by Julie Turner | Jul 17, 2022 | What's Happening
In January 2013 I sat in our church building and heard a sermon from Stephen Burgin from Luke 9, when Jesus sent out His disciples. God spoke to me through verse 2: ‘Take nothing for the journey—no staff, no bag, no bread, no money, no extra shirt.’ (Luke 9:2) I did...
by Julie Turner | Jul 17, 2022 | What's Happening
Dave spoke this morning from 2 Samuel 5:1-5, a very significant passage in the history of David, for it was during this period that he was finally appointed king, first of all over Judah and then over Israel. David, one of the most popular Old Testament characters,...
by Julie Turner | Jul 15, 2022 | What's Happening
Listening to God is probably the most important thing we can do. John makes this clear in the letters to the 7 churches of Asia where the phrase ‘Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches’ (Rev 2:7, 11, 17, 29, 3:6, 13, 22) is the conclusion...
by Julie Turner | Jul 15, 2022 | What's Happening
A church differs from theme-based clubs in many ways, but the key factor is God’s presence with people. In Revelation 2 and 3, we have 7 letters to churches in Asia, and each letter starts with some aspect of Christ’s presence which was of great relevance...
by Julie Turner | Jul 12, 2022 | What's Happening
‘The Message’ paraphrase of the Bible came out of Eugene Peterson’s frustration that so many ordinary people in the United States of America had no real connection with the Bible. As a pastor of a local church, he longed for people to share his love...
by Julie Turner | Jul 10, 2022 | What's Happening
In Noah, we see one of the first amazing miracles in the Bible: the rescue of Noah and his family from the destruction of the flood. Noah lived in difficult times (Gen 6:5-10) but was able to remain blameless and upright and to find favour with God even in these times...
