On Saturday 16th February, 10 men from the church fellowship joined together once again for a breakfast. Unlike previous months of going to the golf Club it was offered to join together at Lionel’s and Olive’s house to help raise funds for the new church organ. So all of us had a full sized cooked […]
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New year, new apps by Rev Angela Rigby
I wanted to share with you some apps that I have discovered. Check them out in your device’s app store and see which one helps you! “TryPraying” is an app created to help those who are not religious and don’t pray (or haven’t prayed in awhile). The app encourages you to give praying a go for 7 days. Each […]
Loaves, but No fish by Rev Angela Rigby

On Sunday 27th January, we had a bakery in church. On tables set up at the front, folks divided dough and fashioned it into bread rolls, which were then baked during the hymn singing and prayers. We had a great conversation about making bread, sharing food, and even wondered if somewhere in the world people might share Communion using […]
An Invitation to Decorate

It is a tradition at St Johns Hill URC that the window ledges in the Church are decorated with seasonal displays at Christmas. We invited members of a variety of groups linked with our Church to decorate one of the window ledges on a theme of a well-known Carol. Each of the specified carols was […]
Harvest Celebrations

The Lodge Nursery School produced a wonderful tractor and with all the talents on display our church looked wonderful. All the food as well as a special collection was given to the local food bank Loaves & Fishes. We all had an enjoyable Saturday evening looking at people’s talents, then enjoying soup and dessert. A […]
Church Walk- Shoreham

We had a lovely walk on 22nd September starting from the King’s Arms in Shoreham. From the High Street we went up the steep hill to Meenfield Wood. On the way up and to the right we were able to see the 100 x 35 foot Shoreham Cross which overlooks the village. There were great views […]
Jesus is Our superhero

On Sunday 22nd July we had an all age celebration service with communion, with a theme superhero’s. Some of the congregation including or minister dressed up in their favourite superhero character. The services was centred around Jesus is our superhero in that he is better than everyone for the life he gave us. As it […]
Sunday Club Celebration Service

On Sunday the 24th of June, we held a Sunday Club Celebration Service and celebrated our young people and their leaders. We shared the story of a child sharing his packed lunch with Jesus, who then fed 5000 and more with what was shared! (John 6:1-14) As a church, we have been exploring the URC […]
Church Walk-Underriver

11 of us plus Henry the dog met at the White Rock in Underriver and set off after ordering our lunch from the pub. Initially we walked across a number of meadows. In the first one there was a herd of young cows standing very close to the pathway, so we had to take […]
Easter Sunday- Cafe Church

For our Easter Sunday Service on the 1st April we enjoyed 2 Morning Service. The First being 9:15 with a traditional communion service led by our own minister Rev Angela Rigby followed by croissants And Coffee. As Angela was down to lead Services at both of her Churches ( we have a 50:50 Split with […]