Please click on the links below to download the most recent sermons by the Reverend Matthew Pollard, Rector at Bridlington Priory.
Archived sermons (from 2015/2016) are available here.
| 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 |
| OCTOBER 2017 | |
| 15th Oct 2017 | 18th Sunday after Trinity 2017 Proverbs 3: 1 -18; Mark 10: 19 – 31 |
| 8th Oct 2017 | Mayor’s Civic Service 2017 Isaiah 5: 1 – 7; Matthew 21: 33 – end |
| SEPTEMBER 2017 | |
| 24th Sep 2017 | 15th Sunday After Trinity (Evensong) Jonah 3: 10 – 4: end; Matthew 20: 1 – 16 |
| 10th Sep 2017 | 13th Sunday After Trinity (Evensong) Ezekiel 12: 21 – 13: 16; Acts 19: 1 – 20 |
| 3rd Sep 2017 | 12th Sunday After Trinity 2 Kings 6: 24 & 25; 7: 3 – end; Acts 18: 1 – 16 |
| AUGUST 2017 | |
| 6th Aug 2017 | Transfiguration, Feast of 2017 Luke 9: 29 – 36 |
| JULY 2017 | |
| 30th July 2017 | 7th Sunday After Trinity 1 Kings 3: 5 – 12; Matthew 13: 31 – 33, 44 – 52 |
| 9th July 2017 | 4th Sunday After Trinity (Evensong) 2 Samuel 2: 1 – 10, 3: 1; Luke 18: 31 – 19: 10 |
| 1st July 2017 | 3rd Sunday After Trinity Jeremiah 28: 5 – 9; Matthew 10: 40 – end |
| JUNE 2017 | |
| 25th June 2017 | 2nd Sunday After Trinity Jeremiah 20: 7 – 13; Matthew 10: 24 – 39 2nd Sunday After Trinity (Evensong) |
| 18th June 2017 | 1st Sunday After Trinity 1 Samuel 21; Luke 11: 14 – 28 |
| 11th June 2017 | Trinity Sunday 2017 Isaiah 6: 1 – 8; John 16: 5 -15 |
| 4th June 2017 | Pentecost 2017 (Evensong) Joel 2: 21 – end; Acts 2: 14 – 21 |
| MAY 2017 | |
| 28th May 2017 | 7th Sunday of Easter Acts 1: 6 – 11; John 17: 1 – 11 7th Sunday of Easter (Evensong) |
| 14th May 2017 | 5th Sunday of Easter Acts 7: 5 – end; John 14: 1- 14 |
| 7th May 2017 | 4th Sunday of Easter (Evensong) Ezra 3: 1 – 13; Ephesians 2: 11 – 22 |
| APRIL 2017 | |
| 9th Apr 2017 | Palm Sunday 2017 (Evening, Sung Eucharist) Isaiah 5: 1 – 7; Matthew 21: 1 – 11 |
| MARCH 2017 | |
| 26th Mar 2017 | 4th Sunday of Lent Micah 7 & James 5 |
| 5th Mar 2017 | 1st Sunday of Lent Romans 5: 12 – 19; Matthew 4: 1 – 11 |
| FEBRUARY 2017 | |
| 26th Feb 2017 | 1st Sunday Before Lent (Evening) 2 Kings 2: 1 – 12; Matthew 17: 9 – 23 |
| 19th Feb 2017 | 2nd Sunday Before Lent (Evening) Proverbs 8: 1, 22 – 31; Luke 12: 16 – 31 |
| 5th Feb 2017 | 4th Sunday Before Lent 1 Corinthians 2: 1 – 12; Matthew 5: 13 – 20 4th Sunday Before Lent (Evensong) |
| JANUARY 2017 | |
| 30th Jan 2017 | Candlemas 2017 Genesis 28: 10 – end; (Philemon 1 – 16); Malachi 3: 1 – 5 |
| 22nd Jan 2017 | 3rd Sunday of Epiphany 1 Corinthians 1: 10 – 18; Matthew 4: 12 – 23 |
| 15th Jan 2017 | 2nd Sunday of Epiphany (Evening) (Ezekiel 2.1 – 3.4); John 1: 43 – end |
| 8th Jan 2017 | Baptism of Christ 2017 Acts 10: 34 – 43; Matthew 3: 13 – end |