by Julie Turner | Feb 12, 2021 | What's Happening
What is your raison d’être? The French phrase means ‘reason for being’ and could be said to summarise our purpose in life. The book of Exodus is pivotal in understanding God’s purposes for His people. It’s the story of His intervention by...
by Julie Turner | Feb 11, 2021 | What's Happening
The debate between Paul and the Sanhedrin (Acts 23:1-11) does not go smoothly, with Paul effectively accused of blasphemy and further dispute between the Pharisees and Sadducees who made up the Sanhedrin over the issue of the resurrection (which Paul claims is at the...
by Julie Turner | Feb 11, 2021 | What's Happening
‘Divide and conquer’ means gaining and maintaining power by breaking up larger concentrations of power into pieces that individually have less power than the one implementing the strategy. Effectively, we are reminded that when people are united and work together,...
by Julie Turner | Feb 11, 2021 | What's Happening
In Acts 23:1-11, we see Paul in dispute with the Sanhedrin, the Jewish ruling council. The Roman officer who has intervened because Paul was in danger of being lynched by the crowds is still no further forward in discerning the root of the dispute between him and the...
by Julie Turner | Feb 10, 2021 | What's Happening
Thanks to all the volunteers who came to prepare bags today, ready for Shrove Tuesday when we will be distributing them from St Helen’s Church in Thurnscoe, the Salvation Army in Goldthorpe and Furlong Road Methodist Church in Bolton-on-Dearne. We will be giving...
