by Julie Turner | Nov 28, 2020 | What's Happening
Throughout December there will be the opportunity to join us in person for services and also to watch online for a number of special Advent features. Each weekday between 1st and 24th December, Julie will be reading excerpts from the Christmas story online to help us...
by Julie Turner | Nov 27, 2020 | What's Happening
This morning, we started looking at how to make a Jesse Tree, through which we explore the reasons Jesus had to come to earth at Christmas. The name comes from Isaiah’s prophecy: ‘A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse; from his roots a Branch will...
by Julie Turner | Nov 26, 2020 | What's Happening
Another significant feature in Acts 21:1-16 is the value and importance Paul placed on fellowship. These verses give us a whistle-stop journey from Kos to Rhodes to Patara on to Tyre, Ptolemais and Caesarea, and in these latter places, Paul made a point of seeking out...
by Julie Turner | Nov 26, 2020 | What's Happening
The prayer ‘Your will be done’ (uttered by Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane as recorded in Luke 22:42 and Matt 26:42) represents for us Jesus’s total surrender to God’s will. He knew the agony that awaited Him on the cross and was fully aware of the spiritual and...
by Julie Turner | Nov 26, 2020 | What's Happening
Agabus (who featured earlier in the book of Acts (Acts 11:28)) is named as a prophet, someone who spoke the word of the Lord to the people. His prophecy in Acts 21:10-11 shows him acting out a prophecy, taking the linen belt from Paul and binding his own hands and...
