by Julie Turner | Jun 4, 2017 | What's Happening
‘But as surely as God is faithful, our message to you is not “Yes” and “No.” For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us—by me and Silas and Timothy—was not “Yes” and “No,” but in him it has always been “Yes.” For no matter how many...
by Julie Turner | Jun 4, 2017 | What's Happening
Most of us like receiving presents and free gifts are even more exciting (though sadly, they often don’t live up to their advertising hype!) Supermarkets frequently offer us ‘free gifts’: Insurance companies may offer us ‘two months for...
by Julie Turner | Jun 4, 2017 | What's Happening
Yesterday at the Salvation Army there was a Pentecost Party as part of the ‘Churches Together’ services to celebrate Pentecost. Alison spoke about how the Holy Spirit came upon the early disciples on the day of Pentecost: She also spoke about how the Holy...
by Julie Turner | Jun 1, 2017 | What's Happening
Ps 130 is one of my favourite psalms. We begin by crying to God ‘out of the depths’ (referring to anything low, deep or profound, such as the ocean, a pit or a valley, all of which are used in the Bible to describe difficult times), but find a God who forgives, loves...
by Julie Turner | Jun 1, 2017 | What's Happening
Our remaining penitential psalms (Ps 102, Ps 130, Ps 143) do not seem, at first glance, to have much in common. Yet a closer inspection of all of them show a keen awareness of personal hurt and anguish (Ps 102:2-11; Ps 130:1; Ps 143:3-4). The Bible has much...
