by Julie Turner | Dec 22, 2016 | What's Happening
I’m not for one moment advocating no sweet treats over Christmas (I know for many people, these are a highlight of this time of year), but I do long for a saccharine-free Christmas. So often in our society, we paint this time of year with a falsely sentimental...
by Julie Turner | Dec 20, 2016 | What's Happening
We talk a lot about the glory of God at Christmas: angels singing ‘Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace to those on whom his favour rests’ (Luke 2:14), a phrase echoed in many of the carols we sing. ‘Glory’ can be a hard term...
by Julie Turner | Dec 18, 2016 | What's Happening
It’s never easy to say farewell to a church member, especially one who has been part of our church family for many years. But Ralph Fletcher is moving to the East coast shortly, and so this was his final Sunday service with us. We were pleased to give him gifts...
by Julie Turner | Dec 18, 2016 | What's Happening
Apart from singing about stars and having starlights around the church, we also took part in an activity to make different star decorations. These were some of the decorations made: At the end, all of the decorations were displayed and some people won star lights! Our...
by Julie Turner | Dec 18, 2016 | What's Happening
Stars feature quite frequently in carol services: wise men following ‘yonder star’; the ‘natal star’ in ‘Angels From The Realms of Glory’; the fact that Jesus was born on a ‘starry night’ and so on. But whilst the star...
