Sunday December 3rd0930 Virginstowe, Morning Prayer1100 Boyton, Morning Prayer1800 North Tamerton, ChristingleSunday December 10th0930 North Tamerton, Holy Communion1100 St Giles, Holy Communion1500 Virginstowe, Messy Church Carol Service1500 Werrington, United Carol ServiceSunday December 17th1000 North Tamerton, Nine Lessons & Carols1100 St Giles, Morning Prayer1830 St Giles Coronation Hall, Carol Service with live nativityWednesday December 20th1900 Boyton, Carol ServiceChristmas Eve, Sunday 24th December0915 Werrington, Holy Communion1800 Virginstowe, Family service with Holy Communion2315 Boyton, Midnight MassChristmas Day, Monday 25th December1000 North Tamerton, Holy Communion
Celebrate the start of Advent and look forward to Christmas at St Denys' tree festival, which is guaranteed to get you in the mood.Santa will visit on Saturday 2 December at 2pm.The festival concludes with our Christingle Service Sunday 3 December at 6pm, a service particularly suitable for families and children.
Prayers for Israel/PalestineLord Jesus, the occupation of the West Bank can seem a pretty hopeless situation; we see stalemate caused by the absence of a peace process, dysfunctional Palestinian politics, the strength of the Israeli army, the physical presence of the separation barrier. But you too lived in this place when it was under occupation and you inspired hope and taught the ways of justice and peace. May true peace be found in this Holy Land, with Israelis and Palestinians understanding each other’s needs. Jesus, you are the first and the last: help us to trust in you. Amen.John Howard, mission partner, Israel/PalestineFor settled peoples in fear of expulsion, we pray. For opinionated peoples in fear of truth, we pray. For stubborn peoples in fear of change, we pray. For Jews and Druze, Shia and Sunni, Copt and Orthodox, Armenian and Kurd, and for all who live in the Holy Lands of sacred scriptures, we pray. Amen.Bruce Thompson, Lincolnshire Methodist District ChairLiving God, today we pray for all the people in Israel/Palestine, that they may discover the courage and humility to build peace together and that they will seek a just path of reconciliation. For our Muslim brothers and sisters in Israel/Palestine this day, we pray “Assalamu Alaikum”. For our Jewish brothers and sisters in Israel/Palestine this day, we pray “Shalom Aleichem”. For our Christian brothers and sisters in Israel/Palestine, this day, we pray “The Peace of Christ”. Amen. These prayers are taken from Day 15 of the 2017/2018 Methodist Prayer Handbook, Jesus the First and Last
