by Julie Turner | Dec 25, 2015 | What's Happening
We were at the Christmas Eve carol service at Grimethorpe Pentecostal Church last night and Joy Gascoigne, the pastor there, read out this poem by Godfrey Rust. As we celebrate Christmas today, it’s worth remembering that Jesus, whilst described as God’s...
by Julie Turner | Dec 24, 2015 | What's Happening
Someone once said that men are happy because they can buy 24 presents on Christmas Eve without getting stressed! Certainly, for most people, Christmas brings its stresses: a desire to make everyone happy may seem laudable but is impossible; the creation of that...
by Julie Turner | Dec 23, 2015 | What's Happening
Still to come in December is the Christmas Day service, starting at 10.30 a.m. Join with us to sing carols, celebrate Communion and worship Christ our Lord this Friday – the service will only last an hour, so plenty of time still for Christmas cooking! There...
by Julie Turner | Dec 23, 2015 | What's Happening
Having reached the end of Psalm 119, we are still not quite at the end of our Advent musings; we have still not reached the stable at Bethlehem and paused to gaze in wonder at the baby in the manger. Yesterday, we looked at our part in prayer, but it is worth pausing...
by Julie Turner | Dec 22, 2015 | What's Happening
Read Psalm 119:169-176. The subjunctive is a grammatical mood in language that is all but forgotten in English (though it is alive and well in other languages.) Subjunctive forms of verbs are typically used to express various states of unreality such as wish, emotion,...
