We are proud to announce that we have now been officially recognised as a Child Friendly Church! Secretary Moray Henderson, accompanied by three young people from our church, was presented with the Award at a meeting of Wessex Synod last Saturday. The Child Friendly Church scheme is nationally recognised, and acknowledges churches who can prove […]
Operation Christmas Child – Our Photos
Since 1990, more than 100 million boys and girls in over 130 countries have experienced God’s love through the power of simple shoe box gifts from Operation Christmas Child. Samaritan’s Purse works with local churches and ministry partners to deliver the gifts. Last year our Pilots group completed several shoe boxes to send to needy […]
Another Successful Craft & Gift Fair!
Saturday 2nd November saw our Church buzzing with visitors to our sixth annual Gift and Craft Fair. The day started with a welcome and prayer from our Minister Ruth Dillon, who welcomed our stall holders. Many of them we now consider as our friends, as they have attended year after year. There were many different […]
Introducing Helen Everard
At Ruth’s suggestion, I am writing a bit about myself, so you all feel you know who I am, and why I am at Fleet URC. I am training to be a URC Assembly-accredited lay preacher on the Training for Learning and Service programme. I have completed my Foundation course, and have now just one […]
Prayer for October/November
The persecution of Christians has been severe in Communist countries. Karl Marx was the inspiration behind Communism. The daughter of Karl Marx explained to a friend that she had never been brought up in any religion, and had never been religious in any way. She said that she had just come across a prayer “which […]
Commissioning Service – Report
Commissioning Service for the Leaders and Helpers of the Junior Church In recent months we have been gathering evidence for the United Reformed Church’s ‘Child Friendly Church’ award. This award recognizes the Church’s commitment to the children and young people in their care in nurturing and developing their Christian faith. The leaders and helpers play […]
Website for August/September
www.ship-of-fools.com The website of Ship of Fools is a comprehensive site, consisting of a community board, light hearted discussion on a variety of topics, and the humorous ‘Gadgets for God’… However one area is well worth a visit. The ‘mystery worshippers’ are volunteers who just ‘turn up’ at a regular Sunday morning church service, and […]
Prayer for August and September
On 4th July 1997 (American Independence Day), an American spacecraft called ‘Pathfinder’ landed on the planet Mars. The unmanned spacecraft was designed to bounce on landing. The craft later released a moving vehicle the size of a skateboard. It analysed the soil and atmosphere, and then automatically transmitted the results back to earth by radio […]
QU Goes Monthly
The Summer 2013 issue of Quarterly Update, the United Reformed Church’s electronic newsletter, has just been issued. It includes a review of the new Windermere programme, an introduction to new staff at Church House and to the new Commitment for Life intern, Ian Rowe, as well as a round up of URC news and important […]
Windermere Centre – Programme of Events for 2013-14 Out Now!
The Windermere Centre Programme of Events for 2013-14 has just been published. This year’s exciting programme offers more short courses than ever before – a total of 56, which are run either by Centre staff or by leaders from across the church and around the country. The courses fall into ten categories: Mission and Evangelism […]