News from the Mint
Young Church Sleepover 2024
This is always a highlight of the young church calendar and we had lots of our children and young people in attendance. We took this year’s 3generate theme which was that ‘small actions can make a big difference’, and ‘with God everything is possible’, so Simon and...
Advent Arts and Crafts
Lots of fun was had by all the families who came to share in our free family lunch and arts and crafts afternoon on December 14th . This is a really lovely time where children who have connections with our church community in lots of different ways (Brownies, Mini...
ECO CHURCH NEWS January/February
New Year, New Environmental Outlook Stephen Haddad shares some ideas for environmentally friendly New Year’s resolutions. With Christmas festivities in the past, or soon to be, depending on when you read this, people are starting to think about what 2025 has in store,...
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...