Website for August/September

www.ship-of-fools.com The website of Ship of Fools is a comprehensive site, consisting of a community board, light hearted discussion on a variety of topics, and the humorous ‘Gadgets for God’… However one area is well worth a visit.  The ‘mystery worshippers’ are volunteers who just ‘turn up’ at a regular Sunday morning church service, and […]

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Prayer for August and September

On 4th July 1997 (American Independence Day), an American spacecraft called ‘Pathfinder’ landed on the planet Mars.  The unmanned spacecraft was designed to bounce on landing.  The craft later released a moving vehicle the size of a skateboard.  It analysed the soil and atmosphere, and then automatically transmitted the results back to earth by radio […]

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Baptism of Isla Beth Chevalier

The baptism of Isla Beth Chevalier was celebrated on Sunday, 4 August during the family service.  Isla is pictured here with Revd Ruth Dillon, who conducted the service, and her parents Zoe and Dan Chevalier and sister Eve. It had been planned that Isla should be baptised on 7 April, at the same time as […]

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QU Goes Monthly

The Summer 2013  issue of Quarterly Update, the United Reformed Church’s electronic newsletter, has just been issued. It includes a review of the new Windermere programme, an introduction to new staff at Church House and to the new Commitment for Life intern, Ian Rowe, as well as a round up of URC news and important […]

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A Message from our Minister for August/September

Dear Friends As I write this pastoral letter at the start of the summer months, many of us will be having a ‘break’ of some sort.  Many of us describe ‘having time off’ as a ‘well earned’ or ‘well deserved’ rest.  There are others, however, who never have a break.  You hear them say, “Me?  […]

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Website for June/July

www.embraceme.org The following is taken from their website: Embrace the Middle East is the exciting new name for BibleLands, a Christian charity which was set up in 1854. In our 150+ years of existence we have worked in many countries in the Near and Middle East, including Turkey, Syria, Egypt, the Balkans, Lebanon, Israel-Palestine and […]

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Prayer for June and July

One of England’s greatest authors, Charles Dickens, died on 9th June in 1870.  He had started school at the age of nine, but had to leave when his father was imprisoned for debt.  Charles Dickens was then aged twelve, and he had to get a job to support himself.  He found work in a shoe […]

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Monthly Evening Communion Services

During the next six months, we shall be exploring different Christian spiritualities, learning more about how their relationship with God influenced their lives and their relationships with others. Many centuries and decades later, they point the way to knowing Christ in a deeper and more meaningful way. 2 June Hildegard of Bingen 7 July Ignatius […]

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