by Julie Turner | Jul 25, 2013 | What's Happening
When I’m on holiday, I love looking round old churches and chapels. The variety of architectural styles and the history behind these buildings fascinate me. I am well aware that the church is far more than a building, but the splendour of some of these buildings...
by Julie Turner | Jul 25, 2013 | What's Happening
The prayer topic for August is about political influence in our land. Paul says, “I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people— for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives...
by Julie Turner | Jul 25, 2013 | What's Happening
Friendship can be hard to define, but is wonderful to experience. Sometimes we are friends with people who are similar to ourselves, finding in another a kindred spirit: as C.S. Lewis once commented, “Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another:...
by Julie Turner | Jul 25, 2013 | What's Happening
25th July was, apparently, the birthday of Rosalind Elsie Franklin, a British biophysicist and X-ray crystallographer who made critical contributions to the understanding of the fine molecular structures of DNA, RNA, viruses, coal, and graphite. This week we visited...
by Julie Turner | Jul 25, 2013 | What's Happening
In my last sermon, I mentioned Christopher Marlowe’s poem ‘The Passionate Shepherd to his love’:”Come live with me and be my love, And we will all the pleasures prove That valleys, groves, hills, and fields, Woods or steepy mountain yields.And we will sit...
by Julie Turner | Jul 25, 2013 | What's Happening
Not content with visiting Oxford, Igor decided to venture further afield to the capital (timing his arrival to coincide with the celebration of the birth of the royal baby! – note the elegant bow tie he is wearing in his effort to be suave and respectful!)Igor...
