by Julie Turner | Dec 13, 2017 | What's Happening
Christmas is all about ‘good news to the poor’ (Is 61:1). Not only was Jesus born in a stable, not a palace, but the angels appeared to shepherds, the lowest of the low in terms of jobs in those days. (Luke 2:8-20) We may question why God worked in this way, but the...
by Julie Turner | Dec 12, 2017 | What's Happening
The term ‘thinking outside the box’ is a metaphor that means to think differently, unconventionally, or from a new perspective. This phrase often refers to novel or creative thinking, and certainly, it’s interesting to discover how other people think. We tend to think...
by Julie Turner | Dec 11, 2017 | What's Happening
Mary spent much of her pregnancy with her cousin, Elizabeth, who was also pregnant. (Luke 1:5-25, 39) God’s miraculous intervention in enabling Elizabeth and Zechariah to conceive is an echo of many other miraculous births in the Bible (e.g. Gen 21, 1 Sam 1) and a...
by Julie Turner | Dec 10, 2017 | Uncategorized, What's Happening
We are now two weeks away from Christmas, and preparations in most homes are ongoing – putting up decorations, buying gifts and writing cards are all ways we use physical symbols to remind us of the time of year. Shops clearly start their preparations early...
by Julie Turner | Dec 10, 2017 | What's Happening
Stephen spoke this morning at the Cherry Tree Carol Service on three gifts which God has given to us connected with this season of Advent. A recent TV programme has looked at different gifts given at Christmas to different ages and at different times and commented...
