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...
by Julie Turner | Mar 26, 2023 | What's Happening
Guest speaker Joy Gascoigne spoke from the book of Philippians tonight, teaching on how to ride the roller-coaster of life. We can feel that life is very much like a roller-coaster with its slow ascents and rapid descents, but Paul (writing this letter from prison) is...
by Julie Turner | Mar 26, 2023 | What's Happening
Garry spoke this morning from Gen 45:21-25. Gen 45:24 gives us Joseph’s advice to his brothers, literally ‘as you travel, do not be overcome by fear.’ Perhaps his brothers thought that once Jacob was in Egypt, Joseph would take his revenge on them....
by Julie Turner | Mar 19, 2023 | What's Happening
On this Mothering Sunday, Dave spoke about mothers – the definition being a woman who has given birth to a child, but also broadened to those who care for children, even if they are not her own. The joy of motherhood can be exaggerated (often confined to when...
by Julie Turner | Mar 19, 2023 | What's Happening
This morning we looked at how Jesus healed ten lepers, only one of whom returned to give thanks to God. (Luke 17:11-19) This miracle of healing shows us Jesus’s concern for even the outcasts in society; His willingness to heal (and touch) those in need remains...