by Julie Turner | Feb 15, 2024 | What's Happening
We had a great family fun day this week during the half-term holidays,with 117 people attending.The theme was love (it was Valentine’s Day and Ash Wednesday)..Our thanks to all who helped and to all who came! We had lots of craft activities based on the...
by Julie Turner | Feb 15, 2024 | Uncategorized
Today’s Lent reading is Luke 7:37-39, 44-46, the story of the woman’s welcome of Jesus when she broke open an alabaster jar of ointment/ perfume and anointed Jesus. The household object is the threshold, and we are encouraged further by Gordon Giles in his...
by Julie Turner | Feb 14, 2024 | What's Happening
Throughout Lent, we will be looking at everyday household objects and Bible passages and seeing how the two connect (for our faith is lived out in the everyday world, which for most of us, most of the time, is quite ordinary and humdrum.) A friend of mine made the...
by Julie Turner | Feb 14, 2024 | What's Happening
Today is both Ash Wednesday and Valentine’s Day – and our Family Fun Day at GPCC between 10 a.m. and 12 p.m. Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent, that period of time leading up to Easter when traditionally we give up something we like (coffee, tea,...
by Julie Turner | Feb 13, 2024 | What's Happening
Just under two weeks ago I burned my arm when taking a dish out of the oven. I misjudged the distance and caught my wrist on the oven shelf which was understandably hot. A thin line of a burn formed, the visible evidence of my lapse. Initially it hurt and went red, a...
