by Julie Turner | Jun 2, 2014 | What's Happening
Last week as we explored the Peak District in drizzle and murky clouds, we went on a walk in Tansley which took us past the Lumsdale waterfall: I love waterfalls, especially listening to the noise of cascading water which always reminds me of the fact that God’s...
by Julie Turner | Jun 1, 2014 | What's Happening
Clouds feature in several places in the Bible. The Israelites were led by the pillar of cloud by day during their wilderness wanderings (Ex 13:21) and God’s glory was seen in a cloud. (Ex 16:10) God’s glory filled the tabernacle (Ex 40:34) and covered...
by Julie Turner | Jun 1, 2014 | What's Happening
Tonight’s family service took the theme of ‘Clouds’, but these days that clearly evokes images of ‘the Cloud’, a computing term. So our quiz started with a would-be iPhone: Teams had to choose one of the icons for a variety of different...
by Julie Turner | Jun 1, 2014 | What's Happening
Dave spoke this morning from Luke 24:49 as we celebrated (in advance, since he is away next weekend!) Pentecost, the birthday of the church! Jesus had spoken extensively to His disciples about the Holy Spirit (John 14-16) and after the Resurrection told them to wait...
by Julie Turner | May 30, 2014 | What's Happening
Not surprisingly since June is a month of celebration, our thoughts in prayer are turned towards growth and outreach and in particular we need to pray for the refurbishment plans. We are looking at writing a funding application for the refurbishment of the community...
by Julie Turner | May 30, 2014 | What's Happening
Headline news – either in the newspaper or on the TV news – tends to be depressing. The main items of news often involve political problems, international disasters (either natural or man-made), national crises, weather crises or some other disaster that...
