by Julie Turner | Apr 20, 2017 | What's Happening
As well as being examples of poetry and song, the Psalms are chiefly prayers. We may well try to categorise these prayers (according to subject matter such as lament, thanksgiving, petition and so on), but the psalms themselves are not arranged in this kind of order....
by Julie Turner | Apr 17, 2017 | What's Happening
During the India trip, we were involved in the children’s work done in Fredrick’s church and in the slum area where the women’s tailoring programme is situated: In both situations, we had fun telling Bible stories, singing action songs and doing...
by Julie Turner | Apr 17, 2017 | What's Happening
For a number of years we have been supporting the women’s tailoring programme run by Reeba in India. It was especially good to visit the women who are currently on the programme. They attend for 3 hours each day for 6 months and learn sewing skills, beginning...
by Julie Turner | Apr 16, 2017 | What's Happening
Easter Sunday in Goldthorpe included updates about the India trip. During the past week, the team have been involved in: meetings at Fredrick’s church on Monday evening, Good Friday and Easter Sunday meetings with the tailoring programme ladies on Tuesday work...
by Julie Turner | Apr 13, 2017 | What's Happening
What can we say so far about our visit to India? It is difficult to know where to start. First impressions include the warmth and friendliness of the people, their humility and thirst for God, the insane traffic and driving, the heat, the smells of spices that are so...
by Julie Turner | Apr 13, 2017 | What's Happening
As we reach the end of these Lenten musings, it’s very easy to summarise the life God wants us to live. He wants us to live a life of love. Love is the fulfilment of the law (see Rom 13:10 & Gal 5:14) and if we want to reflect God’s nature to others, we have to...