by Julie Turner | Mar 29, 2017 | What's Happening
I’ve recently had to take medication to avoid cholera when I go to India, and it struck me as I struggled to drink the sweet-tasting liquid that we tend to add flavours to drinks to make them more palatable. Those flavours are inevitably sweet, because we don’t like...
by Julie Turner | Mar 29, 2017 | What's Happening
As part of the upgrade to the building involving fire safety, further yellow lines have been added to the car park, clearly marking where it is not legal to park: We would ask that all who use the church car park respect this so as to allow clear exits from both fire...
by Julie Turner | Mar 28, 2017 | What's Happening
One of the really positive ways we can fulfil God’s laws is by helping others. Paul says, ‘Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the...
by Julie Turner | Mar 27, 2017 | What's Happening
Last night, we sang the Doug Horley song ‘Is there a plank in your eye?’, a song based on Matt 7:3-5 which reminds us that it’s not wise to criticise others for minor things if we are blind to our own faults. It’s a funny song with a sobering...
by Julie Turner | Mar 27, 2017 | What's Happening
In 1 Cor 10, we have a historical overview of the journey of the children of Israel in the wilderness. We read of very blatant sins such as idolatry and sexual immorality, but in the middle of that chapter comes a verse which tends to prick most of us: ‘And do not...
