by Julie Turner | Apr 10, 2020 | What's Happening
People often divide life into the secular and the sacred. By that they mean what they perceive to be religious or spiritual (going to church, praying, reading the Bible etc.) and everything else (work, cooking, cleaning, playing, eating etc.) The Bible doesn’t...
by Julie Turner | Apr 10, 2020 | What's Happening
Good Friday. The name always jars. It’s only ‘good’ because we know the ending. The challenge for us is to live in the daily sorrow with faith and hope. When we don’t know the outcome. When we don’t know resurrection is coming. We could...
by Julie Turner | Apr 9, 2020 | What's Happening
Every morning we choose to get dressed. What we wear may well be determined by multiple factors: what day it is, where we are going, the chores we have to address. If we’re at work or school (if only!), we may have to wear a uniform; if we’re decorating, we may want...
by Julie Turner | Apr 9, 2020 | What's Happening
There are some great children’s videos telling the Easter story out there. Here are a few links you may want to use to tell the story. 1. Andrew McDonough (author of the ‘Cecil The Sheep’ stories which we often use in assemblies, church and Family...
by Julie Turner | Apr 9, 2020 | What's Happening
So for those of you with children wanting to teach about Holy Week, what can you do? Obviously you can read the story from the Bible, but children often need activities to do to help the story come to life. Here are a few suggestions for activities you can do, all of...
by Julie Turner | Apr 9, 2020 | What's Happening
Today is Maundy Thursday, a strange name arising from the Latin word ‘mandatum’, referring to the new commandment that Jesus gave His disciples to love one another. (John 13:34-35) It’s a day when, in countless church services over the world, we...
