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ECO CHURCH NEWS MARCH 2024
Signs designed by young church You may have noticed some signs with an eco-theme appearing around the building in the last couple of weeks. They focus on using less energy, by turning off the lights and lowering the heating, and on recycling what we can. Designed by...
Eco Church News January/February 2024
How to recycle your real Christmas treeFollow Denis the Dustcart on his Facebook page to keep up withinformation about Recycling issues. ECC garden waste customers can put their real Christmas tree out for collection with or without their brown bin on their first...
MINT CHARITY OF THE YEAR -2024
Thank you so much to The Mint for choosing QVSR as its charity of the year. In December I went up to visit the seamens’ centres at Tilbury (both at the dock and at the cruise terminal). I wanted to see whether there was anything that we as a church could seek to...
Worship Consultation Group Update January/February
The group meets once every three months. Our most recent meeting was on 6th December 2023, and as usual we discussed general arrangements for worship, as well as future events – through to May 2024 this time.At our last meeting we referred a couple of matters to the...
Ministers Letter January/February 2024
From the minister’s map and to z How good are you with directions, according to some motoring surveys most people’s arguments on the road are about map reading. Satellite navigation devices have for some made a row even more likely than with the old methods of being...
Mint Charity of the Year December 2023 Update
December means that we are coming to the end of our year raising money for MSF. The current total raised stands at £3585. A truly great effort. Of course there is still time to raise money and just another £415 pounds would bring it up to a round total of £4000! For...
Eco Church News December 2023
Think Global Act Local The Exeter churches have prepared for the important United Nations Climate Summit by using it as the theme for the united city centre service at the Mint on Sunday 26th November at 10.30am. As ever the service is available on the Mint’s YouTube...
Ministers Letter December 2023
From the minister’s Christmas tree Rev Phil Simpkins, who I was at college with, used to be at Seaton which is still in my pastoral charge. He used to love having ,a huge tree. Seaton is quite a bit higher at the rear of the sanctuary than the front and Phil landed a...
Praying for peace in the Holy Land
A prayer from the President and Vice-President of Conference God of peace and compassion, We pray for all impacted by the escalation in conflict in Israel-Palestine For all who are mourning For all who are fearful, today, and for what may lie ahead For all traumatised...