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.
APRIL 2021 | |
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) |
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 |
SEPTEMBER 2019 | |
29th Sep 2019 | St. Michael and All Angels Revelations 12: 7 – 12; John 1: 47 – end St. Michael and All Angels (Evening) |
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) |
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) |
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 |