by Julie Turner | Apr 14, 2019 | What's Happening
Using the excellent Lost Sheep series of stories, we looked tonight at Palm Sunday from the point of view of the donkey (named Dave in this story) who carried Jesus into Jerusalem. Dave’s excited about having been the one to be privileged to carry the king into...
by Julie Turner | Apr 14, 2019 | What's Happening
Those of us of a certain age remember a phrase from the ‘Blue Peter’ programme with fondness: ‘Here’s one I prepared earlier!’ When demonstrating craft or baking activities, rather than being forced to wait for things to stick or cook,...
by Julie Turner | Apr 11, 2019 | What's Happening
This week I had the privilege of telling the story of Basil The Branch at Goldthorpe Primary School. Basil the Branch is part of the vine… but makes a song and dance about growing grapes, believing that fruitfulness is all about self-effort… You can watch...
by Julie Turner | Apr 11, 2019 | What's Happening
We talk about the ‘seven-year itch’ in a marriage, a period when doubt, disillusionment and decay can take hold of us and wreck our happiness. Yet in the Bible, we read of the opposite: seven-year-blessing. In Deut 15:1-11 we read how debts were to be...
by Julie Turner | Apr 11, 2019 | What's Happening
I used to feel that proms were an American rite of passage unsuited to British culture. The idea that sixteen-year-olds needed a huge ball to celebrate leaving school struck me, an introvert who hates dancing, as futile, expensive and unnecessary. The form of proms...
