by Julie Turner | Dec 8, 2024 | What's Happening
Dave spoke this morning from Isaiah 9:6-7. Christmas is highly commercialised nowadays, but we need to recapture the reason for the season. The birth of Jesus was not an unexpected event, but was the fulfilment of God’s promises throughout the ages. Isaiah spoke...
by Julie Turner | Dec 8, 2024 | What's Happening
What’s happening this week? We have services at 10.30 a.m. and 6.00 p.m. this Sunday (8 December). Our morning service is Holy Communion and refreshments will be served after our evening service. Our Parent & Toddler group meets on Wednesday and Friday...
by Julie Turner | Dec 8, 2024 | What's Happening
Today is the second Sunday in Advent, and the theme for this week is peace. We live in a world where peace is a rare commodity. Families often are at enmity with each other; family feuds can last for years and lead to bickering, arguments and the cold result of...
by Julie Turner | Dec 6, 2024 | What's Happening
Ps 42:5, 11 urges us to ‘put your hope in God.’ The psalmist is in a confused and bewildered place, feeling downcast and disturbed. Others ask him all day long, ‘Where is your God?’ (Ps 42;3), and we get the impression this is a difficult time...
by Julie Turner | Dec 6, 2024 | What's Happening
2 Samuel 10 tells the story of kindness that is received suspiciously and with mistrust, and what happens when war is chosen over peacemaking. David tries to show kindness to a foreign leader on the death of his father (Hanun, son of Nahash, king of the Ammonites),...