by Julie Turner | Dec 22, 2022 | What's Happening
Apologies for the delay in posting these photos from our carol service on Sunday. We’re so proud of the children who sang the songs ‘Boogie-woogie Angels’ and ‘Midnight’ and ‘Away In A Manger’ and danced their hearts out. We...
by Julie Turner | Dec 22, 2022 | What's Happening
For some people, Christmas is not a time of joy. It’s a painful reminder of loss: family and friends who have passed away and are no longer with us, financial difficulties which make the expected celebrations simply impossible, broken relationships and tensions which...
by Julie Turner | Dec 21, 2022 | What's Happening
The Christmas carol speaks of ‘tidings of comfort and joy’ (‘God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen’) and these two things are often linked in the Bible. God promised through Jeremiah, ‘I will give them comfort and joy instead of sorrow’ (Jer 31:13), and Isaiah called us to...
by Julie Turner | Dec 20, 2022 | What's Happening
I was fortunate to learn music at school. Starting with the recorder and going on to the flute, I learned to play instruments and read music from a young age. Music theory is the practical application of turning twelve notes into an endless variety of melodies in such...
by Julie Turner | Dec 20, 2022 | What's Happening
Joy is much more than happiness. It’s defined in the dictionary as ‘a feeling of great pleasure and happiness’, but Biblical joy is not rooted in circumstances (or ‘happenings’). What happens to us often determines whether we feel happy or miserable; our moods change...
by Julie Turner | Dec 19, 2022 | What's Happening
Those of you who read this page regularly know that we believe God answers prayer. We are thrilled to hear of the progress on the Eternal Wall of Answered Prayer (https://www.eternalwall.org.uk/), a sculpture being built in the North-East of England which will have a...
