by Julie Turner | Oct 31, 2015 | What's Happening
Yesterday was the Dearne hOurbank Launch, held in our building. This is a venture seeking to unite volunteers and allowing people to invest their time and skills to help others and also to receive help from people whose talents may well be different! People can choose...
by Julie Turner | Oct 27, 2015 | What's Happening
When I was a child, I used to listen to Danny Kaye singing ‘The Ugly Duckling.’ This story, written by Hans Christian Anderson, tells of a homely little bird born in a barnyard who suffers abuse from the others around him until, much to his delight (and to...
by Julie Turner | Oct 26, 2015 | What's Happening
Mark’s gospel begins with the words ‘The beginning of the good news about Jesus the Messiah, the Son of God, as it is written in Isaiah the prophet’ (Mark 1:1-2). The New Testament scholar and former bishop of Durham, Tom Wright, has just released a...
by Julie Turner | Oct 26, 2015 | What's Happening
I have been surprised today by the power of good news. I suppose I really shouldn’t be, but sometimes when you’re close to a situation, you take it for granted and fail to appreciate the joy that good news can bring to other people. My son’s wedding...
by Julie Turner | Oct 25, 2015 | What's Happening
Bible Society remind us that ‘the value of the Bible lies in its use. We must use it or lose it.’ In our country we have free access to the Bible. We have a variety of different translations and can have the Bible in electronic versions as well as in book form....
by Julie Turner | Oct 25, 2015 | What's Happening
To celebrate Bible Sunday, we looked at how the pieces of the Bible jigsaw fit together. The first thing we need to realise is that the Bible is made up of 66 books, pieces which are divided into the Old and New Testaments. People worked at fitting these pieces...
