News from the Mint
Exeter Forest Church
Our family forest Church has continued to have a wonderful time in the woods. In November, as the clocks went back and the nights drew in, we held a ‘celebration of the Light’ thinking both about Jesus as the light of the world and how we are called to shine with His...
Ministers Letter January/February 2025
Dear One and All,We are now ‘In the deep mid-winter’ and all the noise ‘from the men of strife’ is now over and there is just a chance of ‘a silent night’ which is ‘joy to the world’. The celebration of Christmas is now put behind us and the season of Epiphany is upon...
Eco Church News December 2024
Celebrating Christmas Many of the ways in which we celebrate Christmas cause additional carbon emissions, so can we be environmentally andsocially responsible without sounding too like Scrooge? Here are some ideas, mainly from A Rocha and Green Christian. Food In...
GENERAL CHURCH MEETING REPORT
A General Church Meeting was held on Sunday 3 November after morning worship The meeting received a draft of the Annual Report which will be submitted to the Charity Commission next year. It was noted that a number of people would be stepping down from key roles at...
CHURCH COUNCIL REPORT
The first Church Council meeting of the new Connexional year, and the first chaired by our minister, the Revd Dr Simon Leigh, was held on Wednesday 18 September at 7.30 p.m. The Treasurer reported that the balance at the end of last year was slightly higher than in...
Ministers Newsletter December 2024
Dear One and All,“Love came down at Christmas; love all lovely, love divine; love was born at Christmas, star and angels gave the sign.”– Christina Rossetti. Dear One and All,As I write this letter to you the season of Advent is almost upon us. Advent marks what is...
The Brownies Update
The Brownies recently celebrated their 40th birthday (Brownies overall has been around for 110 years, but this Unit has been in existence for 40 years - initially in St Davids before moving to The Mint) The Brownies learnt some facts about 1984, played a game using...
Reunion with our Afghan Friends
On 14th November we had a joyful reunion lunch with the Afghan friends we made here at the Mint three years ago. Now that they are living in scattered homes in Devon it has been harder to keep in touch. We exchanged many memories of when they came to the Mint once a...