In his sermon today, the Reverend Peter Brooks talks about the message from the prophet Isaiah and how it is exciting to be a Christian to be renewed in our faith and have the promise of the meeting with our Lord and Saviour. The Bible reading for today is Isaiah Chapter 40 verses 23 to 31.

In his sermon today, Mr Geoff Warrener talks to us about Marks Gospel and explores the nature of the evil spirits in Galilee compared to evil in our world today.

The Revd Mike Cassidy talks to us in his sermon today about the reference in Marks' Gospel to Jesus preaching to the Synagogue and the casting out of the spirits in the man that stood up and challenged Jesus and his teachings.

In some versions of the bible the spirits are called "evil" (eg New International Version, New Living Translation) and in others reference is made to them being "unclean" (eg King James, Revised Standard Edition).

As Mike asks us to consider what that could mean to us today, we might reflect on the reference in The Message to the spirits being "afflicted".

Bible reference today is Mark Chapter 1, verses 21-28.

Note thanks to biblegateway.com for passage lookup and publishers of each of the relevant bible versions quoted