by Julie Turner | Dec 20, 2018 | What's Happening
Psalm 150, the last of the ‘Hallelujah’ psalms and the last psalm in the whole book, is a summons to praise. Psalm 1 talks of the blessed life and is a summons to obedience; here, at the end of the book of Psalms, we have an exuberant call to praise the Lord with an...
by Julie Turner | Dec 20, 2018 | What's Happening
During the recent visit of 4FrontTheatre, the world of the theatre was opened up to me in new ways. As a travelling theatre company, this group has to take its own props with them, and essentially has to create its own stage from scratch, never being quite sure...
by Julie Turner | Dec 16, 2018 | What's Happening
We had a birthday to celebrate tonight – I wish Alan had been at our sheep service yesterday!
by Julie Turner | Dec 16, 2018 | What's Happening
The angels at Christmas brought a message of ‘good news of great joy’ (Luke 2:10). Joy features so much in the Christmas narratives: Zechariah, when told of the impending birth of his son, is told he will be ‘a joy and delight to you and many will rejoice at his...
by Julie Turner | Dec 16, 2018 | What's Happening
When we learn about shapes in school, we have lots of different names to learn! 3D shapes are those which have three dimensions (length, height and depth) and we have to learn about how many faces, vertices (corners) and edges they have. A shape with four faces is a...
by Julie Turner | Dec 16, 2018 | What's Happening
This week’s Advent theme is joy. Joy is a multi-faceted thing often associated only with happy circumstances and bubbling personalities, but the Bible urges us to ‘rejoice always’ (1 Thess 5:16, Phil 4:4) and talks of the joy of the Lord being our strength (Neh 8:10)....
