by Julie Turner | Jun 21, 2019 | What's Happening
I’ve been involved in two more mosaic workshops this week. The first was with a WEA arts and crafts class, working with adults with additional learning needs at the wonderful Snap Tin Cafe in Goldthorpe, a community cafe with a real heart for people. It was...
by Julie Turner | Jun 20, 2019 | Uncategorized, What's Happening
One thing strikes us as we read Acts 4:1-22, and that is the transformation of Peter. Gone was the disciple who denied Christ three times (John 19). Now we see a confident witness, able to offer healing to a crippled man, preach before the crowds, explain himself...
by Julie Turner | Jun 20, 2019 | What's Happening
The world has a saying ‘life begins at forty’, and if we look at some Biblical characters, we might agree! Forty seems to be a significant biblical number. Moses lived forty years in Egypt and forty years in the desert before God chose him to lead his people out of...
by Julie Turner | Jun 20, 2019 | What's Happening
To act in someone’s name means to act with their authority. An ambassador, for example, acts with the authority of the government of the country he or she represents; the ‘status’ and ‘authority’ of the ambassador is invested in him by someone greater than himself....
by Julie Turner | Jun 20, 2019 | What's Happening
Acts 4:1-22 tells the story of the repercussions which Peter and John faced following the healing of the crippled man at the gates of the temple. The response of the crowds to this miraculous healing was positive and favourable; another two thousand men believed as a...
