by Julie Turner | Dec 26, 2013 | What's Happening
To the non-Christian, the Nativity story must seem frankly bizarre: a historical narrative of a baby’s birth which was largely unnoticed by historians at the time but which prompted special stars, angelic visits and the slaughter of many male infants. All this...
by Julie Turner | Dec 23, 2013 | What's Happening
We like celebrating birthdays at church, and since Christmas is the celebration of Jesus’s birthday, we were happy to give out party bags to everyone who attended last night’s carol service. The bags contained a cracker, a bow for presents, a straw, a...
by Julie Turner | Dec 23, 2013 | What's Happening
The Michael Card song ‘We Will Find Him’ looks at the search for Jesus by the wise men. I love his ability to capture truth in lyrics, often using paradox (‘a wordless one who is the word’, ‘in the silence of the stable there was wisdom...
by Julie Turner | Dec 23, 2013 | What's Happening
The retailer Marks and Spencer have run a Christmas advertisement starting with the phrase ‘Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without…’ Last night, Stephen explored this theme: Some people might end this sentence by supplying a variety of foods...
by Julie Turner | Dec 22, 2013 | What's Happening
We did a Christmas Nativity full of chocolate references, with people gaining prizes for naming the most number of chocolates. One winner left before she could claim her prize, so Samantha Linskey needs to contact us to claim her prize for identifying the most...
