by Julie Turner | Dec 1, 2015 | What's Happening
On Sunday we gave the children in church a chocolate advent calendar to help them wait for Christmas, one day (and one chocolate!) at a time. Advent is that period of waiting before Christmas when it’s good to tune our hearts to sing God’s praise and focus our...
by Julie Turner | Nov 29, 2015 | What's Happening
Stephen started tonight’s sermon with a history question, asking who knew the significance of the date 2 June 1953. This was the date of Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation: Tonight’s sermon was about crowns. When we think about crowns, we might think of...
by Julie Turner | Nov 29, 2015 | What's Happening
Dave spoke this morning from 1 Pet 1:6-9, continuing his series on the fruit of the Spirit by looking at the fruit of joy. The baptism of the Holy Spirit is a gift from God which cannot be earned, simply received, and its purpose is to give us the power to witness to...
by Julie Turner | Nov 29, 2015 | What's Happening
Today is the first Sunday in Advent, so perhaps it’s appropriate to share an unusual Advent song ‘Behold’, written and sung by Jeremy & Adie Camp’s children, Bella & Aerie. It’s probably not surprising that when music features so...
by Julie Turner | Nov 29, 2015 | What's Happening
The common nightingale is an ordinary-looking bird which sings at all times, even at night-time, which is very unusual. They are so named precisely because of this tendency to sing at night as well as during the day; some think that nocturnal song is likely to serve...
