Dorothy McMillan

Dorothy McMillan

I’m Dorothy and I coordinate the Deep Dives part of the WBC website. I’ve been a member of WBC for over 25 years and have worked as a teacher, playgroup leader and college lecturer. Now that I have retired, I enjoy doing patchwork, reading and spending time with our four wonderful grandchildren.
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Remember – You’re a Disciple of Jesus

Today’s speaker, Paul Simpson, focused our thoughts on Luke 5:1-11, the account of Jesus calling his first disciples. Paul developed 3 themes from the passage

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The Letter of Jude: Part 2

Last week Peter Firth considered the opening verses of the book of Jude. Today he directed our thoughts to the final verses (Jude vs. 24-25).

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Easter Sunday: Journey with Jesus

Happy Easter! Christ has risen! David McMillan reminded us that, without Easter and the resurrection of Jesus from the dead, everything else about Christianity is

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And finally …

Today David concluded the ‘Living In-between’ series, focusing on 1 Thessalonians 5:16-28. Following on from last week’s passage where Paul focused on good Christian relationships,

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Advent-ually: Joy

During the Carol Service, the fourth Advent candle was lit – symbolising JOY. David introduced this theme by highlighting Christmas adverts from two major High

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Advent-ually: Hope

‘Advent’ is the 4-week period before Christmas. It is a period of waiting and preparation for celebrating the coming of Jesus. On this first Sunday

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Living Inbetween – Walk in a Manner Worthy of God

Continuing the Living In-Between series, David read from I Thessalonians 2:5-12. In this passage Paul is defending himself and his colleagues against false rumours being

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‘Seven’: 7. The Neon Sign

Today David concluded the summer series on the seven signs in John’s gospel, focusing on John 11:1-44. This chapter contains the account of Jesus raising

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‘Seven’: 5. Walking on Water

Gordon Darragh resumed the ‘Seven’ series, focusing on the shortest account of a sign in John’s gospel: John 6:16-21. Gordon posed the question: Have you

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‘Seven’: 2. A Travelogue with Jesus

Continuing with the ‘Seven’ series which David Dunlop began last week, David McMillan introduced us to the second sign from John 4: 43-54. The focus

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Mission in Discouraging Times

Andrew Reid, speaking by video recording from Spain, focused our thoughts on two verses from the Old Testament book of Malachi: “OH, THAT ONE OF

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‘What’s in a Name?’ – Advent 4

Today – the fourth Sunday of Advent – we completed the Advent series by looking at the final name for Jesus from Isaiah 9: “FOR

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‘What’s In a Name?’ – Advent 3

Our Advent series continued this week with the third name of Jesus from Isaiah chapter 9: ‘Everlasting Father’. “FOR TO US A CHILD IS BORN,

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Devoted to… Fellowship

David began this second sermon in the ‘Devoted’ mini-series with the key text: “THEY DEVOTED THEMSELVES TO THE APOSTLES’ TEACHING AND TO FELLOWSHIP AND TO

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Jesus, the Light of the World

The second ‘I AM’ saying of Jesus in this Born Identity series is found in John 8:12: “WHEN JESUS SPOKE AGAIN TO THE PEOPLE, HE

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The Prodigal God

Today David took us to the last of three ‘Lost & Found’ stories told by Jesus. This is one of the best-known stories in the