Four terrible years of conflict in Syria have had devastating effects on young and old alike. More than 3.8 million people have been forced from their homes and become refugees and over 200,000 people have been killed. Please support our [Christian Aid] emergency appeal to help our partners in Lebanon, Iraq, and within Syria itself, to respond […]
Russell’s Newsletter – Easter 2015
April 2015 Dear Friends, “It doesn’t make any sense!” the elderly woman said to her visitor. “That daffodil has reseeded itself in the concrete! And it’s changed colour and its now a double daffodil. I can’t explain how it has happened but somehow it has. See for yourself.” She took the visitor to the back […]
Fairtrade Sale – 12 April 2015
Fairtrade Sale Sunday April 12th there will be a sale of Fairtrade goods, in the hall, following morning Worship, cards and food from Traidcraft and some new products from Just Trading Scotland.
Russell’s March 2015 Newsletter
Dear Friends, Recently many of us were moved by the commemorations to mark the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. In the manse, with Cameron’s cello resting on its stand in the corner of the dining room where he practices, we were particularly struck by the story of a survivor, Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, who escaped […]
Russell’s Newsletter – February 2015
Dear Friends, As a child of the 1960s I was fascinated and captivated by the early attempts to explore space. Although I now appreciate the political significance of the race to get the first man on the moon, as a child I was simply excited about news of people ‘going into space’. I watched in […]
Local Services – Croydon Home Library Service
Croydon Home Library Service is a free service for residents who live in the Croydon Borough. If you are not able to visit a library or you are visually impaired and you live in the London Borough of Croydon you are eligible for our free service. The Home Library Service stock a wide range of […]
Russell’s New Year 2015 Newletter
Dear Friends, Welcome to 2015. I wonder how well you are doing in keeping those New Year resolutions. Whilst I am sure that my GP would wish that I was sticking rigidly to a new regime of plenty of exercise, healthy diet and generally stress-free living, I will have long failed by the time Reflections […]