by Julie Turner | Apr 15, 2018 | What's Happening
The love that God wants us to show towards all people is essentially practical (see 1 Jn 3:16-18). It involves practical help: offering food, clothing, and any other practical help that is needed. Loneliness is endemic in our country, even within the church, but God...
by Julie Turner | Apr 15, 2018 | What's Happening
X is not the most popular letter in the English alphabet, and so in our series The A-Z of Christian Faith, looking at the essential ingredients needed in a life of faith, we had to borrow a word from Greek: xenophilia, derived from two words (xenos, a stranger or...
by Julie Turner | Apr 15, 2018 | Uncategorized, What's Happening
Weird Science is a 1995 film in which two teenage boys decide to use science to create the perfect female to compensate for their lack of popularity with the female sex, only to find that after a lightning strike, their computer simulation turns real… We may all...
by Julie Turner | Apr 14, 2018 | What's Happening
Last week we celebrated Holy Communion at Cherry Tree Court for the first time and, as we usually do on the second Sunday evening of the month, at Market Street. We can become very familiar with this sacrament, but it’s good to look at why we do this and at the...
by Julie Turner | Apr 14, 2018 | What's Happening
The weather in the UK has been somewhat unpredictable lately. An event that was cancelled in March because of the snow did finally take place on 7 April, when Gemma Hunt (a Christian TV presenter) visited Thurnscoe Pentecostal Church to share pirate fun and the good...