by Julie Turner | Aug 1, 2014 | What's Happening
The holiday season is in full swing! This has implications for the meetings at GPCC. Sunday meetings will continue as usual: morning meetings at 10.30 a.m. and evening meetings at 6 p.m. Don’t forget that on Sunday 10th August, the morning meeting will be at...
by Julie Turner | Aug 1, 2014 | What's Happening
The Message version of 1 John 3:19-20 talks about ‘debilitating self-criticism,’ that nagging feeling many of us have that we are not fulfilling God’s commandments properly. Over-sensitive hearts can carry heavy loads of condemnation around with them...
by Julie Turner | Aug 1, 2014 | What's Happening
Last night’s Bible study (the last till September, as there are no midweek meetings during August) looked at 1 John 3:19-24. So far in this chapter, we have looked at God’s lavish love (1 John 3:1) who we are in God (‘children of God’ 1 John 3:1-2) doing what is...
by Julie Turner | Jul 31, 2014 | What's Happening
Flotsam and jetsam are not everyday terms. Technically, they refer to specific kinds of shipwreck: flotsam (from a word originally meaning ‘to float’) is the floating wreckage of a ship or its cargo, whilst jetsam (from the word ‘jettison’,...
by Julie Turner | Jul 30, 2014 | What's Happening
Jesus was once asked (by a rather exasperated Peter, I always feel) “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother or sister who sins against me? Up to seven times?” (Matt 18:21) I always get the feeling Peter thought he was doing rather well to suggest as many as...
