by Julie Turner | Apr 3, 2016 | What's Happening
Ps 130 is a psalm which talks of hoping and waiting. It begins ‘out of the depths I cry to you, Lord’ (Ps 130:1), and there will always be times when we feel out of our depth and in danger of despairing. The key in these times is to keep the channels of...
by Julie Turner | Apr 3, 2016 | What's Happening
Polarity is defined as having to do with the poles (e.g. the North Pole and South Pole), is often connected with the direction of a magnetic or electric field and has a derived meaning from these: ‘the state of having two opposite or contradictory tendencies,...
by Julie Turner | Mar 29, 2016 | What's Happening
Ralph reminded us on Sunday night of an alternative verse to ‘Happy Birthday’ which goes: ‘Happy Birthday to you, Only one will not do. Take the gift of salvation, And then you’ll have two!’ It was good to celebrate his birthday: However,...
by Julie Turner | Mar 27, 2016 | What's Happening
Garry spoke on the power of the cross tonight. The way of the cross involves following Jesus (Mk 8:34); it involves a full commitment (since denying ourselves does not come naturally but must be a conscious choice.) A disciple cannot be half-hearted (Luke 18:28); we...
by Julie Turner | Mar 27, 2016 | What's Happening
Picture the scene: an old lady, dying in a small, darkened room, thinking back… Born in Magdala of a well-to-do family connected with textiles, my life really was not very successful initially, despite the convenience of wealth. There was a gnawing fear inside...
by Julie Turner | Mar 27, 2016 | What's Happening
You may have noticed that we had photos of the food, but not many of people; I suspect that’s because we were too busy eating! Fortunately, Dave wasn’t, so here are some more photos of the community lunch: He did also take photos of the food itself: There...
