Our annual Autumn Craft and Gift Fair attracted record numbers of visitors this year, and the talents and creativity of our crafters drew much admiration, with a wide range of goods on display as these photos show. Our refreshments are always very popular, and visitors enjoyed delicious bacon and sausage filled rolls, and a choice […]
Lay Preacher Paul Murphy has recently reminded us that, though we might feel helpless to affect the bigger issues, even small changes to our lifestyle can help to lessen our adverse impact on the environment. He has produced the following booklet to help us make lifestyle choices to reduce our carbon footprint. (When printing ensure […]
Chef Saju Mathew’s legendary curry evenings are now so popular that there is usually a waiting list in operation! Yet another successful fundraising event was held on Friday, when over 80 people were catered for, with guests enjoying a varied menu including lamb biriyani, tandoori chicken, lentil spinach curry, and vegetable jalfreze. As usual, there […]
We were delighted to hear from Revd John Abraham that two of the girls we have been sponsoring to train as community nurses have passed their final examinations with distinction, and are now employed. Ms Elamathy is working in the Palani Mission Hospital, and Ms Soumiya has a placement in her native village. Our congratulations […]
The Winter edition of ‘InTouch’, the quarterly magazine of Fleet and Beacon Hill United Reformed Churches, is available on this link.
Yet another successful fundraising event was held on Friday when more than 70 guests enjoyed one of Saju Mathew’s famous curry evenings. Our former minister, Revd Ruth Dillon, started the evening off with a video-link message and a prayer. The menu included lamb vindaloo, butter chicken and chickpea masala, all prepared by Saju with the […]
After a break last year due to the pandemic, our Autumn Craft and Gift Fair was back this autumn and proved as popular and well supported as ever. Visitors enjoyed browsing the stalls, all laden with tempting and beautifully crafted gifts; and the tasty refreshments on offer were an added attraction (especially the bacon butties […]
We have received an uplifting letter from Revd John Abraham of Palani Mission with the latest news on the work we at Fleet are helping to fund in the community. It is clear how much they value our continuing support and our prayers, especially in these difficult times. Read the full text of the letter […]
We are delighted to hear that, thanks to our ongoing support of Palani Mission, we have enabled twelve more goats to be bought and given to twelve families. Goats are particularly useful because families can milk and breed from them. Sheeba John, wife of the Revd John Abraham, pastor of the Mission, writes: ‘Thank you […]
We are looking for more volunteers to help with the food preparation for our monthly drop-in afternoons. You will only have to help every other month, if enough people volunteer. It should take about 2 hours of your time, from 10am in the morning until 12noon. You will be making sandwiches, warming up soup, and […]
