by Julie Turner | May 28, 2025 | What's Happening
We enjoyed another family fun day working with other local churches for the half-term holiday, with 89 people coming to join us to look at two miracles of healing which Jesus did. We used stories by Andrew McDonagh and learned about four friends who brought a crippled...
by Julie Turner | May 25, 2025 | What's Happening
This morning we explored our identity as sheep (based on Psalm 100:3 which tells us ‘Know that the Lord is God. It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.’) The theme of sheep and shepherds runs throughout the whole Bible,...
by Julie Turner | May 18, 2025 | What's Happening
This morning we learned about our identity as people invited to share in God’s nature (see 2 Pet 1:1-9). To partake in the divine nature seems fanciful and impossible, but Peter is adamant that God’s divine power enables us to do this. Human nature outside of Christ...
by Julie Turner | May 16, 2025 | What's Happening
Our Parent & Toddler group meets twice a week in term-time on Wednesday and Friday mornings between 9 and 11 a.m. We are very grateful to Coalfields Regeneration Trust for their ongoing financial support of the group, giving us £2000 this year towards the running...
by Julie Turner | May 16, 2025 | What's Happening
David, restored as king of Israel, is growing older, and whilst the battles against the Philistines continue, his strength is not what it used to be. In 2 Sam 21:15 we read that he became ‘exhausted’, and as a result, his men begged him not to be actively involved in...
by Julie Turner | May 16, 2025 | What's Happening
In 2 Samuel 21 we see the importance of covenants to God. Famine comes upon the land of Israel because of Saul’s decision to annihilate the Gibeonites, and atonement for this sin is required. The back story to this is found in Joshua 9 and 10 when Israel first entered...