‘No room at the inn’: Jesus found no room in the hearts of many people throughout his ministry. Will we make room for Jesus this Christmas? Ruth’s Christmas message to us all. https://fleet.urc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/26.-23rd-December-2020-Making-Room.mp3
Christmas is not always as easy for everyone as we might think, and many will find it particularly difficult this year. If you, or someone you know, might find it helpful to acknowledge this and seek solace in worship, then a Blue Christmas service which offers time for the sad, confused or unhappy to reflect […]
Sunday Worship for 20th December 2020 – A Service of Readings and Carols Today, the fourth Sunday in Advent, we welcome you as Karen Smith and Tom Dean from Beacon Hill URC lead us in a Service of Readings and Carols and the lighting of the fourth candle on our Advent wreath. We gather together […]
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 […]
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:
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Sunday, 22nd November 2020 – ‘Surprise Surprise!’ Welcome to worship with the churches of Fleet and Beacon Hill URC. In today’s service, which was hosted live on the Zoom platform, our minister Revd Ruth Dillon reflected on the surprising elements of our Gospel reading. Prayers were led by Lay Preacher, Karen Smith. Many thanks to […]
