by Julie Turner | Dec 27, 2020 | Uncategorized, What's Happening
Dave spoke tonight from Luke 2:1-20 about the reality of Christmas. If we were to decipher the message of Christmas from our Christmas cards, we might get very mixed messages, believing Christmas to be a winter festival (after all, lots of cards feature snow, holly,...
by Julie Turner | Dec 2, 2020 | Uncategorized, What's Happening
Today in our ‘Dearne Churches Together’ prayer meeting, we looked at the messages of hope which the angels brought to people as they announced the good news of Jesus’s birth. These messages still resonate with us today. Do Not Be Afraid Angels are...
by Julie Turner | Nov 22, 2020 | Uncategorized
We are preparing a range of Advent activities to help us ‘let every heart prepare Him room’, in the words of the carol ‘O Little Town of Bethlehem’. Many of these will be online, but some will be in person. Dearne Churches Together will be...
by Julie Turner | Oct 25, 2020 | Uncategorized, What's Happening
Garry started a new series on the life of Joseph today, reading from Ps 105:16-21. Joseph is one of the most amazing of the Old Testament characters, and we will be looking at him both as a ‘type’ and at his character. Typology is where we study the Bible,...
by Julie Turner | Jul 12, 2020 | Uncategorized, What's Happening
Garry continued his ‘Being & Doing’ series, reminding us that our value in God does not come from what we do but is because of His great love for us. In 1 Cor 1:4-8, we read that we ‘have been enriched in every way’ and so often, we can...
by Julie Turner | May 31, 2020 | Uncategorized, What's Happening
This morning we looked at Hebrews 6:13-20 and how God’s faithfulness gives us hope as an anchor for our souls in stormy times. Many of us feel storm-tossed at the moment and there is the temptation to believe God doesn’t really care about our situations (see Mark...
