by Julie Turner | Dec 2, 2012 | What's Happening
Little is told us about John the Baptist’s childhood and early life. Luke concludes his first chapter with the verse: “And the child grew and became strong in spirit; and he lived in the wilderness until he appeared publicly to Israel.” (Luke 1:80) We don’t really...
by Julie Turner | Dec 2, 2012 | What's Happening
John the Baptist is one of the key figures in the birth narratives of Jesus. Luke 1:5-25 tells us how the birth of John was foretold. We are introduced to his parents, both righteous Levites, and we read of their ‘thorn in the flesh’, childlessness. Even...
by Julie Turner | Nov 26, 2012 | What's Happening
In recent weeks, God has been speaking to us as a church about His plans for moving and doing a new thing and about the need for growth and development in the church. With this growing anticipation have come frustrations and opposition: the church building was broken...
by Julie Turner | Nov 26, 2012 | What's Happening
We have a new birthday hat! A birthday hat is nothing without people, however, so it was good to celebrate two birthdays (with two hats!) yesterday:
by Julie Turner | Nov 25, 2012 | What's Happening
Stephen spoke about courage this morning. The lion in the ‘Wizard of Oz’ lacked courage; he wasn’t at all brave or fearsome like we would expect a lion to be, but was little more than a pussycat! For him, courage was ‘over the rainbow’,...
