The final stop for our Posada, which had spent the whole of Advent travelling around the neighbourhood of Fleet, was our Christmas Day service. Here they found a resting place in the nativity stable prepared for them at the front of our church. The holy couple, along with their donkey, had many adventures along the […]
Centenary Celebration for our Church Building
Last Sunday we had a wonderful celebration of 100 years of worship at our Kings Road building. Led by Mr John Ellis, Moderator of the General Assembly, our morning service was attended by James Arbuthnot MP and Hart District Council chairman Myra Billings, as well as more than 120 current and past church members and […]
New Members Welcomed
It was a very happy occasion on Sunday morning when Isobel Daniel, Simon Tuibau and Charlie Neville were all received into membership of our church. (Pictured below with Revd Ruth Dillon)
Planting Poppies for Peace and Remembrance
After our Easter Sunday morning service members of our congregation – from the oldest to the youngest – gathered outside the church to scatter white and red poppy seeds. This was part of a URC initiative to mark the centenary of the declaration of the First World War. The white poppies represent peace and the […]
Easter Windows
Here are our lovely Easter windows, as decorated by various church groups and individuals. Thank you to everyone who participated: you did a great job! “The Colours of Easter”
Katie’s Confirmation
It was a wonderful occasion for celebration last Sunday when one of our young people, Katie Green, was confirmed during morning service. Katie is the granddaughter of Moray and Darrell Henderson, and has been coming regularly to our church since she was quite small. In her statement of faith, Katie said: “Hi – my name […]
Commitment for Life – Prayer Request for Jan/Feb 2014
I am grateful for the gift of your time in praying for the Lord’s will in the work of Commitment for Life: Ecumenical World Development Conference, scheduled for 7-9 February 2014 – for the speakers, those involved in the logistics of putting on the conference, and all those attending. For the experienced to be granted […]
Christingle Service
Our Minister led our Christingle and Carol Service on the evening of 22 December. The day before, several volunteers got together to assemble 100 Christingles ready for the service. The Moravian Church has held Christingle services for over two hundred years. This is what the Christingles represent: The orange represents the world: “It’s rounded like […]
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 […]
Commissioning Service – Photos
Some photos from our Commissioning Service for the Leaders and Helpers of the Junior Church. (See Commissioning Service – Report.) Commissioning of Leaders and Helpers In our church every age group is represented – from ages one to ten, and every decade from twenty to ninety! Children’s banner depicting the story of Joseph and his […]