by Julie Turner | Apr 8, 2010 | How We Got Here
One of my favourite songs is Jeremy Camp’s ‘Walk By Faith’ (You can listen to this on You Tube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xT9wH8t4Hzw). The song was written during ‘the deepest, darkest pit of despair’ (according to the singer),...
by Julie Turner | Apr 8, 2010 | How We Got Here
Community payback is the current name in England for a scheme where offenders work on community schemes to repay the community for the crimes they have committed. It used to be known as ‘community service’ and is run by the Probation Service. Typical types...
by Julie Turner | Apr 7, 2010 | How We Got Here
Last Saturday, church members tidied out yet more stuff from the bowels of the earth, also known as ‘under the stage’. This is a vast storage area, a positive labyrinth of paths! It was amazing what we discovered there: planks of wood, broken chairs, stuff...
by Julie Turner | Apr 7, 2010 | How We Got Here
The plaintive cry of children as the holiday season starts is enough to strike dread in any parent’s heart. It’s usually uttered fairly near the start of the journey and becomes increasingly whiny as the time spent in the cramped box otherwise known as a...
by Julie Turner | Apr 6, 2010 | How We Got Here
The church is made up of vastly different people, with different gifts, talents, skills and personalities. We can often feel threatened or intimidated by those differences, but really, the differences should be celebrated. God is clearly a God of variety!Romans 12...
by Julie Turner | Apr 6, 2010 | How We Got Here
Ecclesiastes 3 talks about there being times for everything, including a time to tear down and a time to build. It certainly feels like we’ve had our share of tearing down over the past few weeks, particularly in the main church hall, where every time we touched...
