by Julie Turner | Aug 4, 2015 | What's Happening
Flanders and Swann wrote a song called ‘The Gas Man Cometh’ (listen here) which seems very apt to me at the moment as we continue with the decorating work at church! It’s a song of repairs in a house and when the painter comes, ‘with undercoats...
by Julie Turner | Aug 3, 2015 | What's Happening
Week 3 in the GPCC household, and the decorating continues… Filling in: After the glosswork was finished in the community room, work began in the corridor: Getting rid of the fluff behind the radiators: Sorting the alcove from the corridor: Under-coating one...
by Julie Turner | Aug 3, 2015 | What's Happening
In reminding us that service is the way to follow, Jesus turns our ideas of greatness upside-down. His very life speaks of this paradox, of how God takes the foolish and apparently insignificant things of the world and breathes His power and life into them. 1 Cor...
by Julie Turner | Aug 3, 2015 | What's Happening
Last night’s family service looked at the whole question of servanthood, focussing on John 13:1-17. In this acted-out parable, Jesus demonstrated to his disciples what his teaching on servants really meant. He had taught that the Son of Man did not come to be...
by Julie Turner | Aug 3, 2015 | What's Happening
Last night’s family service looked at the question of servants. Our quiz started with questions about servants (those who were fans of ‘Upstairs, Downstairs’ and ‘Downton Abbey’ did well on this!) Then we had an egg-and-spoon race which...
