by Julie Turner | Sep 21, 2021 | What's Happening
In school, we are taught when writing to consider the audience and to think about the purpose of the written work. Are you writing to persuade or to describe? Are you writing to explain or to argue a point? Are you writing for children or adults? These things...
by Julie Turner | Sep 19, 2021 | What's Happening
Dave spoke tonight about Sarah, wife of Abraham, looking in particular at Heb 11:11-12. Abraham is often referred to as the father of faith and little is really said about his wife, Sarah, but in Heb 11:11 we see that Sarah’s faith is mentioned and we should...
by Julie Turner | Sep 19, 2021 | What's Happening
Garry continued his series on Joseph this mornig, looking at Gen 39:19-23. It had taken Joseph years to get to the position of responsibility he had with Potiphar and yet this was destroyed in a moment by Potiphar’s spurned and vengeful wife. Life can be like...
by Julie Turner | Sep 12, 2021 | What's Happening
Moses had been carrying his shepherd’s staff, that ordinary piece of wood, for many years and nothing dramatic had ever happened with it. But when Moses listened to God and allowed Him to work through him, the staff became ‘the staff of God’ (Ex 4:20) and became...
by Julie Turner | Sep 12, 2021 | What's Happening
In our series on ‘Questions’, we looked at Exodus 3 & 4, Moses being commissioned by God. This encounter with God radically changed Moses and we see raw, honest communication (so necessary for all relationships) as Moses questions God and God asks...
by Julie Turner | Sep 12, 2021 | What's Happening
The past eighteen months, especially lockdowns, have changed so many things for people, including (at times) how we gather together as the church. Some may ask why we need to meet together in person, given that we can do so on Zoom or other Internet platforms, but Heb...
