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Through the Bible with God - sermon series

Series of sermons entitled "Through the Bible with God"

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Crowborough's Changed Lives
True stories of meeting Jesus

Crowborough's Changed Lives is your opportunity to hear from seven ordinary Crowborough people, each with an extraordinary story to tell.

Watch the introduction by the Rev. Jonty Frith, Associate Vicar of All Saints Church.

What would Jesus say…
…about believing in a God you can’t see?

One of the most common reasons I hear people give for not believing in God is

“…because I’ve never seen him. I can’t believe in what I can’t see.” Nobody has ever seen God, and it’s hard to believe in what you can’t see. Why should we believe in any one version of God rather than another, and why believe in any God at all?

One of the most extraordinary women of the 19th century lies buried in St. Denys’ churchyard at Rotherfield. Dr Sophia Jex-Blake, who pioneered the fight for women to become doctors, also led the first group of women ever to attend a British university.

Crowborough War Memorial Hospital

Part 2 of 2 : concludes a brief history.

CROWBOROUGH WAR MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

Part One of A Two Part Brief History

First, I would like to say thank you to all those readers who have been complimentary about Notes & Queries, and also to those who have otherwise contacted me for information and advice. It’s very pleasing to know that The Word on the Street is being read and enjoyed.

On Christmas Day 1939, soon after the outbreak of World War Two, King George V1 made a historic wireless broadcast to the peoples of Britain and its Empire. Ahead of his closing lines, in which he paid tribute to the fighting services of Britain and its allies, he spoke of the uncertainty of the year ahead – would it bring peace, or continued struggle?

Offering a message of encouragement, the king concluded his speech with the following lines.
“ I said to the man who stood at the Gate of the Year, ‘Give me a light

This year marked the centenary of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s arrival in Crowborough to take up residence at Windlesham, on Hurtis Hill, in November 1907. He married Jean Leckie, his second wife, on 18 September that year at St. Margaret’s Church, Westminster.