by Julie Turner | Apr 13, 2022 | What's Happening
After our planting outdoors, we were glad to be welcomed to Furlong Road Methodist Church and given homemade soup (cooked in a Wonder bag, no less!) and sandwiches and hot cross buns. Our thanks to the helpers at Furlong Road and to Alison Sykes from the Salvation...
by Julie Turner | Apr 13, 2022 | What's Happening
We’ve had a busy day today, helping to plant flowers at Thurnscoe Flower Park and at Goldthorpe Railway Embankment. We’re grateful to all the families that came out to help and to the volunteers who work tirelessly at these venues all year round, helping...
by Julie Turner | Apr 13, 2022 | What's Happening
Having talked yesterday about the enormity of the resurrection and its fundamental power to change how we live, today’s reading seems almost mundane: John 13:2-7, 12-17 gives us an insight into servanthood which really does not look impressive. Jesus chose to wash His...
by Julie Turner | Apr 13, 2022 | What's Happening
I grew up in a sports-mad household. My Dad took me to watch Barnsley F.C. from a young age and I accompanied him to watch Yorkshire County Cricket Club in the summer. Saturday afternoons, when not watching sport in person, were spent watching sport on TV: horse...
by Julie Turner | Apr 12, 2022 | What's Happening
The resurrection of Jesus Christ – one of the central tenets of the Christian faith – changes everything. Ecclesiastes 3:1-13 gives us the ‘normal’ time frame for our world: there are times and seasons for everything, including death. But the Easter story overturns...