Debbie Thrower is best known to many people as the face of Songs of Praise and as a newsreader. Nowadays Debbie is also a Lay Deacon with Winchester Cathedral and involved in the Gift of Years Project, otherwise known as Anna Chaplaincy. Anna Chaplaincy is named after the faithful older widow in Luke’s gospel story […]
A huge thank you to all who contributed to last year’s fundraising for Commitment for Life. The coins in the bucket pictured here totalled £80, showing visually how every single coin, no matter how small, can add up quickly. Just as every single drop of water on its own is very small, but combined with […]
A Prayer for the New Year: Come Holy God, who has been with us this past year, who has laughed with us, and cried with us, who has cradled us in goodness and love. Bless us with a joy to continue to seek you. Come Holy God, As we stand on the cusp of new […]
Here are some more photos of our Posada as it journeyed around our church family during Advent. Mary, Joseph and Gary the donkey certainly had an interesting time on their travels!
The last Pilots meeting of the year was enjoyed by everyone, as we celebrated with the traditional Christmas party. Margaret Armes
This morning some of our church members and young people, plus Jackie Cresswell and a group of the 8th Fleet Brownies, met together to assemble the Christingles for tomorrow evening’s carol service. We all had a great time working together – not to mention eating all the rejected sweets! Thank you to everyone who came […]
Our Posada has been making its way round church families during Advent and making lots of new friends on the way. Here are some of the latest photos. Watch out for more!
Here are some photos from our Rainbow, Brownie and Pilots Advent Parade and Gift Service today. All gifts will go to Fairways, the SeeAbility residential home in Fleet. The service was led by our Minister, Revd Ruth Dillon.
Advent 2014 saw Fleet URC’s first Posada. The Posada is a Mexican tradition, based on Mary and Joseph’s search for somewhere to stay on their journey to and arrival in Bethlehem. Our interpretation saw knitted figures of Mary, Joseph and the donkey journeying from one home to another. Many members of our congregation joined in […]
