by Julie Turner | Apr 1, 2018 | What's Happening
Tonight’s family service had the theme ‘Resurrection!’ (what else could we talk about on Easter Sunday?!), and there is a sense in which it’s perfect to have Easter Sunday on April Fool’s Day as we contemplate the foolishness of God being wiser than human...
by Julie Turner | Apr 1, 2018 | What's Happening
The gospel accounts of the Resurrection are all the more powerful for not being a neatly packaged narrative. They tell the story as it was: confused, fearful disciples who were not expecting Jesus to rise from the dead (despite His many predictions!), faithful women...
by Julie Turner | Mar 30, 2018 | What's Happening
We walked from Sacred Heart church across Phoenix Park to arrive at Thurnscoe Pentecostal Church for ‘Messy Church’ craft activities: We then moved on to St Helen’s Church Hall to watch ‘So On & So 4th’ from 4FrontTheatre, a very...
by Julie Turner | Mar 30, 2018 | What's Happening
After lunch, we watched part of a film based on John’s Gospel at Goldthorpe Pentecostal Community Church: We then went to the Parish Church on Lockwood Road to learn about the Stations of the Cross, ably explained by Fr Carl Schaefer: From there, we walked to...
by Julie Turner | Mar 30, 2018 | What's Happening
‘Everybody’s welcome at the table,’ 4FrontTheatre told us in one of their excellent (eggsellent) sketches at St Helen’s Church Hall, and that sums up the whole Good Friday Church Crawl. Everyone was welcome, no matter how we celebrated Good...
by Julie Turner | Mar 29, 2018 | What's Happening
Don’t forget the Good Friday Church Crawl tomorrow (Friday 30th March), from 10.30 a.m. onwards. This is an opportunity to explore different Christian traditions (from crafts to liturgical worship, from film interpretations of the Crucifixion to live theatre...
