by Julie Turner | Mar 28, 2022 | What's Happening
This week’s Lent theme is ‘sacrificing’. ‘Sacrifice’ is a word laden with preconceived ideas, but it is at the heart of the Christian faith. A sacrificial life, says Sally Welch, ‘is one which offers to God all the trials as well as the joys, all the challenges as...
by Julie Turner | Mar 27, 2022 | What's Happening
Dave spoke tonight from Romans 5:6-11, reminding us of the fundamental gospel truth that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. People may sometimes be willing to die for a cause or even for a good person (bodyguards often put their lives on the line to...
by Julie Turner | Mar 27, 2022 | What's Happening
Tim Walker from CAP (Christians Against Poverty) spoke at our meeting this morning, reminding us that Christ’s love is outworked in very practical helpl. Luke 14:12-14 reminds us that Jesus invites everyone to eat with Him; God’s love is totally...
by Julie Turner | Mar 27, 2022 | What's Happening
Today is Mothering Sunday, a day when we think about and honour the mothers in our lives. It can be a painful day for many whose mothers are no longer here, for those who long to be mothers but who have no children, for those whose experience of motherhood has not...
by Julie Turner | Mar 27, 2022 | What's Happening
Jesus tells a story in Matthew 25:14-19, 24-30 about a man going away and entrusting his fortune to servants, some of whom invested the money wisely and made more and one who was afraid and simply hid the money. This parable (often referred to as the Parable of the...
