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...
by Julie Turner | Jul 29, 2014 | What's Happening
When I was a teenager and learning to cook, I would read recipes with a fair amount of bemusement. My favourite was the recipe for meringues, which said cryptically ‘whisk the egg whites until they form soft peaks that just tip over when you lift the...
