Lake Vyrnwy Bike Ride in aid of Sarn Recreation Association

Focus School Newtown Campus is based in Mid Wales in the small village of Sarn attended by members of the PBCC in Newtown and Shrewsbury.  During the school year of 2012/2013, the students saw an urgent need in the village for funds to repair the tennis courts and re-surface the village hall carpark.  These facilities […]

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RRT visit IX Squadron, RAF Marham 18th March 2014

Account by RRT member of visit to RAF Marham  On the night of 7th-8th January 2014, members of the Dereham and Norwich Rapid Relief Teams assisted at the tragic USAF helicopter crash at Cley Marshes, and were subsequently invited to visit RAF Marham with other groups who had also assisted. Here are notes of their […]

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Donation of school furniture helps children in Ethiopia

Several years ago, the Lowestoft PBCC purchased a quantity of second-hand school furniture from the local primary school.  Some of the furniture was restored and given to a community school but the remainder had been in storage ever since.  The brethren finally decided to put it on an online auction site and had an offer […]

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Village Hall Gets a Fresh Lick of Paint

When paintwork at the Wolston Village Hall was showing signs of wear and tear the Village Hall Committee decided to contact the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church in nearby Binley Woods to see if they might be able to offer some help. After a site visit to list all areas needing attention the project was willingly […]

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Living Our Beliefs – Family

PBCC Families For the Plymouth Brethren, the family is central to our beliefs and way of life. We enjoy time together just like other families around the world. Our children grow up loved and cared for, and are able to enjoy their childhood in a strong caring community where corporal punishment is not practised. By […]

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Clean-up of signs at entrance of Sandon village in Essex

Saturday 12th April 2014 saw a small number of dedicated and hard-working RRT members come together at the entrance of the Sandon village on the Woodhill road (on the east of the A12). The volunteers meticulously cleaned the white slatted fencing and signage above as well as cutting back and pruning the adjacent shrubbery. Additional […]

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Hertford Choir Care Home Video

The Plymouth Brethren Christian Church visited an old people’s care home in Hoddesdon to perform a concert for them on 24th December 2013. Over 40 enthusiastic choral students from Hertford and Barnet spent many hours, often in the evenings practicing the songs, to a high standard. The group consisted of a senior choir and a […]

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Sun shines as the clear up at Moorland begins……..

The spring sun broke through the early mist as the clean up got under way in Moorland on Saturday 8th March and 20 volunteers from the RRT arrived to help the Environment Agency and Sedgemoor Council start moving sandbags from the properties that had suffered from severe flooding for several weeks. Meeting in the car […]

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Living Our Beliefs – Charity Giving

Members of the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church (PBCC) live very full lives, but still have time to interact with people living around them, and love to contribute to society in the communities in which they live. This brief documentary has been put together in order to help dispel some of the myths surrounding the brethren, […]

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