CHRIST IS RISEN!
Hallelujah!
2011
John 11 : 25 - 26
Jesus said to her: 'I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in me will never die.'
To celebrate Easter we released 150 balloons after our Easter service. In the past our balloons have been found in France, but usually they go to Kent! Last year was our most amazing year so far when one of our balloons was found by two young girls on holiday in France who then took it back to Germany with them and sent us pictures to prove it! Our balloon travelled over 600 miles! Check here to see if any of our balloons are found this year.
BALLOON NO.1 HAS BEEN FOUND!
24th April 2011
Hi, we found the remains of your balloon by the public footpath which cuts across Gatton Manor Hotel and Golf Club in Walliswood near Ockley, Surrey. RH5 5PQ. [The balloon belonged to Sue Cox]
Regards
Pauline Granville
BALLOON NO.2 HAS BEEN FOUND!
25th April 2011
I am pleased to say that I found a green balloon sent from Goldings Church, Loughton, Essex belonging to someone named Wai. It was laying on the golf course in Morden Park, Morden Surrey.
Leroy Goodey
BALLOON NO.3 HAS BEEN FOUND!
26th April 2011
Hi there, Just to let you know that I found Gillian Hawkin's balloon on Sunday in Stoke Newington cemetary in London. All the best, Claudia Ward.
BALLOON NO.4 AND BALLOON NO.5 HAVE BEEN FOUND!
26th April 2011
Hi, found these labels attached to a burst balloon and string at Headley Heath National Trust Land, Surrey on Sunday 24th April. [Names on the tags were Janet Townsend and Ernest Kamran]
Laura Cranmer
BALLOON NO. 6 HAS BEEN FOUND!
26th April 2011
My wife found Dee Kapp's balloon outside her mother's house at postcode SM7 1JS in Banstead Surrey. Christian wishes to you from us and our church, St. Peter's, Woodmansterne.
Brian and Christine Pierce
BALLOON NO. 7 HAS BEEN FOUND!
27th April 2011
Hi Graham, found your balloon in my garden at 3.30pm Suinday afternoon. I was quite thrilled to receive it. At what time did you let it off as it would be interesting to know how long it took. I live in Wimbledon Park, South London. Quite near to Wimbledon tennis.
Regards Beverley.
(We responded to Beverley's message, as with all the others, with thanks and also letting her know that we released our balloons at approximately 12.30pm on Sunday afternoon.)
BALLOON NO. 8 HAS BEEN FOUND!
28th April 2011
We received a telephone message from a lady who said she found one of our balloons in her garden in Dorking, Surrey. The balloon belonged to Ope.
BALLOON NO. 9 HAS BEEN FOUND!
28th April 2011
We received a telephone message today saying that Sophie Roberts' balloon has been found in Bogner Regis half a mile from the sea. Our sincere thanks to our caller for letting us know.
BALLOON NO. 10 HAS BEEN FOUND!
5th May 2011
Surprisingly, we received another telephone message today from another person living in Wimbledon who found Eric Vetter's balloon! Our sincere thanks to our caller for letting us know.
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NEW YEAR'S EVE CELEBRATION
For the first time ever, Goldings Church celebrated the New Year together with a wonderful evening watching a great film, eating some great food, enjoying great fellowship and having fun together. We were also blessed by a warm time of praise and worship. At midnight we enjoyed a spectacular fireworks display and were greatly encouraged when many of our neigbours responded to our invitation to wander over to the church and enjoy the celebration with us - it was an excellent display carefully orchestrated by our own Paul and his team - and all set to music by the David Crowder band.
For those of you who enjoyed it and for those who missed it - here's a shortened version of the display which actually went on for over 10 minutes!
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