News from the Mint
Eco Church News September 2025
We have just had the third of our monthly Walk and Worship events. These "Discovery Walks" are designed to be an amble when we take the time to "stop and stare" and appreciate the work of our Creator around us. The first one I joined was on Saturday 19th July, at the...
Ministers Letter September 2025
Dear One and All, Happy new Connexional year! O God our help in ages past, our hope for years to come; be thou our guide while life shall last and our eternal home.( Isaac Watts:132 Singing the Faith) And so a new Connexional year begins. The season of Harvest...
ECO CHURCH NEWS July/August 2025
Citizen science One of the questions in the new Eco Church assessment scheme asks whether we take part in citizen science. Citizen science is the collection of information by the general public that scientists can use to answer questions such as how our wildlife is...
Ministers Letter July/August 2025
Dear One and All, "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate. Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, and summer's lease hath all too short a date." –William Shakespeare As I write this letter for the summer season I have...
Bible Month
On the Sundays from 15th June to 6th July, we will be celebrating Bible Month, which each year focuses on a single book of the bible. This year we will be studying the Gospel of John. The Methodist Church nationally produces resources to support...
Eco Church News June 2025
God, the land and us During the morning service on 27th April this year, led by the Eco Church Team to mark Earth Day, we were encouraged to think about how we might strengthen our links to the land. One suggestion was to be part of a partnership between the Mint and...
Ministers Letter June 2025
Dear One and All, ‘We have no mission but to serve in full obedience to our Lord: to care for all without reserve, and spread his liberating word’ Fred Pratt Green StF 415. Pentecost Sunday comes on June 9th this year. The Church is born and Fred Pratt Green reminds...
Eco Church News May 2025
God, the land and us That was the topic of our service marking Earth Day at the end of April, and it is also the theme the Eco Church team hopes the Mint will develop in the coming year. Whilst parish churches and some Methodist chapels have land to care for right...