Redhill URC

The following are reflections on our first Service in church after 4 months being on Zoom or YouTube on Sunday mornings.

The joy of entering the building after so long and seeing happy faces again – even though we were all masked up.Martin’s warm welcome to us all and having a “full” church albeit there were only 30 or so of u […]

 On Sunday 18 April Reigate Park and Moat churches joined with us via Zoom and YouTube in a service that focussed on what is being done and what we can do to support the appeal. We had an insight into the work of the Leprosy Mission in Mozambique from Natalie Gibbs who was Reuben Watts predecessor as the URC Youth Moderator and now work […]

I’m sure many people saw the interview before the funeral of the Duke of Edinburgh when Huw Edwards spoke to John Sentamu, the former Archbishop of York. I was very impressed by what he said and thought it worth reporting:

‘Whatever we ae going through actually Prince Philip had this deep faith which allowed him to question an […]

You may remember I visited Milan a few years ago – I am so pleased I managed to get there before the onslaught of the pandemic – to attend an opera at the Teatro alla Scala. It had been on my ‘bucket list’ since I went to my first opera nearly 50 years ago. I am a great fan of Puccini, who wrote among others Madam Butterfly, […]

BBC1’s The One Show asked viewers what were the films they enjoyed most during lockdown and the favourite was the wonderfully exuberant The Greatest Showman. It is a heady mix of old fashioned musical delight with songs and dancing, and a spectacle for all the family. The story has a message that reso […]