by Julie Turner | Dec 3, 2021 | What's Happening
‘Our God reigns!’ Handel’s ‘Messiah’ is often performed by choirs at this time of year. ‘Messiah’ is an English-language oratorio composed in 1741, with lyrics from Scripture (compiled by Charles Jennen from the King James...
by Julie Turner | Dec 3, 2021 | What's Happening
The ‘D’ of Advent for me stands for ‘Devotion.’ Devotion is a love or loyalty for someone that is usually seen in actions. If you are devoted to someone, you think about them a lot, and this results in actions. A parent who is devoted to a child will seek the child’s...
by Julie Turner | Dec 3, 2021 | What's Happening
Many people feel that the Old Testament and New Testament are completely different. They see a wrathful, vengeful God in the Old Testament, a set of ‘thou shalt nots’ and are put off by the violence seen there. The New Testament, the story of life from the...
by Julie Turner | Dec 2, 2021 | What's Happening
On our last day considering the anticipation of Advent, it’s worth remembering that there is a bitter-sweet quality to anticipation: sometimes, the excitement just becomes too much for us! As a child, I used to be so excited about Christmas that by the time Christmas...
by Julie Turner | Dec 1, 2021 | What's Happening
What do you do whilst you are anticipating Christmas? Families often adopt their own traditions, particularly at weekends or in the week before Christmas. They might hold a baking session (I vividly remember baking mince pies with my Mum as a child on the weekend...
