Sunday 21st December, The Fourth Sunday of Advent
9:30am Parish Eucharist
6pm Christmas Carol Service
Wednesday 24th December, Christmas Eve
4pm Christingle Service
11pm Midnight Mass
Thursday 25th December, Christmas Day
9:30am Parish Eucharist
Sunday 28th December The Holy Innocents
9:30am Morning Prayer
Please see the Calendar of services attached.
Christmas Carol Service: This year the Collection will be for Reach. Reach supports families with limb differences. (www.reach.org.uk) “It's a small charity and every little helps.” In December any donations are doubled through a special scheme
Advent Home Worship: Please find the material for this attached.
Christmas Services: Please see the Calendar for details. We shall be having the annual Christingle Service on Christmas Eve; Midnight Mass; and Christmas Day Holy Communion. The Carol Service takes place on Sunday 21st December at 6pm. Sunday 28th December there will be a service of Morning Prayer.
Shincliffe School Worship Choir: The Church funds a Worship Choir at the school. This is in addition to the music and singing that the staff arrange. It has been a much-valued choir, singing at the main services during the year. At present we do not have a director of the choir and it is in abeyance. Please let me know if you know of anyone who might be able to do this.
Church cleaning: takes place on the second Tuesday in the month at 10am. It takes about an hour depending on how many people come. This can vary from 2 to 7 people depending on peoples commitments. Many thanks, Margaret Charters
Foodbank: St. Mary’s is now making a weekly collection for the Foodbank:
The foodbank still needs longlife milk and fruit juice, tins of potatoes, vegetables, rice pudding, fruit and spaghetti. We always need household cleaning materials and toiletries
Many thanks for all your support, it is so much appreciated.
Friday Friends at 10am (FF@10) All are very welcome to join us; tea, coffee and cakes will be provided - all free of charge!’
With All Good Wishes and Prayers, Peter