by Julie Turner | Sep 23, 2015 | What's Happening
Don’t forget the Macmillan Coffee Morning which will be on Saturday 26th September from 10 a.m. until 12 noon at church. Apart from the usual hot and cold drinks, there will be buns and cakes to eat and a variety of competitions and things to buy to help raise...
by Julie Turner | Sep 21, 2015 | What's Happening
If we understand the Bible simply as a rule book, we’ve missed the heart of what God wants to communicate to us through this amazing book, all of which is God-breathed (see Heb 4:12, 2 Tim 3:16-17). Rules are not there as an ABC ladder to climb, with God as the...
by Julie Turner | Sep 21, 2015 | What's Happening
The Bible constantly stresses the importance and value of people and helps us to see the prime importance of relationships – our relationship with God (after all, as the Westminster Catechism reminds us, ‘the chief end of man is to worship God and enjoy...
by Julie Turner | Sep 21, 2015 | What's Happening
The Bible constantly tells us there is ‘so much more’ to life than what we can experience only on a material level. It paints vivid pictures of this unseen reality, especially in the Prophets, using all kinds of imagery: pictures of dragons and angels (Rev 12),...
by Julie Turner | Sep 21, 2015 | What's Happening
Last night’s service started by listening to some theme tunes from films: it was surprising how quickly people could identify a film title from just a few notes of a famous theme tune, such as Jaws or Indiana Jones. Musical themes are a kind of ‘shorthand’,...
