News from the Mint
From the ministers blank canvas – April 2024
What subject is on our minds. What subject should I explore. They say when speaking or writing to a group start with what your audience knows. This month is about Easter, who would have thought it. What does the audience know about Easter. Well after years of sermons...
MINT CHARITY OF THE YEAR – 2024 April UPDATE
Since the beginning of the year we have now raised £1373.21 for our Charity of the year QVSR (Queen Victoria Seaman’s Rest). This includes a magnificent total of £809.68 from the visit of the Launceston Male VoiceChoir Those of you who enjoyed that will be pleased to...
Launceston Male Voice Choir Concert Make the Methodist Recorder
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...
Mint Charity of The Year 2024: QVSR
‘OK is not good enough’. The UK has a long history as a seafaring nation. In the 17th century the Quay at Exeter bustled with activity that all but disappeared with the coming of the railway. London was one of the busiest ports in the country with seaman from all over...
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...