Eco News

A Wonderful time was had by all today at an Eco themed Messy Church event. The morning started with an opportunity to create a variety of crafts from recycled items, while catching up with friends over bacon rolls, pastries and refreshments. Following the crafts, we went to the sanctuary to watch a short film about

We are delighted to announce that Emmanuel is now registered with the Fairtrade Foundation as a Fairtrade Church. There are lots of ways to support Fairtrade, but just two core requirements to be awarded Fairtrade Place of Worship status. Use Fairtrade products wherever possible (at least tea, coffee and sugar) and share information about Fairtrade products with the

The URC Southern Synod has now achieved Bronze Eco Synod status in the Eco Church awards programme. This news was announced at Synod Together where Ian Moore, the new Green Apostle for Southern Synod presented the certificate to Rev Russell Furley-Smith. The Eco Synod programme brings together the work of local churches in the Eco

We were delighted to announce at the harvest thanksgiving service in October that Emmanuel Church has received the Bronze Eco Church award in recognition of our efforts to care for God’s earth. A big thank you to all who have helped to make this happen. The Methodist church as a whole has ambitious plans to

Six members of Emmanuel Church joined protesters in the town centre as part of the global day of action on Saturday 6th November, coinciding with the COP26 summit in Glasgow. The event was organised by the Eastbourne COP26 Coalition, a civil society coalition made up of groups and individuals from various organisations. It started at