by Julie Turner | Apr 9, 2022 | What's Happening
Our Easter activities start today with our involvement in the local Spring Fair, held at the Railway Embankment between 12 and 3 p.m. Dearne Churches Together will be running Easter crafts and giving out Easter comics as well as telling the Easter story at 12.30 and...
by Julie Turner | Apr 9, 2022 | What's Happening
Today’s reading (John 11:1-6, 30-37) speaks of Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead, and Sally Welch urges us to look at two paintings which focus on this scene: Rembrandt’s ‘The Raising Of Lazarus’ and Van Gogh’s ‘The Raising Of Lazarus (After Rembrandt)’. Art can...
by Julie Turner | Apr 8, 2022 | What's Happening
Deuteronomy 6:1-9 reminds us of the importance of teaching what we believe to others, especially our own families, and reminds us that the most important thing in life is to love the Lord our God with all we are and to love others as we love ourselves. Teaching can be...
by Julie Turner | Apr 7, 2022 | What's Happening
Our reading today is from the last chapter of the book of Ruth (Ruth 4:13-17). This Old Testament story not only gives us a glimpse into the lineage of David (and ultimately of Jesus), but shows us how God works His purposes out even through sorrow and sadness. Naomi,...
by Julie Turner | Apr 6, 2022 | What's Happening
Romans 8:31-39 reminds us that nothing at all can separate us from God’s love. Paul lists plenty of adverse things in these verses (including trouble, hardship, persecution, famine, nakedness, danger, sword and even death), but God’s love triumphs over every...
