We need your help! In this our centenary year we are planning a church calendar, which will be a celebration of who we are, what we do, and where we live. Contributions of photos are therefore invited under the following categories: Photos taken in and around our church and at church events during the coming […]
Our Spring Craft Fair
On Saturday 3rd March we held a Spring Craft Fair which proved to be a successful sister to our regular Autumn Fair, with 26 different craft and gift stalls. The Brownies were a joy – they were as busy as bees selling tickets for their Easter Egg Tombola; and the Spring Craft Section was always […]
Celebration of “life with unity”
Forty years of “life with unity” within the United Reformed Church was offered as an encouragement to Christians of other traditions, during Sunday Worship live on BBC Radio Four on 19 February. The Revd Dr Kirsty Thorpe, Moderator of the URC’s General Assembly, led a service to mark the 40th anniversary of the coming together […]
For Sale! For Sale! A green veil
“God saw all that He had made, and it was very good.” Genesis 1:31 At the beginning of February, with temperatures below freezing, the willow trees were already displaying their furry, silver catkins. Then the Redwings arrived: annual visitors from Scandinavia. In the following poem one senses the slow, silent, mysterious advance of Spring in […]
Children Lead Morning Service
On Sunday 12 February our morning worship was led by the young people from our Loaves and Fishes group. Guided by their leaders, Darrell Henderson and Margaret Armes, the children took ‘Building Blocks’ as the theme of their service. They presented Jesus’ parable of the wise man who built his house upon rock and the […]
January
A January day: the sky was loud With boisterous wind, chequered by tumbling cloud But yet, beneath our feet, the earth’s asleep, Dreaming of February; roots that creep, Seeking for moisture, snowdrops seeking light, The golden crocus and the aconite, And then, in March, on every vale and hill, The clustering primrose and the daffodil; […]
Christmas in Bethlehem
Ibrahim Jaber, a Palestinian Christian living in Beit Sahour, has sent this Christmas message: “The little town of Bethlehem looks gloomy in spite of all the Christmas decorations that the local authorities are adding to it. Yes, wherever one goes in the town one will notice these decorations. But still the JOY of Christmas and […]
The Christmas Spiders
Our young people have been busy decorating our Christmas tree entry for the Festival at St Philip and St James’ this coming weekend (9-11 December). The theme of our entry will be ‘The Christmas Spiders’, based on a story by Stephanie Herbek. The children in Loaves and Fishes and the Little Rainbows group made the […]
Advent
Lord, when You came to us, the world was dark: The land of Israel under Roman rule, Your precious laws obscured by man-made codes And all the people prey to hate and fear. You came, a human child, to set them free And to proclaim God’s grace and sovereignty. Jesus, our world is dark, so […]
Christmas Tree Festival – Come and Vote!
This year, for the first time, we will be entering the Christmas Tree Festival at St Philip and St James Church. Our tree will be designed by Loaves and Fishes and Little Rainbows, and they will also be making the decorations. So we need as many people as possible to come and vote for our […]