by Julie Turner | Mar 29, 2022 | What's Happening
Today’s reading (Matthew 9:9-13) looks at the calling of Matthew (Levi), a tax collector who heeded the call to follow Jesus. As a tax collector, he was despised and disliked; religious people often disliked Jesus because he associated with ‘tax collectors and...
by Julie Turner | Mar 28, 2022 | What's Happening
Although it’s still March, we took time last night to celebrate the April birthday of a girl who is ‘two, nearly three!’
by Julie Turner | Mar 28, 2022 | What's Happening
This week’s Lent theme is ‘sacrificing’. ‘Sacrifice’ is a word laden with preconceived ideas, but it is at the heart of the Christian faith. A sacrificial life, says Sally Welch, ‘is one which offers to God all the trials as well as the joys, all the challenges as...
by Julie Turner | Mar 27, 2022 | What's Happening
Dave spoke tonight from Romans 5:6-11, reminding us of the fundamental gospel truth that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. People may sometimes be willing to die for a cause or even for a good person (bodyguards often put their lives on the line to...
by Julie Turner | Mar 27, 2022 | What's Happening
Tim Walker from CAP (Christians Against Poverty) spoke at our meeting this morning, reminding us that Christ’s love is outworked in very practical helpl. Luke 14:12-14 reminds us that Jesus invites everyone to eat with Him; God’s love is totally...
by Julie Turner | Mar 27, 2022 | What's Happening
Today is Mothering Sunday, a day when we think about and honour the mothers in our lives. It can be a painful day for many whose mothers are no longer here, for those who long to be mothers but who have no children, for those whose experience of motherhood has not...
