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,...
by Julie Turner | Sep 10, 2017 | What's Happening
At Cherry Tree Court, we looked at the subject of wise words. As Christians, our rule of thumb for speech is found in Eph 4:29: ‘Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it...
by Julie Turner | Sep 8, 2017 | What's Happening
We think every coffee morning (Saturdays, 10 a.m. – 12 noon) is special, but we do have some even-more-special coffee mornings coming up! On Saturday 30th September (10 a.m. -12 noon), we are hosting a Macmillan Coffee morning, when all proceeds will go to the...
by Julie Turner | Sep 7, 2017 | What's Happening
Tonight, after a summer break, our mid-week meetings resume with the prayer meeting starting at 7.30 p.m. It is crucial to the health of a church that we join together regularly in prayer and that we make the most of this opportunity to come together and pray. We are...
