A time of fellowship, worship, fun and celebration!
Dear Friends,As I reflect back on the last few weeks I am full of joy and thanksgiving. It’s certainly been a hectic time, but one full of fellowship, worship, fun…
Category: Lucy’s Letters
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What will I do with all my spare time?!
Dear Friends,As I write, I have just finished my year serving as chaplain to the Mayor of Woking, Liam Lyons. At the recent Mayor Making ceremony, Liam handed over the…
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A New Era…
Dear Friends, I am writing to you following our Easter celebrations which, for the first time in two years, were able to be in-person and include all the usual festivities…
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Keeping Hope and Joy Alive
Hello from Rev Helen Everard. I am very happy to be writing to you and I hope that Lucy is better. I consider myself to be a friend of Woking…
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Lighting a candle
Dear Friends, Yesterday I sat with a Ukrainian woman whose parents, sister, grandad, and many friends live in Kyiv. She, of course, is beside herself with worry about them. She…
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Life is full of surprises!
Dear Friends, One of the things that our lovely staff team and I often say is that you never know what to expect next at Woking URC! This week we…
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Warm Welcome: An Inclusive Church
Dear Friends, The Elders and I, led by our Church & Community Worker, David, have been thinking a lot lately about what it means to offer a warm welcome to…
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‘All Scripture is inspired by God’ 2 Timothy 3:16
Dear Friends,As I write I have a big smile on my face because last night we had the first session in our new Bible Course and there were 50 people…
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A new term, a new focus!
Dear Friends, September always feels like a new beginning and this year is no exception. I’ve been saying for some time that, having experienced this huge change in church life…
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But I trust in you, O LORD; I say, “You are my God.” My times are in your hand.
Psalm 31 v14 Dear Friends, It feels as though we are taking some small steps forward, having now had a service where we can sing together (albeit behind masks) and…