by Julie Turner | Mar 31, 2019 | What's Happening
Today is Mothers’ Day in the UK and Dave spoke this morning on the question ‘What is a mother?’ As a man, he said this was a thorny question to tackle; the dictionary definition (a woman who has given birth to a child) not encompassing the way a...
by Julie Turner | Mar 28, 2019 | What's Happening
“Daddy fix it!” is the confident assertion of my granddaughter when her pop-up picture book needs sellotape to keep the pictures popping up or when her train engine needs a new battery to help it to run smoothly on the track again. She has confidence that...
by Julie Turner | Mar 27, 2019 | What's Happening
Part of the work of the church is ‘to equip [God’s] people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up’ (Eph 4:12). In order to facilitate this, we will be holding a ‘Team Building Day’ on Saturday 27th April between...
by Julie Turner | Mar 27, 2019 | What's Happening
As I wait for my second grandchild’s arrival in our world, I’m learning to pray for the 3Ps – patience, protection and perseverance. These are good things to pray for regardless of our circumstances or individual petitions! Patience is not something...
by Julie Turner | Mar 25, 2019 | What's Happening
Speaking in tongues (or other languages, formally known as ‘glossolalia’) is a gift given by the Holy Spirit enabling people to speak in languages not learned academically. It is one of the characteristics of Pentecostal churches. It is not essential to...
by Julie Turner | Mar 25, 2019 | What's Happening
Garry continued his series on the characteristics of a Pentecostal church, looking further at the baptism of the Holy Spirit. Many dispute that this is needed nowadays, saying that this only happened in the early church to ‘get it started’ and that we now...
