The National Churches Trust has run a 2025 survey, the details of which can be found here (external website)
During the course of the upgrade of the Schoolroom and the redevelopment of our church building we accessed funds from grants administered by this Trust. For that reason, and their ability to present the value of churches to the communities they are part of, the Editor has completed the survey on behalf of the church. Our submission will give balance between the many Graded buildings that struggle to maintain their inherited heritage buildings, and the more modern structures that, like ours, have been able to invest in so many energy saving elements. This is reflected, in our experience, between the C19th Schoolroom and the 2020 rebuild. The final NCT Report will be made available to us and will be added to this website.
The Pentecost service has been summarised in two articles by Rev Doreen for us to share, especially if you were unable to be there. Please follow this link to our Eco Church tab (scroll down the page when you get there) to read these. They were the basis of our Big Green Week in 2025.
Should you wish, you can download these articles here:
Greening (Download)
Sunflower (Download)
GRANTS
We are delighted to announce a successful grant application to Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise Maturity Assistance Team (ERYC). It was a fund for the support of IT and digital enhancement. We wished to extend our existing (free) Broadband provision to the Schoolroom building. Also to replace the Windows 10 laptop in the Office that acts as a server for our Access Control which will require replacement when support for that operating system ceased later this year. Finally, for an enhancement to the projector display in the Main Hall. We have £1355.99p for these improvements to better serve our many community and church groups.
The extension to the Broadband provision took place on 29 May 2025 thanks to Steve at
The computer upgrade for the office server has been specified and ordered from PCSpecialist, and the enhancement to the projection facility in the Main Hall has been installed.
Many thanks to Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise Maturity Assistance Team Commissioning and Integration
Adult Social Care and Health
for their grant that facilitated these community benefits.
Green Faith Group (GFG)
The next meeting will be on Friday 25 July 2025 at 2 pm. For details go to the GFG tab under Eco Church above.
Artificial Intelligence - help or threat?
Is "AI" (Artificial Intelligence) a mystery to you? Is it a threat? Does it have a place in churches, or even in your own life? Unless we consider it, and understand it, we will never know and we will probably see it as irrelevant or a threat, because most things we don't understand are exactly that. Under the Our Church - Audio Visual tab above there are a number of links covering all sorts of articles on the subject. Try some!
The Leader - Summer Edition 2025
The latest edition is available for you to read. Either CLICK HERE (download) or go to "Church Publications" on the left and scroll down. Like all publications on this website the articles are easy to read in full screen as if you had a hard copy in front of you! Follow the simple instructions on the Church Publications page.
28 July 2025 is the date we are to be visited by a small A Rocha team to assess our Gold Award submission. It is the culmination of much hard work going back 15 years. Hopefully, it is the start of another period of sustained effort to maintain high eco-standards, church and community engagement. Please ask any of the eco-Team any questions you might have, whether about the award or our church ethos.
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The Four aims of Methodists
Methodism's activities, both alone and with ecumenical and secular partners, are based on four aims known as Our Calling:
· To increase awareness of God's presence and to celebrate God's love
· To help people to grow and learn as Christians through mutual support and care
· To be a good neighbour to people in need and to challenge injustice
· To make more followers of Jesus Christ.
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