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 […]
In this week’s podcast Ruth reflects upon the God who comes to us, and our response.
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 […]
Join in the fun! FACCTS have made a Christmas trail for families to run through Fleet Town Centre, starting this Saturday 12 December. The trail is called ‘In Search of Christmas’ and features an elf, who considers that there might be more to Christmas than just Father Christmas and presents. To find out more, watch […]
In Ruth’s latest podcast she thinks about John the Baptist and how we are called to prepare the way for Christ’s coming in other people’s lives.
Sunday Worship for 6th December 2020: ‘In the Beginning’ Helen Bailey and her family were inspired to make this Advent wreath from recycled materials. If you have made your own wreath, you are invited to share a photo of it for us all to enjoy. Today, the second Sunday in Advent, our Minister, Ruth Dillon, […]
Ruth invites us to use this time of Advent to reflect upon our faith journey and consider what it is that we are waiting for. https://fleet.urc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/23.-The-Start-of-it-All-2nd-Dec-20.mp3
