by Julie Turner | Dec 25, 2024 | What's Happening
This morning we gathered to sing carols, celebrate Christ’s birth and think about the raw ingredients of Christmas. For most of us, food and presents form an integral and essential part of the Christmas festivities, but the Christmas story is not simply about...
by Julie Turner | Dec 25, 2024 | What's Happening
Today is the first day of Christmas, the end of Advent. Happy Christmas to all! What I find interesting in our current society is that this day is seen as an end, whereas historically (and in the Christian calendar, certainly) it is seen as a beginning. Christmas...
by Julie Turner | Dec 22, 2024 | What's Happening
In a first, Julie preached tonight dressed as a sheep… not a sentence that can be written frequently! Taking inspiration from the children’s musical ‘Hey Ewe!’ by Antony Copus, she explored the idea that we are all sheep (see Ps 100:3) and that...
by Julie Turner | Dec 22, 2024 | What's Happening
This evening we had our carol service, with the children taking part by singing songs from the Nativity musical ‘Hey Ewe!’ by Antony Copus. First of all, we had the song ‘Hustle Bustle!’ which reminded us why Mary and Joseph had to go to...
by Julie Turner | Dec 22, 2024 | What's Happening
The final Advent theme is love, a fitting end to all our reflections throughout December, since God is love and love is the most excellent way. Christina Rosetti’s poem ‘Love Came Down At Christmas’ reminds us of this fact: ‘Love came down at Christmas, Love all...
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...
