by Julie Turner | Apr 7, 2019 | What's Happening
We’re now in April and there’s lots happening at GPCC! Today we have services at 10.30 a.m. and 6.00 p.m., with the evening service being our monthly ‘Little Big Church’ where there’ll be songs and stories for children during the service....
by Julie Turner | Apr 4, 2019 | What's Happening
William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army (whose motto ‘Blood and Fire’ reflect core beliefs in the death of Jesus Christ and the fire of the Holy Spirit), wrote the hymn ‘Send the Fire’ in 1894. The first verse speaks of his longing for the fire of God in his life...
by Julie Turner | Apr 4, 2019 | What's Happening
The third of the supernatural phenomena associated with the Day of Pentecost and the arrival of the Holy Spirit was the ability to speak in other tongues (or languages) as the Spirit enabled them. (Acts 2:4) The crowd’s reaction show us that this was definitely an...
by Julie Turner | Apr 4, 2019 | What's Happening
Wind and fire are symbols of the Holy Spirit, symbols associated with God throughout the Bible. The word ‘breath’ and ‘wind’ are the same (ruach in Hebrew, pneuma in Greek) and it is not surprising that one of the first signs of the Spirit’s arrival on the Day...
by Julie Turner | Apr 4, 2019 | What's Happening
I’ve just welcomed my second granddaughter into the world, an event which could be summed up in the phrase ‘She’s here!’ After many long hours of labour, the news that she had safely arrived was a great blessing to me. Her arrival inevitably and irrevocably changes...
by Julie Turner | Apr 4, 2019 | What's Happening
One of the first words my older granddaughter learned (way before giving me a name) was ‘more!’ Coupled with ‘again!’, these are key words in a toddler’s vocabulary. She is gradually learning the value of manners (‘more,...
