by Julie Turner | Apr 3, 2023 | What's Happening
I bought some new shoes recently. I tried them on in the shop and they fitted comfortably. I walked around there, admiring their snug fit. Yet no sooner had I got them home than I discovered the right shoe rubs my foot as the top of the shoe chafes agsinst my skin as...
by Julie Turner | Apr 2, 2023 | What's Happening
Garry spoke about Dave the Donkey tonight, using the ‘Lost Sheep’ resources to tell the story of the first Palm Sunday and the role played in it by a donkey. Our own donkey (Dave the 133rd) introduced the story. Palm Sunday reminds us how crowds are easily...
by Julie Turner | Apr 2, 2023 | What's Happening
This morning as we looked at the miraculous catch of fish recorded in Luke 5:1-11, we talked about purpose in life. All of us need to know that our lives have meaning and purpose; Steve Taylor says, ‘The need for purpose is one the defining characteristics of human...
by Julie Turner | Apr 2, 2023 | What's Happening
“As the time approached for him to be taken up to heaven, Jesus resolutely set out for Jerusalem.” (Luke 9:51) Today is Palm Sunday, the beginning of Holy Week, the day when we remember the Triumphal Entry of Jesus into Jerusalem. We read about this in...
by Julie Turner | Mar 31, 2023 | What's Happening
My grandchildren are at the age when they love fairy tales with their stories of princesses, knights in shining armour and wicked witches. Disney’s version of ‘Sleeping Beauty’ has the valiant Prince Phillip battle the evil fairy Maleficent who turns into a fierce...
by Julie Turner | Mar 30, 2023 | What's Happening
I read a quote from Eugene Peterson this week which said, “Our worship restores us to a wholeness that keeps us sane in the midst of bedlam, joyous in the face of doom’ (‘On Living Well’), and like so many of words, that was like an arrow to my...
