by Julie Turner | Aug 30, 2020 | What's Happening
Garry concluded his series on the Sabbath and related words this morning. The Sabbath, we have seen, is a time to change our focus together, a time for recalibration and renewed perspective. Related words look at taking a bride (with its obvious connection to Jesus...
by Julie Turner | Aug 30, 2020 | What's Happening
As we head towards September, we will continue to hold meetings in the building at Market Street on Sundays at 10.30 a.m. and at 6.00 p.m. and on Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. We will not, however, be re-starting our youth club and Parent & Toddler group at present...
by Julie Turner | Aug 25, 2020 | What's Happening
Joash’s life was greatly influenced by Jehoiada, the priest. Joash was the son of Ahaziah, an evil king, and the grandson of Athaliah, an even more evil grandmother, and as such, the influences on him as a child were far from good. Family influences can be very...
by Julie Turner | Aug 23, 2020 | What's Happening
Jer 9:20-21 contains a call to lament, for ‘death has climbed in through our windows and has entered our fortresses.’ This could, in some ways, be perceived as what we have been experiencing in 2020 with the arrival of the Covid-19 pandemic. Certainly, an...
by Julie Turner | Aug 23, 2020 | What's Happening
Stephen spoke this morning on the deceitfulness of sin. The song ‘The Snake’ (sung here by Al Wilson) reminds us that no matter what kindness shown to a half-frozen snake, it will always be true to its own nature; in the song, the snake eventually bites...
by Julie Turner | Aug 20, 2020 | What's Happening
In the middle of his speech in Athens, Paul, talking about God as the Creator of all mankind, said, ‘God did this so that they would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from any one of us.’ (Acts 17:27) Seeking God is part of our...