by Julie Turner | Jul 12, 2020 | What's Happening
We are planning to reopen the building on Market Street for services again on Sunday 2nd August 2020. This is later than originally intended, but we have taken time to review government guidance and HSE guidance and consult with other local ministers, and we feel this...
by Julie Turner | Jul 10, 2020 | What's Happening
The book of Acts gives us stories of many people being converted: turning from one way of life to eternal life in Jesus. Conversion is a turning point, that moment when we repent of our sins and turn in trust towards God, believing that Jesus’s death and resurrection...
by Julie Turner | Jul 10, 2020 | What's Happening
In our journey through the book of Acts, we have reached Philippi, where Paul’s preaching established a church in that Roman colony and to which he later wrote one of the most encouraging letters in the New Testament. (Acts 16:11-40) There, we see Paul and his...
by Julie Turner | Jul 10, 2020 | What's Happening
Acts 16:6-10 is, for me, a challenging and (dare I say it?!) infuriating portion of Scripture. It challenges me because it shows me a level of guidance which does not always make sense to my rational mind and leaves me dangling (which infuriates me, as I’m the kind of...
by Julie Turner | Jul 10, 2020 | What's Happening
The Bible has much to say about God’s guidance, making it plain that God leads and guides His people (Ps 23:2-3, 2 Cor 2:14, John 16:13, Ps 25:5), but it’s the ‘how?’ of divine guidance that often confuses us. There are times when God’s word seems to tell us directly...