by Julie Turner | Dec 9, 2012 | What's Happening
When you’ve come into the world with angelic messages and prophetic utterances, as John the Baptist did, you might expect an easy ride, a trouble-free existence. Life is rarely like that, even for God’s servants, it seems. In the second part of our study...
by Julie Turner | Dec 6, 2012 | What's Happening
After a few weeks away from James (because of meetings connected with organising the joint carol service), we resumed our Bible studies tonight and looked at James 4:1-12. Here, common themes in James are developed: the idea of single-minded and pure-hearted devotion,...
by Julie Turner | Dec 3, 2012 | What's Happening
Last night’s sermon on snowflakes made me think of one of my favourite Christmas songs, called ‘Winter Snow’. The song reminds me that Christmas was all about God taking us by surprise, not coming in might or majesty or power, but coming in meekness,...
by Julie Turner | Dec 3, 2012 | What's Happening
In Mark’s sermon we learnt about Wilson ‘Snowflake’ Bentley, an amazing photographer who was the first person to photograph individual snowflakes using an adaptation of a microscope to take photographs from underneath the snow. In 1885 he produced...
by Julie Turner | Dec 3, 2012 | What's Happening
The family service last night focussed (hopefully NOT prophetically!) on the subject of snow. Each song we sang had a mention of snow:* In the Bleak Midwinter (snow had fallen, snow on snow)* Such Love (pure as the whitest snow)* Indescribable (which talks about the...
