by Julie Turner | Dec 15, 2013 | What's Happening
In the course of his sermon, Garry mentioned that today is known traditionally as ‘Gaudete Sunday’ (pronounced Gow-day-tay, since he asked). ‘Gaudete’ is simply the Latin for ‘Rejoice!’ In past times, when the services were...
by Julie Turner | Dec 15, 2013 | What's Happening
Spurred on by Dave’s reminder last week of the different Advent themes for each Sunday in Advent, Garry spoke this morning on joy, taking as his text Luke 2:8-14 TNIV. Joy comes largely from our perspective and perspective comes from both knowledge and faith....
by Julie Turner | Dec 15, 2013 | What's Happening
There are some things we do over and over again: wake up, get up, brush our teeth, get washed and so on. It can be difficult to estimate how many times we do these things in the course of our lives, though many try, calculating how many hours we spend in the bathroom...
by Julie Turner | Dec 14, 2013 | What's Happening
The Christmas party season arrived at church yesterday with the Mums & Toddlers having their annual party. The comment made to me was ‘it was all great fun.’ Hopefully the new soundproofing of the community hall helped with the sound levels! These...
by Julie Turner | Dec 12, 2013 | What's Happening
Tonight we concluded our studies in 1 John 1, looking in particular at the three ‘if we claim’ statements in verses 6, 8 and 10. What we say or claim about our lives in God and about God is incredibly important, and if there is dissonance between what we...
