by Julie Turner | Dec 30, 2020 | What's Happening
As we approach the end of 2020 and the advent of a new year, many of us feel more nervous and apprehensive than usual. This past year has been so unusual and ‘unprecedented’ (surely one of the words we never want to hear again!) that our usual nostalgia at...
by Julie Turner | Dec 27, 2020 | Uncategorized, What's Happening
Dave spoke tonight from Luke 2:1-20 about the reality of Christmas. If we were to decipher the message of Christmas from our Christmas cards, we might get very mixed messages, believing Christmas to be a winter festival (after all, lots of cards feature snow, holly,...
by Julie Turner | Dec 27, 2020 | What's Happening
Garry continued his series on Joseph this morning, looking at Gen 37:5-11. In this passage, we read of a young Joseph having two dreams where sheaves of wheat bow down to him and the sun, moon and eleven stars also bow down to him. We do not know how he told his...
by Julie Turner | Dec 25, 2020 | What's Happening
On Christmas morning we looked at the phrase ‘Christmas is for the children!’ There’s no doubt that the joy and excitement children feel over this festive period is wonderful to behold, and it’s understandable that we associate Christmas with children since it’s the...
by Julie Turner | Dec 22, 2020 | What's Happening
“Who dares despise the day of small things?” (Zech 4:10) In looking back over 2020, probably the strangest year I have experienced in my fifty-four years on earth, I am struck by feelings of helplessness and inadequacy in the face of such tumultuous...