by Julie Turner | Aug 5, 2018 | What's Happening
The activities tonight were intended to reinforce what we were learning about Jewish and Christian festivals. The children had time to play in a tent (to get an idea of what a ‘booth’ or ‘tabernacle’ was like) and did collage pictures of the...
by Julie Turner | Aug 5, 2018 | What's Happening
God is interested in every part of our lives, and holiday are an ideal opportunity to spend more time with God and to allow Him to minister into our lives. We can go ‘on retreat’ to be with God, but even in a sun-soaked, fun-filled holiday, we have more...
by Julie Turner | Aug 5, 2018 | What's Happening
Holidays generally serve 3 purposes: an opportunity for rest and relaxation, a break from the usual routine of work an opportunity to spend time with friends and family an opportunity to explore new places Holy days also included travel (pilgrimages), fellowship and...
by Julie Turner | Aug 5, 2018 | What's Happening
Today’s family service looked at the theme of ‘Holy Days and Holidays’, initially looking at the three main Jewish festivals (see Ex 23:14-17, Lev 23). All these festivals remind us that rest is God’s idea (initially epitomised in the Sabbath...
by Julie Turner | Aug 5, 2018 | What's Happening
Dave spoke this morning from Luke 15, the chapter where Jesus tells three parables about lost things. The context for these parables was that many tax collectors and sinners were gathering around Jesus, to the disgruntlement of the Pharisees who felt that a religious...
