by Julie Turner | Jul 28, 2019 | What's Happening
Throughout August, Thurnscoe Big Local have organised a ‘Go Wild In Thurnscoe’ sculpture trail where children have to find 9 animal sculptures in key locations. As part of this community event and as part of Dearne Community Arts’ Festival’s...
by Julie Turner | Jul 26, 2019 | What's Happening
‘Changing the world’ is a grandiose phrase we often bandy around, but most of us struggle to believe our small acts of random kindness can have much of an impact on anyone and therefore deal daily with a sense of worthlessness which can be as sapping as...
by Julie Turner | Jul 25, 2019 | What's Happening
The theme of suffering and persecution is one which runs throughout the book of Acts and yet we live in a society which does not like to talk about these things. The openness of the apostles as they faced opposition and the faith and courage of Christians throughout...
by Julie Turner | Jul 25, 2019 | What's Happening
The fact that the apostles were not killed in Acts 5 was (from a human point of view) due to the intervention of a man named Gamaliel – an unlikely mediator! Gamaliel was a grandson and follower of the liberal Rabbi Hillel and mentor to a man called Saul, who was...
by Julie Turner | Jul 25, 2019 | What's Happening
A key verse in this portion of Scripture (Acts 5:12-42) is found in verse 29: ‘We must obey God rather than human beings.’ Here, in a nutshell, Peter points out where the Christian’s ultimate allegiance must lie. Broadly speaking, Christianity teaches obedience to the...
