEMBER 2020
27th Sep 2020 St. Michael and All Angels
Revelation 12: 7 – 12; John 1: 47 – end
6th Sep 2020 Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity
Ezekiel 33: 7 – 11; Matthew 18: 15 – 20
AUGUST 2020
23rd Aug 2020 Eleventh Sunday after Trinity
Isaiah 51: 1 – 6; Matthew 16: 13 – 20
16th Aug 2020 Festival of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Isaiah 61: 10 – end; Luke 1: 46 – 55
FEBRUARY 2020
23rd Feb 2020 Sunday Next before Lent (Evensong)
Ecclesiasticus 48: 1 – 10; Matthew 17: 9 – 23
9th Feb 2020 Great Gale Service
1 Corinthians 2: 1 – 12; Matthew 5: 13 – 20
2nd Feb 2020 Candlemas
Hebrews 2: 14 – end; Luke 2: 22 – 40
JANUARY 2020
26th Jan 2020 Third Sunday of Epiphany
1 Corinthians 1: 10 – 18; Matthew 4: 12 – 23
19th Jan 2020 Second Sunday of Epiphany
Galatians 1: 11 – end; John 1: 43 – end
13th Jan 2020 Baptism of Christ
Acts 10: 34 – 43; Matthew 3: 13 – end
5th Jan 2020 Epiphany Sunday
Ephesians 3: 1 – 12; Matthew 2: 1 – 12
DECEMBER 2019
15th Dec 2019 Third Sunday of Advent/Gaudete Sunday (Evensong)
Isaiah 5: 8 to end; John 5: 31 – 40
NOVEMBER 2019
24th Nov 2019 Christ the King (Evensong)
1 Samuel 8: 4 – 20; John 18: 33 – 37
10th Nov 2019 Remembrance Sunday (at the Civic War Memorial)
Micah 4: 1 – 5

Remembrance Sunday (Evensong)
1 Kings 3: 1 – 15; Romans 8: 31 – end
OCTOBER 2019
27th Oct 2019 Bible Sunday
Jeremiah 36: 9 – 32; Romans 10: 5 – 17
13th Oct 2019 Seventeeth Sunday after Trinity
2 Timothy 2: 8 – 15; Luke 17: 11 – 19
6th Oct 2019 Mayor’s Civic Service
2 Timothy 1: 1 – 14; Luke 17: 5 – 10

Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity
Nehemiah 5: 1 – 13; John chapter 9
SEPTEMBER 2019
29th Sep 2019 St. Michael and All Angels
Revelations 12: 7 – 12; John 1: 47 – end

St. Michael and All Angels (Evening)
Daniel 10: 4 – end; Revelations chapter 5
15th Sep 2019 Harvest Festival (Evening)
Isaiah 60; John 6: 51 – 69
1st Sep 2019 Eleventh Sunday after Trinity (Evensong)
Isaiah 33: 13 – 22; John 3: 22 – 36
AUGUST 2019
17th Aug 2019 British Legion Operation Banner Service (at the War Memorial)
JULY 2019
28th July 2019 Sixth Sunday after Trinity (Evensong)
Genesis 42: 1 – 25; 1 Corinthians 10: 1 – 24
21st July 2019 Feast of Mary Magdalene (Evening)
Zephaniah 3: 14 – end; Mark 15: 40 – 16:7
14th July 2019 Fourth Sunday after Trinity
Colossians 1: 1 – 14; Luke 10: 25 – 37

Fourth Sunday after Trinity (Choral Evensong)
Genesis 32: 9 – 30; Mark 7: 1 – 23
7th July 2019 Third Sunday after Trinity
Galatians 6: 1 – 16; Luke 10: 1 – 11, 16 – 20
JUNE 2019
23rd June 2019 First Sunday after Trinity
Genesis 24: 1 – 27; Mark 5: 21 – end
9th June 2019 Pentecost
Exodus 33: 7 – 20; 2 Corinthians 3: 4- end
MAY 2019
19th May 2019 Fifth Sunday of Easter
Daniel 6: 6 – 23; Mark 15: 46 – 16: 8
12th May 2019 Fourth Sunday of Easter (Choral Evensong)
Isaiah 63: 7 – 14; Luke 24: 36 – 49
APRIL 2019
21st Apr 2019 Easter Day (Evensong)
Isaiah 43: 1 – 21; 1 Corinthians 15: 1 – 11
14th Apr 2019 Palm Sunday (Evening)
Isaiah 5: 1 – 7; Luke 20: 9 – 19
MARCH 2019
24th Mar 2019 Third Sunday of Lent (Evensong)
Genesis 28: 10 – 19a; John 1: 35 – 51
10th Mar 2019 First Sunday of Lent
Deuteronomy 26: 1 – 11; Luke 4: 1 – 13
(Boynton, Carnaby and Wold Newton)
3rd Mar 2019 Sunday next before Lent (Evensong)
Exodus 3: 1 – 6; John 12: 27 – 36
FEBRUARY 2019
24th Feb 2019 Second Sunday before Lent (Evensong)
Genesis 1: 1 –2: 3; Matthew 6: 25 –34
24th Feb 2019 Second Sunday before Lent
Genesis 2: 4 –9, 15 –25; Luke 8: 22 –25
10th Feb 2019 Great Gale Service 2019
Jeremiah 17: 5 – 10; Luke 6: 17 – 26
3rd Feb 2019 Candlemas 2019
Malachi 3: 1 –5; Luke 2: 22 –40
JANUARY 2019
27th Jan 2019 4th Sunday of Epiphany
Numbers 9: 15 – 23; 1 Corinthians 7: 7 – 24
20th Jan 2019 3rd Sunday of Epiphany (Evening)
1 Samuel 3: 1 – 20; John 1: 29 – 42
13th Jan 2019 Baptism of Christ 2019
Isaiah 55: 1 – 11; Romans 6: 1 – 11
6th Jan 2019 Epiphany 2019 (Evensong)
Baruch 4: 36 – 5: 9; John 2: 1 – 11
DECEMBER 2018
30th Dec 2018 1st Sunday of Christmas
1 Samuel 2: 18 – 20, 26; Luke 2: 41 – end
9th Dec 2018 2nd Sunday in Advent (Evensong)
Isaiah 40: 1 – 11; Luke 1: 1 – 25
NOVEMBER 2018
25th Nov 2018 Christ the King 2018 (Choral Evensong)
Daniel 5; John 6: 1 – 15
11th Nov 2018 Remembrance Sunday 2018 (Civic Service)
John 15: 12 – 17
2nd Nov 2018 All Souls’ Day 2018
Hebrews 11: 32 – 12: 2
OCTOBER 2018
28th Oct 2018 Simon & Jude 2018 (Evensong)
1 Maccabees 2: 42 – 66; Jude 1 – 4, 17 – end
21st Oct 2018 Burton Fleming Harvest Festival 2018
Joel 2: 21 – 27; Matthew 6: 25 – 33
14th Oct 2018 St. John of Bridlington, Healing and Bad Salzuflen Visitors
Amos 5: 6, 7, 10 – 15; Mark 10: 17 – 31

20th Sunday After Trinity (Evensong)
Joshua 5: 13 – 6: 20; Matthew 11: 20 – end
7th Oct 2018 Civic Service 2018
Genesis 28: 11 – 18; 1 Peter 2: 1 – 10
SEPTEMBER 2018
23rd Sep 2018 17th Sunday after Trinity
Matthew 8: 23 – end
9th Sep 2018 Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Isaiah 61: 10 – end; Luke 1: 46 – 55
AUGUST 2018
12th Aug 2018 11th Sunday after Trinity
1 Kings 19: 4 – 8; John 6: 35, 41 – 51
5th Aug 2018 10th Sunday after Trinity
Exodus 16: 2 – 4, 9 – 15; John 6: 24 – 35
JULY 2018
28th Jul 2018 Sermon for Bad Sazuflen
Jeremiah 1: 4 – 10; Philippians 3: 7 – 11; Matthew 25: 14 – 30
22nd Jul 2018 Feast of Mary Magdalene 2018 (Evensong)
Zephaniah 3: 14 – end; Mark 15: 40 – 16:7
15th Jul 2018 7th Sunday after Trinity (Evening)
Ecclesiasticus 4: 11 – end; Luke 10: 25 – 37
8th Jul 2018 6th Sunday after Trinity
Jeremiah 20: 1 – 11a; Romans 14: 1 – 17
1st Jul 2018 5th Sunday after Trinity
Wis of Sol 1: 13 – 15; 2: 23 – 24; Mark 5: 21 – 43
JUNE 2018
24th June 2018 Birth of John the Baptist / Mothers’ Union Celebration
Isaiah 40: 1 – 11; Luke 1: 57 – 66, 80
MAY 2018
13th May 2018 7th Sunday of Easter
Acts 1: 15 – 17, 21 – end; John 17: 6 – 19
6th May 2018 6th Sunday of Easter
Acts 10: 44 – end; John 15: 9 – 17
APRIL 2018
22nd Apr 2018 4th Sunday of Easter
Exodus 16: 4 – 15; Revelations 2: 12 – 17
FEBRUARY 2018
25th Feb 2018 2nd Sunday of Lent
Romans 4: 13 – end; Mark 8: 31 – end
11th Feb 2018 Great Gale Service
2 Corinthians 4: 3 – 6; Mark 9: 2 – 9
JANUARY 2018
28th Jan 2018 Candlemas 2018 (Choral Evensong)
Haggai 2. 1 – 9; John 2. 13 – 22
14th Jan 2018 2nd Sunday of Epiphany (Evensong)
Isaiah 60: 9 – end; Hebrews 6: 17 – 7: 10
7th Jan 2018 Baptism of Christ 2018
Acts 19. 1 – 7; Mark 1. 4 – 8