by Julie Turner | Mar 30, 2024 | What's Happening
Today’s household object is the bed and our Bible passage is Matthew 27:62-66. Most of us nowadays have a bed on which we can sleep. This has not historically always been the case, and even now, on camping holidays, we do not have a comfortable bed but a mat and...
by Julie Turner | Mar 30, 2024 | What's Happening
Servanthood, suffering, sacrifice – these are the things we see magnified in this last week of Jesus’s life. They were things prophesied by Isaiah many years beforehand: Isaiah said of the Suffering Servant, ‘He was despised and rejected by mankind, a man of...
by Julie Turner | Mar 30, 2024 | What's Happening
Yesterday we celebrated Good Friday with a fellowship meal (and it was lovely to be able to chat together as we ate, eating together being one of the great ways to get to know people) and a service of reflection and remembrance. Sadly I was so busy that I didn’t...
by Julie Turner | Mar 30, 2024 | What's Happening
Apologies for the delay in posting this. Today’s household object is a crucifix and the Bible passage is 1 Corinthians 1:17-25. The cross has become the symbol of Christianity, because our Saviour died the horrific death by crucifixion which was the Roman means of...
by Julie Turner | Mar 28, 2024 | What's Happening
March has been a bit mad this year, largely due to the early date of Easter. This month, I’ve had two family birthdays to celebrate (including my own) and have also been involved in four community events, led four additional Lent Bible studies and lunches and baked...
by Julie Turner | Mar 28, 2024 | What's Happening
Today’s household object is the alarm clock, and the Bible passages are John 13:36-38 and John 16:25-27. Alarm clocks are useful in waking us each morning; nature’s alarm clock is the cockerel! The cockerel (or rooster) features in the Easter story as a warning to us:...
