by Julie Turner | Dec 19, 2022 | What's Happening
Perspective matters hugely when it comes to joy. Two people can view the same circumstances entirely differently; one will show resilience and positivity; another will feel despair and want to give up. Some of this depends on temperament, but much depends on...
by Julie Turner | Dec 18, 2022 | What's Happening
The song ‘Midnight’ by Helen and Mark Johnson has the line ‘Tonight’s events were planned in heaven/ The greatest story ever penned,’ and in our carol service tonight we looked at the preparation that went into the first Christmas....
by Julie Turner | Dec 18, 2022 | What's Happening
Dave spoke this morning from Matthew 1:18-25, the angel’s message to Joseph. Joseph must have been mortified by Mary’s announcement to him that she was pregnant, but this news from the angel was equally shocking. Why should they have been chosen by God to...
by Julie Turner | Dec 18, 2022 | What's Happening
As we approach Christmas with a heightened sense of anticipation and excitement (just one week to go!), our thoughts turn to our final Advent theme: ‘joy’. Joy bubbles up throughout the whole Christmas story. From Mary’s song of praise in Luke 1: 46- 55 (‘My soul...
by Julie Turner | Dec 17, 2022 | What's Happening
Paul gives us one of the simplest and yet most profound definitions of love in 1 Corinthians 13:4-8: ‘Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonour others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered,...
