by Julie Turner | May 31, 2019 | What's Happening
Preachers are keen to make key points (often using headings or alliteration or other techniques to give people somethng they can easily remember) so that those listening can take hold of what they hear and not let this disappear through their hands like sand....
by Julie Turner | May 31, 2019 | What's Happening
In our Sunday morning series, ‘Battles and Blessings’, we are looking at the fact that battles and blessings often seem to be like the parallel tracks on a railway line: we experience both simultaneously in our lives. This certainly seems to have been the case in the...
by Julie Turner | May 31, 2019 | What's Happening
In Peter’s sermon following the healing of the crippled man, he tells the crowd, ‘Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord.’ (Acts 3:19) This gives us a clue as to how we may move from judgment...
by Julie Turner | May 31, 2019 | What's Happening
Peter’s sermon in Acts 3:12-26, as in Acts 2:14-41, arises from unusual happenings which arouse the attention of a large crowd. Both sermons seek to explain what has happened and both point to Jesus Christ. Peter directed the crowd’s attention away from both the...
by Julie Turner | May 29, 2019 | What's Happening
We had a lot of messy creativity going on at the Pentecost Fun Day today – it’s amazing how much of my granddaughter’s body can get painted as well as the thing she is actually trying to paint! It was lovely to see so many people enjoying the...
by Julie Turner | May 29, 2019 | What's Happening
It was lovely to be able to enjoy the outdoor facilities at Houghton Road Centre: We were also kept fit by a game of ‘Pass the Parcel’ with forfeits which included star jumps, press-ups and running on the spot: We learned about the fruit of the Spirit...
