by Julie Turner | Feb 14, 2016 | What's Happening
On this, Saint Valentine’s Day, As earthly love is celebrated With cards and chocolates, jewellery and lingerie, As couples do their best To show appreciation and affection, May we, like grateful lovers, Lift our eyes to the One who is altogether lovely And boldly...
by Julie Turner | Feb 13, 2016 | What's Happening
Today’s coffee morning starts at 10 a.m., with the Sunday morning service on 14th February at Cherry Tree Court (10.30 a.m.) The evening service will be at Market Street at 6 p.m. Next Saturday (20th February) will be the first ‘Churches Together’...
by Julie Turner | Feb 11, 2016 | What's Happening
Having said that Paul deals frequently in principles, it’s worth asking ‘What are the guiding principles he gives us in 1 Corinthians?’ As the Message version puts it, just because something is ‘technically legal’ doesn’t make it ‘spiritually appropriate.’ All things...
by Julie Turner | Feb 11, 2016 | What's Happening
A stumbling-block is ‘a circumstance which causes hesitation or difficulty’, something which causes a person to trip up or fall. There are many natural stumbling-blocks which cause us to trip or fall: an uneven kerb, for example, or a flagstone that is not evenly...
by Julie Turner | Feb 11, 2016 | What's Happening
Paul’s letters speak to us today because they teach spiritual principles, even if the specific issues they raise do not always seem particularly relevant to us. We still participate in the ‘cup of thanksgiving’ and break bread together (a theme he will develop further...
