Redhill URC

This past Christmas, I was invited to join a group of gay and bisexual men who were on their own over the festive period. There were about 30 to 35 of us, of all ages, who came along on Zoom. Most were struggling with depression or recovering from alcohol and/or drug use, a few simply lonely and one or two were logging in from a medical […]

What is prayer if not our deepest, and perhaps highest selves, reaching out in love and care. We pray for all who struggle and are captured in earth’s tightest grip. We pray for those doctors and nurses, hospital staff, working to make miracles of life in the face of a devastating and deadly virus. We pray that politicians may learn Ch […]

First, congratulations to Lorna Jenkins who celebrated her 90th birthday on 14th January.Ken Bridger has had a fall. We wish him a speedy recovery.

Sadly I have to advise you of the death of Dotty Humphries on 13th January in hospital. She was a real character and I personally will miss visiting her. Dotty has been housebound for seve […]

Many of you will remember David and Nancy West who were part of our fellowship at Shaw’s Corner in the 1990s. Ken Bridger has passed on the news he received from Nancy that David died on 10th December. He had suffered from Alzheimer’s dementia for several years, had a stroke in November and tested positive for Covid whilst in hospita […]

In the latest Lifeboat magazine the Margate lifeboat was launched 18 times between July 12 and September 19, twice on the same day and on another day 3 times. Readers may also be interested and surprised to know that the RNLI are uniquely placed to help life saving in Bangladesh where 40 children about 4 years old lose their lives every […]