by Julie Turner | Dec 27, 2022 | What's Happening
At our Christmas Day service, we looked at some of the names given to Jesus (somethng we have been doing with the children at Sunday school over recent weeks, decorating Christmas baubles to remind us of these truths.) Mary and Joseph were not given any option as to...
by Julie Turner | Dec 24, 2022 | What's Happening
Today we reach the end of our Advent musings for 2022 and are just hours away from celebrating Christmas in 2022. Christmas has always been a special time of year for me, inextricably linked to birthdays, for my uncle, mother, father and granddaughter all had or have...
by Julie Turner | Dec 23, 2022 | What's Happening
New life brings responsibility and financial burdens. In 2021 in the UK, the basic cost of raising a child until the age of 18 was £76,167. When additional costs, such as housing and childcare, are added, we get the total cost of £160,692. It can be daunting becoming...
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...
