by Julie Turner | Dec 22, 2024 | What's Happening
Dave spoke this morning from Luke 2:22-35, when the baby Jesus was presented at the temple. Simeon was waiting at the temple for the Messiah and declared that this was the Messiah he was holding in his arms. We know very little about the childhood of Jesus, and so...
by Julie Turner | Dec 20, 2024 | What's Happening
By this point in Advent, many of us are flagging. We have been involved in school concerts, choir concerts, Christmas fairs and special activities. We have bought and wrapped countless presents and arranged deliveries of these to those we will not see over Christmas....
by Julie Turner | Dec 20, 2024 | What's Happening
To end our 2024 Bible studies on the life of David in 2 Samuel 11 is a sobering experience. Here, the king who has made it through the wilderness experience of unjustly being hunted by Saul, who has withstood feigning insanity before foreign leaders and who has shown...
by Julie Turner | Dec 20, 2024 | What's Happening
In the Advent wreath, the pink candle, also known as the Shepherds’ Candle, represents joy and is lit on the third Sunday of Advent. This candle marks a shift in the tone of Advent from reflection to anticipation. Joy is often linked to anticipation. We ‘look...
by Julie Turner | Dec 16, 2024 | Uncategorized, What's Happening
My childhood was punctuated by December joy. My mother’s birthday was 23rd December; my father’s Christmas Eve, so celebration was the order of the day for December. My Dad, born a month prematurely, always said that he simply couldn’t wait for Christmas, and so...
by Julie Turner | Dec 15, 2024 | What's Happening
This evening, we looked at John 15:1-17 and our identity as friends of God. Last time, we looked at the idea that we are God’s servants, but in this passage, Jesus reminds us that if we remain in His love, we are more than servants; we can be called friends of God, as...
