by Julie Turner | Jun 7, 2013 | What's Happening
Last night we enjoyed a beautiful sunny evening and took the opportunity to take a prayer walk around Bolton-on-Dearne and Goldthorpe, focussing on praying at the local churches. It was very different from January’s snow and wind, but it’s important to...
by Julie Turner | Jun 3, 2013 | What's Happening
The prayer meeting this Thursday (6th June) will take the form of a prayer walk, starting at the Methodist Church on Furlong Road in Bolton-on-Dearne. We will be walking around Bolton and Goldthorpe, praying especially for the local churches in these places and for...
by Julie Turner | Jun 2, 2013 | What's Happening
Here are some further thoughts on chains, from a blog I regularly read by Nell Goddard (’Musings of a Clergy Child’, ‘Chains’) “The chains of insecurity, of worthlessness and of anxiety weigh us down, even as they are undone.But while we concentrate on the dead weight...
by Julie Turner | Jun 2, 2013 | What's Happening
The predominant symbolism of chains these days is connected to oppression. We think of chains as being used to repress, to bind, to tie up, to enslave, to restrict. Prisoners who are handcuffed and then kept chained up remain the main way we think about chains.Psalm...
by Julie Turner | Jun 2, 2013 | What's Happening
We looked at the positive side of chains. A chain is a series of connected links which are typically made of metal. It can consist of two or more links. All the chains we looked at were made up of links of metal or thread or paper which have to be joined to other...
