Interfaith Week Event You are invited to an event to mark Interfaith week, on Thursday 20 November 7pm – 8:30, or stay later for a delicious meal. Please use this link to order your free tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/building-a- stronger-more-peaceful-future-tickets- 1768671767869?aff=ebdssbdestsearch&keep_tld=1
6pm Saturday 11th October Martha and David are hosting a new event Any Questions? It’s a chance for new Christians (or anyone else) to ask questions about your Faith, the Bible and Christian life. Bring yourself, your questions and some food to share to one of our members houses We’ll eat a bit, talk a […]
Once August is over it seems Christmas is quickly upon us. Before Christmas arrives with all its joy and demand, there are other seasons to celebrate. One recently embraced is the Season of Creation. The focus on the gifts of creation connects us to our better known celebrations of Harvest. As we reflect on […]
City forefather who dared to tangle with the BATCHELOR Butes. Some City folk know that I have been writing the story of City URC – that goes back some 400 years! – for a history journal. Then while the journal was in production, David Meek, who kept me straight on the financial side, told me […]
Zimbabwe is a country that seems to live with serious challenges – challenges that are political, economic and social. But an additional threat over the last year has been on the extreme weather front. Severe drought has affected much of the country and a cyclone left a wake of destruction. Learning to live with the […]
Recently Martha reminded us that there are some parts in the Bible that we are all perhaps even a bit too familiar with, as they get revisited all the time. On the other hand we have sections like today that, when opening the lectionary to put together a service, can be a bit discomfiting. What […]
‘Our God is God not of the dead, but of the living’ (Mk. 12:27.) The other day I was reading an act passed by Parliament in January 1645: “An Ordinance for taking away the Book of Common Prayer, and for establishing and putting in execution of the Directory for the publique worship of God.” When […]
The government has announced tougher plans to tackle climate change by pledging to cut greenhouse gas emissions in the UK to almost zero by, the year 2050. Under the 2008 Climate Change Act, MPs agreed to reduce emissions by 80% by 2050, but this will now change under the terms of the new law. The […]
Our FAN (Friends and Neighbours) group is open to anyone friendly from around the corner or around the world. If you are feeling a little lonely, are new to the area or learning English you will be especially welcome. We are a friendly group of men and women who gather each Saturday ready for 11 […]
Crowds looked on in shock as flames swept through the Gothic Cathedral of Notre Dame ‘the Soul of Paris’ said one report. Some wept, other knelt in prayer, while rich men searched for their cheque books. Grenfell Tower stands alone, embalmed, in Central London. Coventry Cathedral, bombed during the Second World War. In the debris […]
