One Church – four locations
I had a conversation with Rob, my son. He works at University East London in Arts which also has a school of architecture. When I told him about our commitment to nil carbon footprint, he said that is a mammoth task and just started recommending various trusts and funding groups who support charities, faith groups,…
Just one thought. Does our thinking for the future include discussing whether we could work more closely with the URC? We have, between us, two large sets of town centre premises in Felixstowe a few hundred yards apart. Do we need both? There are other places where there is a joint URC / Methodist presence…
We both think that you all do an incredible amount of work for outreach , but what worries us is where do you get spiritual food from, to recharge . We have in the past rushed around doing Gods work thinking this is what he or she wants , and it must be doing good…
[Comments given to a third party] Basically she had been a bit shocked when at one of the earlier Tuesday Tunes Abe had said a prayer at the end and some of the folk club people had felt a bit hijacked. However they feel we need to promote our Christian aims and values more particularly…
This is a documentary following the Jennings family (Stuart Jennings is a Methodist Minister) who are the first family in the world to be diagnosed with hereditary, early-onset Alzheimer’s – a discovery which many think will be the key to unlocking a cure at last. This will be broadcast on BBC 2 on Monday 13th…
Includes an article about Felixstowe Methodist Church
I have always been of the opinion that a new building is the only way we can all share and have a new start as “One Church” with no reference to the past or how things used to be done at …? Not a view I have ever considered the cost implications of etc or…
Just to add a little to the post below (Comment number 11)…. We must be careful that we don’t see ourselves in competition with other denominations in the town and surrounding areas – much better to work on co-operation as we are all seeking the same goal – to share God’s love in our community.…
Thinking of a new purpose built building needs caution.1. It ought to be an attractive building that creates a sense of God being present, not something that is cheap to construct and looks slightly cheap.2. There are some abandoned shops but if you are thinking of converting one of these, it would need care so…