by Julie Turner | Mar 20, 2020 | What's Happening
One of the good things about Lent is the opportunity to pause a little and reflect more. We live in a world of hustle and bustle and hurry is something we all get used to. It can be good to take time to ponder anew all God can do and learn from the One who is gentle...
by Julie Turner | Mar 20, 2020 | What's Happening
The needs are enormous. Even the needs we support as a local church can seem overwhelming: talking Bibles in India; supporting Amshika, Innocent and Bedline in India, Uganda and Haiti; helping to buy sewing machines for the tailoring programme run by Reeba in India;...
by Julie Turner | Mar 20, 2020 | What's Happening
In Acts 11:19-30, we see a little more of Barnabas’s character. Luke describes him as ‘a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and faith’ Acts 11:24), sent by the apostles in Jerusalem to check out what was happening in Antioch. (It’s interesting that first-hand reports...
by Julie Turner | Mar 20, 2020 | What's Happening
Luke gives us a picture of a flourishing church in Acts 11:19-30, showing us the church in Antioch. Antioch in Syria (not to be confused with Antioch in Pisidia) was a cosmopolitan city founded in 300 B.C. by Seleucus Nicator, one of Alexander the Great’s generals....
by Julie Turner | Mar 20, 2020 | What's Happening
One of the interesting facts we learn from Acts 11:19-30 is that the followers of Jesus were first called ‘Christians’ there. This nickname, presumably bestowed on believers because they spoke so much about Jesus Christ that that was the term most associated with...
