by Julie Turner | Nov 23, 2016 | What's Happening
On Monday at the Salvation Army, a bevy of volunteers was making craft items to sell at the Christmas Market on 9th December: Don’t forget that this morning from 9 a.m. until 11 a.m., we are getting the goody bags ready for the market. Come along to help with...
by Julie Turner | Nov 22, 2016 | What's Happening
Over the years, I’ve spent a lot of time trying to work out who I am, but ultimately I’ve learned that my identity can never be fully understood without also grasping the identity of God. Eph 1:11-12 in the Message version says, ‘It’s in Christ that...
by Julie Turner | Nov 20, 2016 | What's Happening
It’s perfectly possible to believe that Jesus is who He claimed to be – Son of God, Son of Man – and still not realise that this matters to each one of us personally or that our response to who Jesus is has eternal consequences. Jesus puts love right in our...
by Julie Turner | Nov 20, 2016 | What's Happening
Jesus is the human name by which God the Son is known. Nowadays, numbers seem to be the chief way of identifying people (passport numbers, driving licences, NHS numbers, Unique Learner Numbers for pupils and so on), but in the Bible, we see the significance of names...
by Julie Turner | Nov 20, 2016 | What's Happening
In our alphabet series, ‘The A-Z of Christian Faith’, tonight we looked at ‘J is for Jesus.’ Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, the pioneer and perfecter of faith’ (Heb 12:2), the ‘Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End’ (Rev...
by Julie Turner | Nov 20, 2016 | What's Happening
The prayer said in Anglican churches today (Stir Up Sunday, the last Sunday before Advent) talks about asking God to stir us: “Stir up, we beseech thee, O Lord, the wills of thy faithful people; that they, plenteously bringing forth the fruit of good works, may...
