Dates for the Diary December Thursday 8th
3.30pm Messy Church straight from School in the Village Hall with refreshments, crafts & activities celebration and food for all the family. Special Christmas Theme
Sunday 18th
6pm Carol Service This includes carols for choir and congregation with Scripture readings. Following the service mince pies, mulled wine and hot spiced fruit juice will be served.
Saturday 24th
5pm Christmas Eve Nativity Service - This service, for all ages, incorporates songs and carols as we journey with Mary and Joseph from Nazareth to Bethlehem for the birth of the Christ Child. We encourage children of all ages to dress up as either Shepherds, Angels or Kings and join with the 'cast', to make this a very special service. 11.15pm First Communion of Christmas Come and join us as we welcome in Christmas Day, with carols, songs and readings, within the context of Holy Communion.
Sunday 25th
8am Holy Communion according to the Book of Common Prayer 9.30am Family Communion for Christmas an all age celebration on this Christmas morning.
January 2017 Sunday 1st
10.30am Coffee, Croissants and Communion
Prayer Chain of Prayer Worried about a loved one, a friend or yourself and would like prayers to be said by a chain of people? Contact Wendy 700295 or Gillian 700157 and they will start the chain by contacting the person next to them on the list and so it goes all the way round. A copy of the chain is on the notice board at the back of church. Prayer is a powerful and important part of life and one should never under estimate its effect. You don't need to give any details of the problem just ask for prayers to be said and it will happen. Please note that it will be treated with total confidentiality.
Prayers are offered for parishioners who are in special need, especially the sick and frail. Please advise either of the churchwardens of any persons or situations you would like remembered in this way. All those living in particular roads are prayed for regularly, the whole parish being covered over a 12-week cycle: Week beginning:
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Newpound Lane Newpound & Roundstreet Common School Road Thornton Meadow