‘Brightness Falls from the Air’ is a second book of poems by Sheila Durbin. Sheila’s poems are well known by regular readers of this website, but this is an entirely new collection. Sheila’s love of words and use of language, together with her thoughts and deep faith in God spring from every page. There is […]
Our Minister Ruth will be updating her blog, ‘A Saint in the Making’, regularly throughout Lent. You can follow her daily reflections by clicking this link: ‘A Saint in the Making’
We are delighted to welcome two new elders to our eldership. On Sunday 3rd January our Minister ordained Tamyra Sherratt into the United Reformed Church; then she and Evelyn Tyler were both inducted as Elders of Fleet URC. Our congratulations and very best wishes to you both! Tamyra and Evelyn are pictured here with our […]
The final stop for our Posada, which had spent the whole of Advent travelling around the neighbourhood of Fleet, was our Christmas Day service. Here they found a resting place in the nativity stable prepared for them at the front of our church. The holy couple, along with their donkey, had many adventures along the […]
At Fleet URC we have a tradition of decorating our church windowsills on special occasions in the church calendar. Here are our Christmas windowsills, all designed by our young people’s groups and by families from the congregation:
A Reflective Service of Hope and Healing for the Holiday Season For those suffering from recent loss though death, divorce, separation, unemployment, depression Thursday 18 December, 7.30 pm Cries of “Merry Christmas!” and non-stop carolling contrast with the feelings of many people at this time of the year. For those suffering from the recent or […]
An assembly of Pilots, Rainbows and Brownies at our Advent Gift Service today. All gifts will be donated to the Aldershot-based charity ‘Step by Step’.
We have had a brilliant response to our Shoebox Appeal this year. The whole church was involved, with our young people coordinating the efforts. With all the donations and gifts we received we managed to fill over 30 boxes! Well done, everyone! On Sunday 23rd November Maureen Grew, a representative from Operation Christmas Child, came […]
The Early Years Group has recently become more than just ‘The Early Years’ (age 0-the end of the first school year). To keep the balance of numbers and ages in proportion for both groups, two of the older children have stayed put, rather than move up to Loaves and Fishes. To reflect this change, we […]
Some more examples of the handiwork of the talented crafters at our Craft and Gift Fair:
