Russell’s Monthly Newsletter – September 2021 – ‘A New Academic Year ……’

Dear Friends, How is it September already? They say time flies when you are enjoying yourself. Perhaps that phrase needs to be reworded to say: time flies when you are dealing with a global pandemic! At least with the start of a new academic year we can begin to see signs that life at church […]

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World Suicide Prevention Day

Today (10 September) marks World Suicide Prevention Day – a global initiative to raise awareness and help prevent death by suicide. This is a difficult and challenging topic for some people to talk about – but we need to be more open about suicide. Increasing awareness, being direct and having open conversations will address the […]

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Russell’s Monthly Newsletter – July 2021 – ‘United Reformed Church’s Vision2020 initiative – 10+ years on’

Dear Friends, In my report to the Annual Church Meeting, I referred to the United Reformed Church’s Vision2020 initiative launched over 10 years ago.  I reminded myself – and, perhaps, you – that the programme included a list of priorities for mission with the challenge that, in each area, the denomination, including each local congregation, […]

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