by Julie Turner | Feb 9, 2016 | What's Happening
Today is Shrove Tuesday, ‘Mardi Gras’ in French (‘fat Tuesday’, when all the fat was used up before the forty days of Lent.) Apparently it’s also Safer Internet Day, though I must confess I don’t know how I can connect these two...
by Julie Turner | Feb 9, 2016 | What's Happening
What are we to do when (not if!) the situation gets worse rather than better, then?! Moses sought God and (just as the psalmist did in Ps 129) was honest about his frustrations. Moses is an example to us in being honest. He never pretends to God. He is also an...
by Julie Turner | Feb 9, 2016 | What's Happening
In football, the aim of the game is to score more goals than the opposing team. This is not as easy as it sounds, but at least there is a fixed point in that aim. The ball has to cross the line and go in the net in order for a goal to be scored. For those of us with...
by Julie Turner | Feb 7, 2016 | What's Happening
Lorraine concluded the family service by talking about prayer as a conversation between friends. Prayer is important because… it’s communication with God (1 Thess 5:17). Talking is good; God wants us to be communicating continually with Him. it’s a...
by Julie Turner | Feb 7, 2016 | What's Happening
Tonight’s family service took the theme ‘God’s Not Deaf!’ and featured a game which needed careful attention to instructions, since the participants were blindfolded. Stephen spoke about the importance of prayer, emphasising: our position (Is...
