Cheltenham URC News
Annual Pastorate Service
The Annual Pastorate Service will take place at St Christopher's on Sunday
11 June at 10.30 am. There will be NO services at Prestbury or St
Andrew's that day. A hot lunch will be served after the service - please
sign up if you would like to have lunch as Cheryl Parsons needs to know
numbers in advance.
Reading Group
'The next meeting of the Reading Group will take place at 7.30 pm on
Wednesday 23 August 2017 at Prestbury URC.
The book we are currently reading is 'Birdcage Walk' by Helen Dunmore.
Set at the same time as the French Revolution, Lizzie Fawkes has
recently married John Diner Tredevant. As a property developer who is
heavily investing in Bristol's housing boom he has everything to lose
from social upheaval and the prospect of war. Diner believes that
Lizzie's independent, questioning spirit must be coered and subdued as
she 'belongs to him' and she should live as he wants. It is a tense
drama of public and private violence, resistance and terror.
New members and/or past members would be most welcome. For any further
information contact Mary Cummings
Eco Church
The
Regeneration & Repair café
celebrated its first birthday on Saturday 6th May. Thanks to everyone
who has supported this initiative.
On 3 June, Vision 21
will launch
Warmer Cheltenham
with a training event at St Andrew’s while the Regeneration and Repair
cafe is going on. This will include an understanding of energy efficient
renovation of older housing, a demonstration of the website, and ideas
for how to tell people about it. You may have read about this in Vision
21’s recent article in the Echo. The website was developed with the help
of a grant from the Lottery Fund. It has lots of information for anyone
who wants to renovate older properties and also make them more energy
efficient. If you have
internet access you can explore the Warmer Cheltenham website on
http://www.warmer.org.uk/.
The website is still being developed with further links and case studies
planned to be added.
Carol Drummond
Tuesday Teas at St Andrew's
How about trying our NEW ‘Tuesday Teas’, happening on the
first Tuesday of the month over the summer – and if you all like the
idea, they could continue.
Advance Notice: Maz’s last Services + Lunches
At:
The Church in Warden Hill on 9th July.
Prestbury
on 23rd July.
St. Andrew’s on
30th July.
The reason I have arranged for three meals instead
of one, is so that I can speak with more people to thank you for your love
and support over the past ten years.
Please do try to stay for lunch. There will be a
sign-up sheet in each church nearer the time.
Donations on the day will be gratefully received but
not essential.
Maz
Holiday Club
All aboard the Warden Hill Holiday Club! (There will
a train theme). This will take place on Tuesday 8th August,
Wednesday 9th August and Thursday 10th August at the URC Centre.
Offers of help gratefully received.
Debbie Cypher
Family Fun Day Out - Saturday 17 June
Montpellier Fair
The next Montpellier Street Fair will be on Sunday 25th
June. If you would like to help please talk to Maz or Ann Lewis.
Vision4Mission -
The next in the series of ‘24hour’ Synods
‘Missional Discipleship/People of the Way’
This event will be held from 6pm on Friday 13th October to
5pm on Saturday 14th October 2017 at The Holiday Inn,
Birmingham City Centre.
‘The event will be an encouragement to explore the riches of our faith
and be more authentic in its expression, enabling us to live out our
calling as disciples of Jesus today.’
Friday evening:
Evening Meal
Keynote address from Deputy
General Secretaries Ms Frances Brienen and Rev. Richard Church.
Saturday:
Mission Stream Workshops and small
Business Meeting for Synod Reps.
Worship at key points in programme on both days.
Past Case Review
The United Reformed Church Past Case Review is an open invitation for
anyone to raise concerns about the behaviour or conduct of anyone affiliated
with the URC since its formation in 1972.
Tel. 020 7916 8682, email: pastcase.review@urc.org.uk
www.urc.org.uk/past-case-review