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Church News April 2008 - Youth Edition

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 11:23:52 -0700

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Thanksgiving Service for Roy Cullum

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:30:44 -0700

Start: 23/04/2008 - 2:00pm

End: 23/04/2008 - 3:00pm

Start: 23/04/2008 - 2:00pm

End: 23/04/2008 - 3:00pm

Location: Kingston URC

A Thanksgiving service will take place on Wednesday 23rd April at 14.00 to celebrate the life of Roy Cullum, a long standing member of our church.

Film Afternoon showing "Ratatouille"

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 06:09:09 -0700

Start: 13/04/2008 - 12:30pm

End: 13/04/2008 - 2:00pm

Start: 13/04/2008 - 12:30pm

End: 13/04/2008 - 2:00pm

Location: Kingston URC, Training Room

On Sunday 13th April after the bring and share lunch we will be showing "Ratatouille" a recently released film which is suitable for all ages. All are welcome.

Peace builders

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:51:49 -0700

Peacebuilder is a place that you learn about Jesus and have fun. There were three places you could go to in the gym where peace builders was held: one was arts and crafts, one was writing prayers and one was playing games. We got to sing songs and play a snow ball fight. Some times we went into a church were there was the child friendly award. It was free.

by Rebecca

Book Launch - Banana Wars and other Fairtrade Battles'

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:50:55 -0800

Start: 13/03/2008 - 7:00pm

End: 13/03/2008 - 8:00pm

Start: 13/03/2008 - 7:00pm

End: 13/03/2008 - 8:00pm

Location: Borders Bookshop, Market Place, Kingston

Ron Hinsley, Head of Certification at the Fairtrade Foundation, will be giving a talk about his book and his work, with time for questions. Fairtrade Foundation Director Harriet Lamb said, Banana wars .... is a gripping story of David and Goliath and winning against the odds, with the knowledge that human livelihoods hang in the balance. An inspiring story to shame the greedy and inspire the benevolent who identify with the downtrodden. An inspiration.

Film Night Showing Ghosts

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:43:53 -0800

Start: 13/03/2008 - 7:00pm

End: 13/03/2008 - 10:00pm

Start: 13/03/2008 - 7:00pm

End: 13/03/2008 - 10:00pm

Location: Kingston URC

Ghosts is a documentary produced by Channel 4, looking at the events that lead to the drowning of a group of Chinese illegal immigrants, whilst harvesting cockles in Morcombe Bay. We will meet for coffee at 19.00 and the film will start at 19.30, followed by some discussion on the film. If you have time, please stay and have a chat. All are welcome

Film Night Showing Shadowlands

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:31:02 -0800

Start: 06/03/2008 - 7:00pm

End: 06/03/2008 - 10:00pm

Start: 06/03/2008 - 7:00pm

End: 06/03/2008 - 10:00pm

Location: Kingston URC

The film this week is Shadowlands, directed by Richard Attenborough and starring Anthony Hopkins and Debra Winger. Coffee is available at 19.00 and the film will begin at 19.30. If you have time, please stay for a chat afterwards. All are welcome.

Support KURC via your online shopping

Sun, 24 Feb 2008 03:04:10 -0800

You can now support KURC financially by doing your shopping online, paying no more than you normally would by going to a range of online shops via our buy.at affiliate page. You just access the retailer's usual website through the above link, and every time you buy something KURC gets a commission. QED. Retailers pay the commission out of their marketing budget and it has cost us nothing to set up the arrangement. Buy.at does not pass on any details and strictly prohibits retailers from doing so. It is anonymous - we do not know who has bought what, only how many visits each site has had. Please take a look for yourself, there is no obligation. You can also support the church by buying your books from Amazon via this page

Church News March 2008

Fri, 15 Feb 2008 04:24:06 -0800

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February Church News 2008

Fri, 15 Feb 2008 04:21:16 -0800

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Fancy a discussion at the 11.30 service?

Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:07:16 -0800

At the 11.30am service this Sunday (17.02.08) at Kingston URC we will be discussing some of the issues raised by the Archbishop of Canterbury's recent speech. If you would like to read the speech in advance please take a look at this link. His statement to the Church of England's ruling body, the General Synod, is to be found here. And here is a link to the Radio 4 interview. Please come ready for a lively debate.

Film Night Showing Goodnight Mr Tom

Fri, 08 Feb 2008 02:39:53 -0800

Start: 21/02/2008 - 7:00pm

End: 21/02/2008 - 10:00pm

Start: 21/02/2008 - 7:00pm

End: 21/02/2008 - 10:00pm

Location: Training Room, Kingston URC

This week we will be showing Goodnight Mr Tom (1988) a moving film about the relationship between Tom Oakley and an orphan boy Willie Beech and is set during World War 2. We will meet for coffee at 19.00, the film will begin at 19.30 and hopefully people will stay for some discussion on the film afterwards. All are welcome.

Lent Film Night - The Third Man

Tue, 05 Feb 2008 05:51:28 -0800

Start: 14/02/2008 - 7:00pm

End: 14/02/2008 - 10:00pm

Start: 14/02/2008 - 7:00pm

End: 14/02/2008 - 10:00pm

Location: Training Room, Kingston URC

Every Thursday in Lent we are holding a Film Night in the training suite at the church. We have selected films that we hope will stimulate discussion. The plan is to arrive at 19.00 for coffee and to start the film at 19.30. After the film it would be good if you could stay and have a chat about the film. All are welcome at the film night and we plan to start with a classic Carol Reed's The Third Man with Orson Welles.

If you are interested in coming along and would like more information please contact Alison Holt on minister(at)kingstonurc.org

We are still looking for How green was my valley (1941), Shadowlands (1993) and Ghost, the documentary (Channel 4). If anyone has these and is willing to let us borrow it for the evening, please let Alison Holt know.

Church Trip to see Glenda Weight

Tue, 05 Feb 2008 04:46:23 -0800

Start: 16/03/2008 - 12:00pm

End: 16/03/2008 - 3:00pm

Start: 16/03/2008 - 12:00pm

End: 16/03/2008 - 3:00pm

Location: Mayo Hall and Potters Bar

We are planning another trip to visit Glenda in her home at Potters Bar on Sunday 16th March after a bring and share lunch at the church. If you are interested in going along please contact Alison Holt or Lesley. Glenda Weight attended the church around 1.5 years ago. She's a lady with cerebral palsy, but she was only with us for a couple of months and then she was transferred to a care home in Potters Bar, North London. We still keep in touch as a church and last summer we had a service there. About 6 of us went up and we had a really good attendance from the home, the

Update from Kenyan Orphanage on the Web

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 04:06:29 -0800

At a recent church service Mr John and Mrs Esther Green, who are missionaries in Kenya and are running an orphanage and school for destitute children in Eldoret, told us what is going on in the country just now. A web site called the ‘Testimony Faith Home blog’ has been set up where John can post his notes and communicate with other people. The blog address is: http://tfhomes.blogspot.com/ . If you would like to have more information on the orphanage and the school itself log onto this website.