Here are some photos from last week’s Sunday Parade Service with our Uniformed Organizations. Our Minister, Ruth Dillon, introduced the theme, which was ‘Knowing God’ – how we can know God through the world around us. Rainbows and Brownies illustrated this by their poems, an interpretation of the Creation story from Genesis, and by showing […]
June Parade Service – Photos (2)
Some more photos from our June Parade Service with 1st Fleet West Rainbows and 4th and 8th Fleet Brownies.
A Message from the Manse
Dear Friends As I write this pastoral letter, a lot of things are whirling in my head: in fact this is my third draft, as I want to tell you so much abut what I have learnt in recent days. Ministers’ Spring School is an occasion when URC ministers from Wessex Synod gather annually to […]
70 Years of Christian Aid
Our morning service on Sunday was led by two of our elders, Nicola Hamilton and Tamyra Sherratt, and celebrated 70 years of Christian Aid. Some of our young people enacted the story of Loko, who lives in a remote village in Ethopia and has to walk for several hours most days to collect firewood to […]
St George’s Day Celebration – More Photos
More photos from our St George’s Day celebration on Friday night:
St George’s Day Celebration
A new venture for us this year: we decided to celebrate St George’s Day. On Friday night church members and friends gathered together to enjoy a traditional roast beef dinner, complete with Yorkshire puds and roast potatoes, ably cooked by John Gibbons. This was followed by an England trivia quiz and dessert. Our Minister Ruth […]
Our Easter Windows
Here are our church windows, decorated for Easter by church groups and individuals:
Our Pilots Learn about Zambia
Bee Griffiths has been sharing her experiences in Zambia with our Pilots Group. They have been looking at the daily diaries kept by two children, Benson and his sister Joyce, and comparing them with their own diaries. They have made balls out of old plastic bags and string, just like children in Zambia do, and […]
Bee’s Visit to Zambia
Earlier this year Bee Griffiths went to Zambia to participate in the Golden Jubilee of the United Church of Zambia. In a recent social evening she showed slides of her trip and spoke about the wonderful events she participated in, culminating in a special celebration at the Heroes Stadium, which was attended by the Acting […]
Palm Sunday Photos
On Sunday our young people imagined how Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem might be reported today: