by Julie Turner | Feb 5, 2012 | What's Happening
On Thursdays, we will now be alternating between Bible studies and prayer meetings. This coming week will be the Bible study, and we’re up to Romans 15. I’ve been reading this chapter in preparation and have been struck by some of the words in the opening...
by Julie Turner | Feb 4, 2012 | What's Happening
We will be hosting the local service for the Women’s World Day of Prayer on Friday 2nd March at 6 p.m.Women’s World Day of Prayer is a global, ecumenical movement of informed prayer and prayerful action, organised and led by Christian women who call the...
by Julie Turner | Feb 1, 2012 | What's Happening
How can we then summarise what we have learned throughout January as we’ve journeyed through the book of Proverbs? We started by learning that it aimed to give us ‘a manual for living’ so that we might have a ‘grasp on reality’ (Prov 1) . We’ve seen that wisdom is the...
by Julie Turner | Jan 31, 2012 | What's Happening
So we’ve arrived at the end of January and at the end of Proverbs. This final chapter starts with warnings for leaders (kings) to avoid the excesses of drink and to speak up for those who cannot speak up for themselves (Prov 31:4, 8-9). Leadership is a sacred calling....
by Julie Turner | Jan 30, 2012 | What's Happening
Much of the Bible is written down for us by unnamed people, but a good deal of it is written down by named authors, some of whom we know quite a lot about. Many of the New Testament books are written by familiar names: Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Paul, Peter, James –...
