by Julie Turner | Dec 22, 2024 | What's Happening
The final Advent theme is love, a fitting end to all our reflections throughout December, since God is love and love is the most excellent way. Christina Rosetti’s poem ‘Love Came Down At Christmas’ reminds us of this fact: ‘Love came down at Christmas, Love all...
by Julie Turner | Dec 22, 2024 | What's Happening
Dave spoke this morning from Luke 2:22-35, when the baby Jesus was presented at the temple. Simeon was waiting at the temple for the Messiah and declared that this was the Messiah he was holding in his arms. We know very little about the childhood of Jesus, and so...
by Julie Turner | Dec 20, 2024 | What's Happening
By this point in Advent, many of us are flagging. We have been involved in school concerts, choir concerts, Christmas fairs and special activities. We have bought and wrapped countless presents and arranged deliveries of these to those we will not see over Christmas....
by Julie Turner | Dec 20, 2024 | What's Happening
To end our 2024 Bible studies on the life of David in 2 Samuel 11 is a sobering experience. Here, the king who has made it through the wilderness experience of unjustly being hunted by Saul, who has withstood feigning insanity before foreign leaders and who has shown...
by Julie Turner | Dec 20, 2024 | What's Happening
In the Advent wreath, the pink candle, also known as the Shepherds’ Candle, represents joy and is lit on the third Sunday of Advent. This candle marks a shift in the tone of Advent from reflection to anticipation. Joy is often linked to anticipation. We ‘look...
