by admin | Mar 1, 2024 | Charity of the Year, Forward Magazine Featured Articles, News
‘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...
by admin | Jan 5, 2024 | Eco Church, Forward Magazine Featured Articles, News
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...
by admin | Jan 5, 2024 | Charity of the Year, Forward Magazine Featured Articles, News
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...
by admin | Jan 5, 2024 | Forward Magazine Featured Articles, News
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...
by admin | Jan 5, 2024 | Forward Magazine Featured Articles, Ministers News, News
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...
by admin | Nov 30, 2023 | Forward Magazine Featured Articles, News
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...
by admin | Nov 29, 2023 | Eco Church, Forward Magazine Featured Articles
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...
by admin | Nov 29, 2023 | Forward Magazine Featured Articles, Ministers News, News
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...
by admin | Oct 30, 2023 | Forward Magazine Featured Articles, News, Uncategorised
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...
by admin | Oct 30, 2023 | Forward Magazine Featured Articles, News
Mint Charity of the Year Following the Service on the 15th October the retiring collection for MSF raised the excellent total of £836 which brings the total raised so far this year to £3536. THANK YOU ! The following pages this month inevitably deal with the...
