Bishop’s Christmas message
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9:45am Thursday Communion
Updates
The Nativity Story
On Sunday evening, 14 December, we showed “The Nativity Story.” The film underlined the poverty and war torn state of Palestine at the time of Jesus’ birth. It also showed how difficult and potentially disgraceful it was for the young girl, Mary, to be…
It Is Better to Give Than to Receive
Yesterday was our gift service, in the context of our All Age Service, when our uniformed organisations were present. A skit by our “Tribe” youth group showed the futility and stupidity of always seeking the latest electronic gizmo (see photo insert). After Steve (our…
Ding Dong Merrily!
Christmas is a wonderfully musical time, when the birth of Jesus is celebrated with carols. At 7 p.m. next Sunday evening we shall be having our main service of “Carols by Candlelight.” Meanwhile, many individual groups, some within the church, some who use our…
Christmas Advert
All the shops have now released their Christmas adverts promoting some of the values of Christmas but missing out the key ingredient, Christ.The Christmas Starts with Christ campaign have released this brief advert that cleverly reminds us of the main focus of this Christmastime….
Coffeepot Christmas Lunch
Members of Coffeepot gathered at the Fox in Halation to celebrate Christmas over lunch. Jenny, Gill and Anne were very enthusiastic about this new venue and their enthusiasm was reinforced by the meal we got! Situated in one of Leicestershire’s very attractive villages the…
Christmas meal with a difference…..
There is a local Asian retired lunch time group that meet in our buildings weekly. Each month they share a meal together and today they were having a Christmas lunch. I was invited to join them and to give them a Christmas message which…
Christmas Assemblies
Well done to the church in Norwich who have made this parody of the John Lewis advert that reminds us that Christ is at the heart of Christmas.We have been using this clip at the end of our Christmas assemblies in Manor High School…
Ignite
We launched IGNITE Sunday 30th November – IGNITE is a worship space for young people to connect with God in relaxed and relevant way, using modern worship songs, speaking on relevant topics and eating lots of pudding! We had a brilliant time praising God,…
Carol Singing at Sainsburys
We were invited to sing carols at Sainsburys again this year. Steve asked for singers to fill the place with joyous Christmas music. A group of thirty singers, plus some extra volunteers from the shoppers, sang it’s way through the carol sheet twice! Many…
