by Julie Turner | Sep 17, 2020 | What's Happening
Acts 18:18-28 gives us an unusual glimpse into Paul’s life, telling us that before he left Corinth and sailed for Syria, he had his hair cut off at Cenchreae because of a vow he had taken. (Acts 18:18) This was presumably something like the Nazirite vow (see Numbers...
by Julie Turner | Sep 17, 2020 | What's Happening
Acts 18:18-28 offers us a whistle-stop tour: we see Paul travel from Corinth to Ephesus, Caesarea, Jerusalem, Antioch and back through Galatia to Ephesus again. The narrative is very condensed, either because Luke’s information was limited (since he was still in...
by Julie Turner | Sep 15, 2020 | What's Happening
Stephen spoke on Sunday evening about pies, likening our lives to a pie. Some of us prefer savoury pies (steak pie, mince and onion pies etc.) and others prefer sweet pies (apple pies being perhaps the most popular.) Whatever our preference, one of the things about...
by Julie Turner | Sep 13, 2020 | What's Happening
This morning we looked at Phil 3:10-21, seeing the need to continue to grow in Christ throughout our lives. This can be done by fixing our eyes on Jesus and also by following the example of those who follow Christ (see also 1 Cor 11:1, Phil 3:17, Eph 5:1, 1 Thess...
by Julie Turner | Sep 13, 2020 | What's Happening
Apart from our usual Sunday services at 10.30 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. and midweek meeting on Thursdays at 7:30 p.m., we have a couple of extra meetings coming up this week. On Wednesday 16th September we’ll be hosting a ‘Dearne Churches Together’ prayer...
