by Julie Turner | Dec 23, 2018 | What's Happening
Tonight’s carol service continued the Advent theme of love, looking at the theme ‘Love Came Down At Christmas.’ We had a variety of readings telling the Christmas story: Grace also read a poem out: Once upon a Christmastime The angels sang with joy,...
by Julie Turner | Dec 23, 2018 | What's Happening
Stephen spoke this morning from 1 John 4:9-10 on the differences between human love and God’s love. Human love is delicate, easily broken. Agreements between countries to co-exist in peace can be easily shattered; marriages can break down; family rifts and...
by Julie Turner | Dec 21, 2018 | What's Happening
He needed a man… Who would take him seriously: His words, his ways, his priority. And Joe took him seriously Rich enough in integrity, To let his betrothed go For her presumed adultery. But quietly, kindly, and shunning a show. He needed a man… Who could...
by Julie Turner | Dec 20, 2018 | What's Happening
Throughout the book of Psalms, the summons or call to praise God is generally accompanied by reasons to praise Him. These reasons basically fit into one of two categories: we praise Him for who He is (‘for His surpassing greatness’, as Ps 150:2 indicates) or for what...
by Julie Turner | Dec 20, 2018 | What's Happening
A whole variety of musical instruments are mentioned in Ps 150, highlighting again the importance of music in the collective worship of God. The trumpet (or ram’s horn) was associated with the grandest and most solemn events in Israel’s history, such as the giving of...
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...
