by Julie Turner | Dec 20, 2018 | What's Happening
A whole variety of musical instruments are mentioned in Ps 150, highlighting again the importance of music in the collective worship of God. The trumpet (or ram’s horn) was associated with the grandest and most solemn events in Israel’s history, such as the giving of...
by Julie Turner | Dec 20, 2018 | What's Happening
Psalm 150, the last of the ‘Hallelujah’ psalms and the last psalm in the whole book, is a summons to praise. Psalm 1 talks of the blessed life and is a summons to obedience; here, at the end of the book of Psalms, we have an exuberant call to praise the Lord with an...
by Julie Turner | Dec 20, 2018 | What's Happening
During the recent visit of 4FrontTheatre, the world of the theatre was opened up to me in new ways. As a travelling theatre company, this group has to take its own props with them, and essentially has to create its own stage from scratch, never being quite sure...
by Julie Turner | Dec 16, 2018 | What's Happening
We had a birthday to celebrate tonight – I wish Alan had been at our sheep service yesterday!
by Julie Turner | Dec 16, 2018 | What's Happening
The angels at Christmas brought a message of ‘good news of great joy’ (Luke 2:10). Joy features so much in the Christmas narratives: Zechariah, when told of the impending birth of his son, is told he will be ‘a joy and delight to you and many will rejoice at his...
