by Julie Turner | Dec 1, 2019 | What's Happening
On the first Sunday in Advent, Dave spoke from Luke 2:6-16. As we prepare for Christmas, our memories are often taken up with family gatherings (helping to mix the Christmas pudding, checking name labels on parcels under the Christmas tree and Christmas walks in the...
by Julie Turner | Dec 1, 2019 | What's Happening
Every day throughout December until Christmas Day I have committed to counting my blessings… and hopefully helping others to count theirs too! The Advent period is a time of pondering God’s many blessings to us, and I can’t think of a better way to let my heart...
by Julie Turner | Nov 29, 2019 | What's Happening
Some moments are easier to embrace than others. Some moments are full of joy, capturing innocence and exultation – that moment of complete surrender as bride and groom exchange vows, looking deep into each other’s eyes with love and promise, that moment of...
by Julie Turner | Nov 26, 2019 | What's Happening
One of the privileges of being with 4FrontTheatre yesterday was the chance to see ‘behind the scenes’ of a professional theatre company. I’ve often thought that being ‘on tour’ is a very odd way of living. It sounds glamorous – a...
by Julie Turner | Nov 26, 2019 | What's Happening
Wow! We had a truly fantastic day yesterday with 4FrontTheatre. Their show ‘Back In Time For Christmas’ was seen by 260 pupils at Goldthorpe Primary School, 140 pupils from Sacred Heart Primary School and 137 people at the evening show at GPCC… and...
by Julie Turner | Nov 24, 2019 | What's Happening
The well in this story (Gen 29:1-14) sets the scene for us; it shows us a place of watering, a place where the shepherds gathered to water the flock. It’s significant because Jacob and his family were shepherds and so it’s perhaps inevitable that the watering wells...