Dear Friends,

 

In many historic European cities exchanges grew up to trade money, insurance and commodities. The Dublin Stock Exchange is a local example. As cities developed through trade, churches were built at the heart of commercial activity. The former Archbishop of Canterbury, George Carey, was at one time Rector of one such church, St. Nicholas, Durham, in north east England. He wrote a book about the church entitled The Church In The Market Place.

 

During the season of Lent, a new venture, The Exchange will be launched on Sunday evenings. It builds on the very successful Late Late Carols held before Christmas. It is a fresh expression of church with a café style ambience in the Parish Centre, open to all. The season of Lent culminates in Holy Week, Good Friday and Easter Day, when the great exchange took place, “For Christ died for our sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, that He might bring us to God” (1 Peter 3:18). You will be welcome to The Exchange.

 

Yours sincerely,