The Forefront Carol Service is at 6.30pm on Sunday 18th December in Chard Guildhall, and it’s open for all to join us. Please remember, though – we won’t have a morning service!
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Singing at St Gilda’s
It was a busy week for caroling singing. A group also went to St Gilda’s for a short Christmas Service. A good time had by all. Happy Christmas to staff and residents at St Gilda’s.
Carol singing at Snowdon House
A group of us visited Snowdon House last week for a spot of carol singing. We really enjoyed it, we think the residents did too! Thanks for inviting us!
Celebrate Christmas at the Guildhall
Here are the Forefront Christmas service details…
Happier Halloween!
Forefront Centre was open yesterday evening as part of Chard’s Halloween “Trick or Treat” town centre event. Offering fun activities around the theme of light and hope, Forefront aims to portray a healthy and positive alternative to the increasingly dark and commercial aspects of Halloween. This year, we used World Vision’s ‘Carve-A-Heart’ campaign materials to […]
Unite carves a heart of hope
Members of Unite, the Friday night youth club at Forefront Centre, “carved a heart” on Friday for a fun and inspiring national campaign to create symbols of hope for children living in fear. Photos of some of the pumpkins were uploaded to the World Vision web page where the campaign is hosted. Picture: Dean Holling
Forefront in Spain – NOW WITH VIDEO!
A team of eight, six from Forefront, are hard at work in Alcala, near Madrid, Spain, this week, working with youth, re-painting a drop-in coffee shop, introducing a ladies support group to some crafts, and generally supporting the local church and our long-standing friends Ken and Alison Barrett in their work. Click here for a […]
Carnival night competition – winner announced!
Thanks to everyone who popped into Forefront Centre on carnival night to say hello and to all who took part in our free competition to guess how many buttons were in the jar. We had guesses ranging from 68 up to 100,000! The actual number of buttons was 174, and Georgina Doeller came closest with […]
Music for the Soul
Uplyme Gospel Singers, who delighted audiences in the region with vibrant performances last year, are presenting “Music For The Soul”, a concert of traditional and contemporary “Gospel music and more” at 7.30pm in Holyrood Academy main hall on 24th September. With vocal music spanning African, American and British sources, a number of powerful soloists and […]
Egypt-bound – again
Ben and Emma, Amira, Asher and Miriam leave us this week to continue their assignments in Egypt. Ben returns to teaching at a school in Cairo, where he has worked for two years, while Emma makes their home and supports projects in the city. On Sunday morning they led the service with Christine Smith, reminding […]