by Julie Turner | Feb 7, 2019 | What's Happening
Stephen is another character in the book of Acts who does not feature in the gospels. We read of him first in Acts 6, a man ‘full of faith and of the Holy Spirit’ (Acts 6:5) who was chosen to help serve the widows of the Greek-speaking Christians. Later in that...
by Julie Turner | Feb 7, 2019 | What's Happening
It’s interesting to note that those first twelve disciples of Jesus are all mentioned in the book of Acts, but the emphasis is very definitely initially on Peter and John (as it often is in the gospels.) Peter features in many of the gospel stories: walking on water...
by Julie Turner | Feb 7, 2019 | What's Happening
God is able to work powerfully in our world without the need for human intervention. The Psalms have made it abundantly clear that God alone created the heavens and the earth (e.g. Ps 33:4,6; Ps 104:5) and He sustains the earth by His great power (Heb 1:2-3). Despite...
by Julie Turner | Feb 3, 2019 | What's Happening
We celebrated the first of our February birthdays tonight:
by Julie Turner | Feb 3, 2019 | What's Happening
Jesus has promised to return, but we don’t know when this will happen. He told a story once about an owner who went away from home, leaving his servants in charge of different tasks (Mark 13:13). Garry told this story tonight using felt characters: The story...
by Julie Turner | Feb 3, 2019 | What's Happening
Dave spoke this morning from Luke 17:11-19, a story where Jesus healed ten lepers… but only one returned to give Him thanks. Lepers were at this time outcasts, for the disease was incurable and all who had leprosy were isolated, unable to live within the normal...
