by Julie Turner | Feb 16, 2023 | What's Happening
Dearne Churches Together held their February family fun day this week, looking at the Parable of the Good Samaritan and the general theme of kindness and loving people regardless of who they are. It was fantastic to see 103 people in the building and to see the...
by Julie Turner | Feb 15, 2023 | What's Happening
Piaget’s theory of object permanence describes a child’s ability to recognise that objects continue to exist even when they are not in sight. Babies do not initially understand that what they cannot see still exists: for them, seeing really is believing,...
by Julie Turner | Feb 12, 2023 | What's Happening
John’s sixth sign was the healing of a blind man which led to confrontation, teaching and insights about spiritual vision (John 9:1-41). Jesus healed many blind people throughout His ministry (see Matthew 9, Matthew 15:30, Luke 7:21, Luke 18:35-42, Mark 8:22-26...
by Julie Turner | Feb 12, 2023 | What's Happening
Dave spoke this morning from Matt 15:30, which tells us ‘Great crowds came to him, bringing the lame, the blind, the crippled, the mute and many others, and laid them at his feet; and he healed them.’ Time and time again during the lifetime of Jesus, we...
by Julie Turner | Feb 10, 2023 | What's Happening
A scroll was a roll of parchment for writing on; the Scriptures (writings) were originally written on scrolls. Normally, a scroll would not be eaten, but on different occasions in the Bible, we are given the vivid picture of God’s people being told to eat a scroll to...
by Julie Turner | Feb 10, 2023 | What's Happening
I recently organised a surprise baby shower for my daughter-in-law, and found the experience of keeping secrets from her stressful to say the least. My son knew only that they had to be in a certain place at a certain time; I dare not tell my grandchildren about the...