by Julie Turner | Dec 9, 2015 | What's Happening
Read Psalm 119:65-74. In the days before satellite navigation, travellers used the stars as fixed points to direct them on long journeys. The Christmas story remind us of this in the star that shone from Jacob (Num 24:17) guiding learned men to Jesus (Matt 2:1-12). We...
by Julie Turner | Dec 8, 2015 | What's Happening
Read Psalm 119:57-64 Mick Jagger used to sing ‘I can’t get no satisfaction’ and the double negative of that statement was presumably for emphasis rather than to imply everything was going well for him! God is the source of all satisfaction; the psalmist says ‘You are...
by Julie Turner | Dec 7, 2015 | What's Happening
Read Ps 119:49-56. The world is divided, we are told, into two camps: the haves and the have-nots. Whilst there is truth in this statement (and our support of the Salvation Army Christmas Appeal seeks to give to those in need), the world is also divided spiritually:...
by Julie Turner | Dec 6, 2015 | What's Happening
We also had a December birthday to celebrate: Activities included colouring Christmas pictures for children and puzzles involving words: how many words of three letters or more can you find from the word ‘CHRISTMAS’? (Have a go… our total was 75!)...
by Julie Turner | Dec 6, 2015 | What's Happening
Jesus is central to the whole Bible, even if we see Him most clearly in the New Testament. Tonight’s sermon looked at some of the ways we find Him foreshadowed in the Old Testament. In Genesis, God promises that He will send a Saviour, a Deliverer, a Rescuer to...
by Julie Turner | Dec 6, 2015 | What's Happening
Tonight’s family service looked at the theme of ‘Christ in Christmas.’ Christmas is the time of year when we particularly think about how God sent Jesus as a baby to be born in Bethlehem. It’s a time of celebration: ‘good news that will cause great joy for all the...
