Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Father Tony Forrest

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

I hope and pray that the Christmastide was a blessed time for you and yours.
A huge thank you to everyone who made our Christmas Services so wonderful!
Thank you to all those who cleaned and decorated the churches so beautifully.
Thank you to everyone who assisted with the services: leading, reading, sides-persons, marshalling children and sheep, setting up and clearing away, providing refreshments …
Thank you to all the congregations and musicians who played and sang and lifted our worship at Carol Services, Activities and Christmas Night and Christmas Morning services.Thank you, too, for all the kindness shown to Linda and Me over the Christmas period – thank you for the kind gifts and cards. We struggle to get cards to everyone personally, but we do make a donation to Crisis and Embrace the Middle East with what we would have spent on postage and cards.THIS SUNDAY – 29th DECEMBER
8 am
at All Saints, East Meon
Holy Communion from the Book of Common Prayer (said)
The Sunday after Christmas Day

10.30 am
at St John the Evangelist, West Meon.
Join us in celebrating the Patron of two of our churches, St John the Evangelist
and as the New Year approaches in renewing our side of the Covenant between humankind and God.
All Welcome!

Services for the remainder of the Christmas Season

5th January 2025 – The Epiphany

8 am Holy Communion (BCP) - East Meon

9 am Mattins BCP - Warnford

10.30 am Benefice Eucharist - East Meon

12th January – The Baptism of Christ and Plough Sunday

8 am Holy Communion (BCP) - East Meon – Plough Sunday

9 am Eucharist – Langrish -DEDICATION SERVICE

10.30 am Benefice Eucharist - West Meon – The Baptism of Christ

19th January – Epiphany 2

8 am Holy Communion (BCP) - East Meon

9 am Holy Communion (BCP) - Warnford

10.30 am Service of the Word - East Meon

26th January – Epiphany 3 and the Conversion of St Paul

8 am Holy Communion (BCP) - East Meon

10.30 am Benefice Eucharist - Langrish

10.30 am Service of the Word - West Meon

2nd February – Candlemas

8 am Holy Communion (BCP) - East Meon

9 am Mattins BCP - Warnford

10.30 am Benefice Eucharist - East Meon

With every blessing,

Fr Tony