Whats coming up?
Our next united event will be the Carol Service on Monday 11th December at 8pm at St Lawrence Church, Bridle Road. All are welcome.
What we have been doing!
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30th Anniversary Celebrations.
In early July CTE celebrated 30 years of friendship and collaboration among the churches in Eastcote. We had an afternoon service, AGM and tea in the lovely garden behind St Lawrence Church, and were delighted to welcome people who have been involved with CTE over the decades. We are so grateful to everyone who has supported us over the last 30 years and we now look forward to continuing our work together. Our next united event will be the Carol Service on Monday 11th December at 8pm at St Lawrence Church, Bridle Road. All are welcome. See the Chair's report below, photos to follow. You can see a few prayers from the service on the homepage. 
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Churches together in Eastcote - Poem from CTE AGM 2023
Churches Together is 30 years old Created in June 93 A closer relationship for our churches Oh what a joy that could be Setting it up wasn’t easy There was a little dissent But after much consultation All 5 churches gave their consent So much has happened over the years Joint worship, socials and more A wreath each year at Remembrance And a teddy who went door to door A great success was a pirate play And musical evenings with those in a band Committee members came and went When we could find someone to stand Joint Lent groups are an annual event Many leading or taking part Preparing for Easter the ecumenical way Really does open your heart A sad development in recent years Unfortunately, 5 became 3 The URC is with us no longer And we’ll miss their company The committee felt we should honour This special anniversary Go visit the orchard of Eastcote House And you’ll see our cherry tree We meet one another, and friendship expands As eye catches eye, and hands welcome hands. The touch of good fellowship warms all our hearts Because the whole is greater than the sum of the parts Over the 30 years of CTE We asked God our efforts to bless We’re working together, we’ve made many new friends That must be a good way to measure success | ||
12th June 2022 - CTE Pause for Hope Service at 4pm at Eastcote Methodist Church; for survivors of Cancer.
17th July 2022 - CTE Service and AGM. Was held in the gardens of St Lawrence church, an informal occasion, with a short service, music and refreshments.
17th July 2022 - CTE Service and AGM. Was held in the gardens of St Lawrence church, an informal occasion, with a short service, music and refreshments.
CTE Christmas Carol Service - was December 13th 2021 at Eastcote Methodist Church.
Christian Aid and Leprosy Mission Giving 2021
In view of the fact that the usual local collections for Christian Aid are unlikely to be made this year, CTE will be making a donation to Christian Aid to add to any donations made by individual Churches. This is in addition to a donation to the Leprosy Mission. This year all donations made to Leprosy Mission will be matched by an identical donation by the UK Government.
In view of the fact that the usual local collections for Christian Aid are unlikely to be made this year, CTE will be making a donation to Christian Aid to add to any donations made by individual Churches. This is in addition to a donation to the Leprosy Mission. This year all donations made to Leprosy Mission will be matched by an identical donation by the UK Government.
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On the afternoon of Sunday 11th July Churches Together in Eastcote held its AGM, service and social in the car park of St Thomas More.
We were blessed with warm and dry weather and we enjoyed meeting up after a long period of enforced separation. Members of the St Thomas More Folk Group played and we were able to sing together. This was a joy, as was the opportunity to listen to messages of hope from the Old Testament, and to a wonderful poem written by the late Doreen Warman, whose writings have so often enhanced our CTE services. We give thanks for this event and look forward to resuming our usual meetings and activities in the autumn. |
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