Thank you to all who joined us for all of our wonderful Christmas celebrations - Not only did we begin with a fair and a Christmas Tree festival - we also had visits into church for services from some of our schools, Windy Nook, Falla Park, Glynwood, Carr Hill, Harlow Green, Gibside College as well as the opportunity to go into school and make Christingles and share assemblies.

We had wonderful carol services - Carols at St Ninians, Carols by candlelight at St Johns and Cafe Carols with a BSL signer at St Albans. Our thanks to Lisa who signed this service and our Christingle.

Lots of you joined us for our Christingles in both St Albans and St Johns on Christmas Eve and for Midnight Mass. Christmas Day was fun as we unwrapped the treasures of Christmas.

Christmas continues in church for a while yet, we have Epiphany marking the arrival of the Magi and will continue in this season until 2nd February - an excuse to keep the decorations up longer!!!