by Julie Turner | Aug 6, 2014 | What's Happening
There is a proverb which says ‘The road to hell is paved with good intentions.’ It perhaps echoes Jesus’s words about the narrow and wide roads in Matt 7:13-14: ‘Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that...
by Julie Turner | Aug 6, 2014 | What's Happening
I am currently reading Eugene Peterson’s study on Jeremiah ‘Run With The Horses’ and in that book came across a sentiment that perfectly summarises my series on ‘Everyday Church’ (to be continued this Sunday evening!) The sentiment is...
by Julie Turner | Aug 5, 2014 | What's Happening
As part of our continuing wish to improve the facilities at church, we have just purchased some new tables for use by groups and at the coffee morning. Here they are, nestled together with our larger tables! Now comes the far more onerous task of deciding which...
by Julie Turner | Aug 3, 2014 | What's Happening
Garry preached on the subject of mountains tonight, talking first of all about how we are both fascinated, challenged and daunted by mountains. He has visited the Alps before: Although Mont Blanc is the tallest mountain in this range, the Aiguille du Midi (3842 m...
by Julie Turner | Aug 3, 2014 | What's Happening
Tonight’s family service looked at the theme of mountains, with two quizzes on the subject. One looked at anagrams of mountains (can you work out OOPPLTTPEECA?) and the other looked at questions about mountains in the Bible as well as general knowledge facts. As...
by Julie Turner | Aug 3, 2014 | What's Happening
When I was a child, I was just as short-sighted as I am now, but for a little while, I didn’t know it. I had no framework or reference to judge visual ability, and so I saw the world through rather blurry vision. I didn’t know it was blurry, because that was the only...
