Crown Court Church of Scotland
(Presbyterian) Covent Garden, London WC2
The Annual General Meeting of Churches together in Westminster will be held on Monday 24 January at 6.30pm in Westminster Central Hall. There will be a panel discussion on The Big Society and the Church led by Edward Sturton, and this will be followed by a hot meal.
If you would like to attend, please speak to Tim Fletcher.
Congratulations to the two winners of the Christmas quiz – Karolyn Cooper and Marion Morrison! For those of you who didn’t do quite so well, the answers are on the notice board in the hall.
At 3.45pm on Friday 17 December – three days before their target date – John Chestnut and Andrew Service reached the Atlantic Ocean at Jacksonville Beach, completing their epic cycle trip across the US which began in Seattle on 27 September.
The two cousins covered 4,492 miles during 65 days on the road, a distance equivalent to 1.3 million pedal rotations. They passed through 10 different states on the way, reached a height of 8,228 feet and travelled at a top speed of 43 mph. Temperatures ranged from a wintry -6 degC to a sweltering 35 degC.
The trip originally aimed to raise £2,000 for Christian Aid and has raised £3,535 so far. It’s still not too late to support the trip through the Just Giving website at http://www.justgiving.com/fourlegstwobumsandafewthousandmile and help the cousins to raise double their target.
John is clearly delighted with the outcome. ‘It’s great to have finished and I thank you all so much for your support over the last few months and even before with your encouragement leading up to the trip.’
Photographs copyright John Chestnut & Andrew Service
This year’s series of lectures has been inspired by the 400th anniversary of the translation of the Bible into English as the King James, or Authorised, Version and the theme is “Whose translation? Interpreting Scripture from different contemporary perspectives”.
The lectures take place on the second Tuesday in February, March, April, May and June at 7.30pm in Hinde Street Methodist Church. Admission is free and all are welcome.
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