by Julie Turner | Mar 31, 2022 | What's Happening
It’s virtually impossible to look at the topic of sacrifice without looking at Genesis 22, the passage where Abraham is tested by God and asked to sacrifice his promised son, Isaac. Many view this passage with horror: how could God ask Abraham to do such a thing? What...
by Julie Turner | Mar 29, 2022 | What's Happening
Today’s reading (Matthew 9:9-13) looks at the calling of Matthew (Levi), a tax collector who heeded the call to follow Jesus. As a tax collector, he was despised and disliked; religious people often disliked Jesus because he associated with ‘tax collectors and...
by Julie Turner | Mar 28, 2022 | What's Happening
Although it’s still March, we took time last night to celebrate the April birthday of a girl who is ‘two, nearly three!’
by Julie Turner | Mar 28, 2022 | What's Happening
This week’s Lent theme is ‘sacrificing’. ‘Sacrifice’ is a word laden with preconceived ideas, but it is at the heart of the Christian faith. A sacrificial life, says Sally Welch, ‘is one which offers to God all the trials as well as the joys, all the challenges as...
by Julie Turner | Mar 27, 2022 | What's Happening
Dave spoke tonight from Romans 5:6-11, reminding us of the fundamental gospel truth that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. People may sometimes be willing to die for a cause or even for a good person (bodyguards often put their lives on the line to...
