by Julie Turner | Sep 12, 2017 | What's Happening
Ps 107:2 says ‘Let the redeemed of the Lord tell their story.’ It is so important for each one of us to realise we have a story to tell and to be involved in telling that story. We often think of evangelism as something difficult, something best left to...
by Julie Turner | Sep 11, 2017 | What's Happening
Two years ago we celebrated September birthdays at a wedding. Last night, we celebrated the birthdays with an extra member of the family…!
by Julie Turner | Sep 11, 2017 | What's Happening
William Cowper’s hymn contains some very pertinent and still relevant truths: ‘God moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform; He plants His footsteps in the sea And rides upon the storm. Deep in unfathomable mines Of never failing skill He treasures...
by Julie Turner | Sep 11, 2017 | What's Happening
God’s love, Garry reminded us, goes much further than our love. We may not fully understand why He created us with free will; we certainly do not understand how He can use even evil, pain and suffering for good (as John Dickson remarks, ‘But here we arrive...
by Julie Turner | Sep 11, 2017 | What's Happening
Many people struggle with the idea of God and His love, simply imagining God to be a ‘bigger version’ of humans and His love to be a little bit bigger than ours. The truth is that we are made in God’s image (not the other way round!) and His love is...
by Julie Turner | Sep 10, 2017 | What's Happening
It’s very easy in life to get distracted. We are seeing this all the time at the moment with our first grandchild who has just learned to crawl and who is desperate to learn to walk. She is, as a consequence, having to cope with falling down on a regular basis,...