by Julie Turner | Dec 6, 2017 | What's Happening
The Bible makes it clear that life begins at fertilisation. It talks of us being ‘knit together’ in our mother’s womb (Ps 139:13-16) and the angel’s announcements to Mary and Joseph talk of conception being the start of life. Admittedly in the case of Jesus, this was...
by Julie Turner | Dec 5, 2017 | Uncategorized, What's Happening
For many of us, the announcement of a pregnancy is joyous news. We rejoice at new life because we know, somehow, that life is precious. There is something within us that recognises the sanctity of life: that human life is sacred because we are made in God’s image....
by Julie Turner | Dec 4, 2017 | What's Happening
The most obvious thing about any pregnancy is that it involves waiting. Excited parents often find out early these days that they are expecting a baby and one of the things they often say is ‘I just can’t wait!’ Children often ‘just can’t wait’ for Christmas, opening...
by Julie Turner | Dec 3, 2017 | What's Happening
Stephen closed tonight’s service by singing the Casting Crowns’ song ‘While You Were Sleeping’: ‘Oh little town of Bethlehem, Looks like another silent night Above your deep and dreamless sleep A giant star lights up the sky And while...
by Julie Turner | Dec 3, 2017 | What's Happening
Tonight we had a quiz (with an ingeniously designed scoring method whereby baby Jesus moved from heaven to earth!) which involved questions about Christmas, singing activities and an egg and spoon race! Many of the questions proved difficult to answer! – but in...
by Julie Turner | Dec 3, 2017 | What's Happening
Garry spoke tonight on the subject of ‘Advent Arrivals’, starting with a game of ‘word association’ to illustrate the point that nowadays when most of us think of ‘Advent’, the next word we think of is ‘calendar’! For...
