by Julie Turner | Apr 17, 2022 | What's Happening
Garry continued his study on Joseph this morning, looking at his elevation or promotion in Gen 41:41-43 and seeing in this a type of Christ’s resurrection and elevation. After so many years of adversity, the tables were turned as one day Joseph was in prison and...
by Julie Turner | Apr 17, 2022 | What's Happening
Easter Sunday is here and we rejoice with the message of the angels that ‘He is not here, but has risen.’ (Luke 24:1-12) These words were spoken to the women who had come to the tomb expecting to anoint the body of their Lord. They had come ‘to bury with him their...
by Julie Turner | Apr 16, 2022 | What's Happening
We celebrated our Good Friday service by eating a meal together, just as Jesus did at the Last Supper with His disciples. After the meal, we shared Holy Communion and had a service where we focussed on our Lent theme of ‘changing.’ Change is possible...
by Julie Turner | Apr 16, 2022 | What's Happening
As we said yesterday, life is rarely 100% happy. ‘The ancient biblical narratives about the resurrection of Jesus contain a mixture of ecstasy and despondency, an intermingling of delight and discouragement,’ Sally Welch writes. (‘Sharing The Easter Story’, P 215) Not...
by Julie Turner | Apr 15, 2022 | What's Happening
This thought-provoking article from Matt Jolley of LICC reminds us that ‘to be a Christian is to be well-acquainted with the tension between the now and the not yet, as we see both beauty and brokenness on our frontlines’, reminding us through the witness...
