I Am the Gate
Our series of Jesus’ “I am” statements from John’s gospel at the All Age services continued this Sunday. This time it was “I Am the Gate” or as some translations put it “I am the door.” Steve made it clear that this was not…
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A Blaze of Colour
Today, 1 March, is St David’s day. Very appropriately St Paul’s church grounds (modest as they are) are a blaze of yellow daffodils, St David’s traditional flower. After the bleakness of the winter, it’s wonderful to see this sign of new life. Although we…
Lent Lunches
It has become a tradition that every year, during the season of Lent, each of the Oadby Churches provides a Lent lunch, to which all the congregations of the Churches Together in Oadby are invited. This is a modest lunch of soup, roll and…
Jesus Said: I Am the Light of the World
Today’s All Age Service was the 2nd of our series in which we are considereingthe “I am” sayings of Jesus. Today this was: “I am the light of the world.” We saw how different the attitude of Jesus was to the people around as…
I Am… The Bread of Life
This morning the congregation entered the church with the aroma of freshly baked bread in their noses. It has been decided that at All Age Services (held once a month) we will be considering the seven occasions recorded in John’s gospel where Jesus said:…
Are You Part of the Story?
On the Sunday after Christmas a lot of people, including many clergy are away. St Paul’s and St Peter’s therefore joined together at St Peters to celebrate Communion. The service was led by Canon Chris Oxley who also preached. He spoke about the importance…
Christmas Family Communion Service
An excited congregation met at 10.00 Christmas day for the family Christmas Communion service. Bright Christmas sweaters were much in evidence. And many had brought Christmas presents they had already opened. Steve (our rector) asked people what experience they had had of celebrating Christmas…
It Came upon the Midnight Clear
At 11:30 PM just over 30 people met at St Pauls to celebrate the birthday of Christ, Christmas. With Christmas readings and carols we celebrated that first event, concluding with a celebration of Holy Communion at which we remembered the purpose of Christ’s coming…
Carols by Candlelight
We had a full church this evening (Sunday 22 December) for our service of carols by candlelight. In it we remembered the Christmas story – of how the God of creation became a baby in Bethlehem to share in our experience and then to…
Good News for the Poor
Apart from today’s service having a multicultural theme, it was also a gift service. Presents of about £15 had been bought for nearly 70 children who will spend this Christmas in mother and baby homes, and women’s refuges, near to the church. Those who…
