When the end of term comes, there’s no need for the children to be bored while they’re waiting for Christmas! Here are lots of Advent activity suggestions for the young and not-so-young: Nick the Vic has produced some lovely videos called Stories of Hope, featuring Nick and his puppet friends, Sooty and Sweep. Two new […]
Fleet URC and Beacon Hill URC Christingle Photos
We had great fun this morning as we assembled our Christingles together on our live Zoom service, and thought of Christ’s light coming into our world. Here are some of the Christingles we produced:
Advent 3: Christingle Service
Sunday Worship for 13th December 2020: Christingle Today, the third Sunday in Advent, we continued our journey ‘On the Road to Bethlehem‘ in our Christingle service led by Lay Preacher, Karen Smith, with the lighting of the third candle on our Advent wreath, as it visits different homes in the church community. We had great […]
‘In Search of Christmas’ – Fleet Town Trail for Christmas
Join in the fun! FACCTS have made a Christmas trail for families to run through Fleet Town Centre, starting this Saturday 12 December. The trail is called ‘In Search of Christmas’ and features an elf, who considers that there might be more to Christmas than just Father Christmas and presents. To find out more, watch […]
Preparing the Way (Faith & Life Podcast #24)
In Ruth’s latest podcast she thinks about John the Baptist and how we are called to prepare the way for Christ’s coming in other people’s lives.
Advent 2: In the Beginning
Sunday Worship for 6th December 2020: ‘In the Beginning’ Helen Bailey and her family were inspired to make this Advent wreath from recycled materials. If you have made your own wreath, you are invited to share a photo of it for us all to enjoy. Today, the second Sunday in Advent, our Minister, Ruth Dillon, […]
The Start of It All (Faith & Life Podcast #23)
Ruth invites us to use this time of Advent to reflect upon our faith journey and consider what it is that we are waiting for. https://fleet.urc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/23.-The-Start-of-it-All-2nd-Dec-20.mp3
Advent 1: Hymn, Reflection and Blessing now On Line
Sunday, 29th November 2020 – Advent 1: ‘On the Road to Bethlehem’ Unfortunately we were unable to record our service for the first Sunday in Advent, which was hosted live on the Zoom platform; however you can now listen to the hymn, ‘O Come, O Come, Emmanuel’ and the Reflection and Blessing on the tabs […]
Takeaway Curry Evening a Great Success
The takeaway curry evening we held on Saturday evening, permitted under current Covid-19 regulations, was a resounding success. During the evening Saju and his team cooked and prepared nearly 100 meals, which church members and friends collected from the church car park. The food was plentiful and delicious and greatly appreciated by all, as you […]
Advent 1 – On the Road to Bethlehem
Here’s a photo of our beautiful Advent ring which has been made for us by Darrell Henderson. Tom Dean and Christine Allen lit the first candle on behalf of us all in our morning worship which was held live on Zoom. People were invited to have their own candle, wreath or any other arrangement ready […]