by Julie Turner | Jun 1, 2015 | What's Happening
‘I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.’ (Gal 2:20) Sometimes others say what I struggle to articulate....
by Julie Turner | May 31, 2015 | What's Happening
Tonight, Garry spoke from Acts 1:1-8, continuing our teaching on the Holy Spirit. Some say (particularly Jehovah’s Witnesses) that the Holy Spirit is a ‘force’, not a person, but Acts 5:3 makes it clear that the Holy Spirit can be lied to and Jesus drew comparisons...
by Julie Turner | May 31, 2015 | What's Happening
Ps 123 reminds us that if God is Lord over all, we are His servants. We much prefer to be friends of God and co-heirs with Christ than to acknowledge God as our Master and Lord. But Paul reminds us ‘You are not your own; you were bought at a price.’ (1 Cor 6:19-20)...
by Julie Turner | May 31, 2015 | What's Happening
This morning’s sermon continued our series on the Songs of Ascent by looking at Ps 123, a short psalm that reminds us of our relationship with God as servants. Ps 121 started with us lifting our eyes to the mountains, but with Ps 123:1, our gaze is lifted even higher!...
by Julie Turner | May 29, 2015 | What's Happening
When I was first saved in the 1980s, a popular worship song by David Hadden was ‘Awake, awake, O Zion.’ Its lyrics came from Isaiah 52:1-3: ‘Awake, awake, Zion, clothe yourself with strength! Put on your garments of splendour, Jerusalem, the...
by Julie Turner | May 29, 2015 | What's Happening
The water boiler at church which provides hot water for teas and coffees has been under scrutiny recently. It stopped working a few weeks ago, with the ‘ready’ red light flashing persistently but never stabilising and the water temperature never getting...
