The livestreams are continuing with the following services being made available via the St Ed's Facebook page:Sunday 3rd January 9:30 am Rev Paul/Rev Phil Sunday 3rd January 11:15am Rev Paul/Rev Phil (service sheet attached)Sunday 3rd January evening 6.30pm Sunday Club with Rachel and Sophie (for Sunday Club and the young at heart)Tuesday 5th January 10am Tiny Tunes (music for all young people)Wednesday 6th January 10.30am Rev Paul/Rev PhilWednesday 6th January 5.00pm prayer time with Rev Paul and RachelWatch live if you are able --- or join later on 'catch up'.Everyone welcome.AdditionallyServices in church While we are in Tier 4 we have reluctantly suspended our services in church. However the church is alive! Our pastoral work is continuing as we are more and more available to the needs of our community. The church is open each day for private prayer and our livestreams continue. At this time it is a privilege to serve Jesus in the different ways He is calling each of us to be His church.Confirmation Unfortunately our Confirmation service has now been postponed until 7th February at 11.15am. It will be a livestreamed service. Please hold the candidates in your prayers at this time.Thank you! Paul, Rachel, Rev Phil and the ministry team would like to thank everyone for their very kind cards, good wishes and gifts over the Christmas period. Your support is greatly appreciated as we seek to grow the Kingdom in our communities. An Appeal We have launched an appeal for the money needed for St Peter’s for investigation works into the structure of the building, and for the annual payment for the roof alarm. Any help is very much appreciated after this difficult year. Further details of the appeal is available at St Ed’s. Children’s Society Thank you to everyone who has contributed towards the Christingle appeal for the Children’s Society. So far £135.08 has been sent and further donations are being received. We will close the appeal on Sunday 17th January.Christian Aid Thank you to everyone for donations and prayers for Christian Aid, which have contributed so much to the incredibly valuable work they carry out with the poorest people in the world. Envelopes are still available and will continue to be available as we move towards Lent (which begins on 17th February).
Sunday Club on 3rd January 2021 at 6:30pm via the St Ed's Facebook page will be thinking about the wise men.Please see and print the file (4 pages) attached to this item. The instructions on the template will help you to join in with the activity.All welcome.
The livestreams are continuing with the following services being made available via the St Ed's Facebook page:Sunday 27th December 9:30 am Rev Paul and RachelWednesday 30th December 10.30am Rev Paul/Rev PhilWatch live if you are able --- or join later on 'catch up'.Everyone welcome.AdditionallyServices in church We received a message from the Bishop on Christmas Eve advising churches as we begin Tier 4. The church will be open each day for private prayer. Our priority is for safety as the infection rate continues to rise, and it is likely physical services will not be able to start again for some weeks. Our livestreams will continue.Confirmation we are intending to hold a livestreamed Confirmation service on January 10th, time to be confirmed. Please hold the candidates in your prayers at this time.Paul and Rachel “We have now ended our period of isolation. We praise the Lord that we are well and have remained well. Thank you for your prayers for our family”. 12 Days of Christmas encouragement Bishop Graham has launched a series through social media with twelve local contributors from across the diocese offering a thought on ideas to offer support to those who are lonely, isolated or who need their spirits lifting, starting on Christmas Day. You are able to access them via all the diocesan social media channels; on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.Sale of craft and Christmas Decorations raised an amazing £615. Thank you so much to everyone who contributed items for sale and to Sue Elmes for organising the sale. Connie's Christmas Cake raised £55, Daphne's Masks and Christmas Gifts £317 and Frances' Stained Glass £63. £80 came in donations and £100 for the Christmas Decorations for the Food Ministry.An Appeal We have launched an appeal for the money needed for St Peter’s for investigation works into the structure of the building, and for the annual payment for the roof alarm. Any help is very much appreciated after this difficult year. Further details of the appeal is available at St Ed’s.
This year we are having to do things differently in lots of ways – one of which is how we can join each other for our 2020 Christingle service. At St Ed’s we are having a virtual Christingle service via our Facebook page at 3:30pm on Christmas Eve so all can join from their own homes.The celebration is named after the Christingles that are lit during the service. Christingles are made from an orange decorated with red tape, sweets/fruit and a candle. All the family will enjoy this feast of candles and oranges as part of their preparation for Christmas.From the morning of Tuesday 22nd December 2020 we will have Christingle packs in the porch at St Eds which you are welcome to come and collect.Please be mindful of others who may be doing the same – remember to keep your distance and, if other people are around, wear a mask when entering the porch.The pack contains everything you need to participate in the service.If you are unable to visit to the church before the service on Christmas Eve then you can find the service sheet attached to this notice. Also if you have the items for the Christingle mentioned above please have them ready – or simply have a candle on its own so it can be lit when we light the Christingles.We hope you can join us live or maybe watch later ‘on catch up’.Note: the image on this item is from The Children Society website as this service normally supports their activities
