by Julie Turner | May 9, 2013 | What's Happening
Garry’s rather grandiose alliterative title (for which I can, sadly, claim no credit…) summarised both the whole book of James (which we finally completed studying tonight, having started in April 2012!) and the last two verses in chapter 5 (the focus of...
by Julie Turner | May 7, 2013 | What's Happening
Since Mark’s sermon on Jeremiah 6:16 (The Dream Cross Code), I have been thinking a lot about signposts. A crossroads without signposts isn’t much use: how do you know which way you’re supposed to take if there are no signposts?! And some signs...
by Julie Turner | May 6, 2013 | What's Happening
Mark started last night’s sermon by asking us to define ‘cool’: is it defined by the way you dress, by the things you own (big house, swimming pool, fast car etc.), by the gadgets you possess? The problem with defining ‘cool’ is that it...
by Julie Turner | May 6, 2013 | What's Happening
With the advent of spring finally reaching Goldthorpe, the family service last night looked at the theme of ‘coolness’. This can, of course, be taken in a number of ways! We started with a wordsearch on ice creams to get us into the Bank Holiday mood:There...
by Julie Turner | May 5, 2013 | What's Happening
Abraham is our ‘faith father’ when it comes to the journey of faith. This morning, we looked at how he models faith for us and shows us how to be those who are “willing to live in the risky faith-embrace of God’s action for them” (Rom 4:12, The Message)We...
by Julie Turner | May 5, 2013 | What's Happening
The Christian life is a journey that starts by faith and continues by faith. That may seem obvious, but it is surprising how often we begin well and then fail to continue in the same vein, perhaps thinking of faith more as a propellant than an ongoing fuel.In the...
