News from Thelveton with Frenze Christmas 2024

Christmas is fast approaching.

This year the Carol Service at Thelveton will be at 3pm on Sunday 15th December.

It is a long time since we had services in the afternoon, but moving to this time gives us the opportunity to appreciate a church full of candles, and to build the Christmas crib in an atmosphere more suited to a stable long ago. We would love to see you there. As usual there will be angel biscuits, and other Christmas treats on offer. We hope to have floodlights to make the way into church easier to see, but you may like to bring a torch just in case!

You will definitely need a torch for Frenze, which, this year, will be on Wednesday 18th December – our familiar Carols by Candlelight with mince pies and mulled wine to follow.

If you would like to make your Christmas Communion with us we shall be at Thelveton for 11am on Sunday 22nd December.

During the last three months opening as often as possible means we have had a welcome increase in our number of visitors at Thelveton.

Some of you have been concerned about a couple of boarded-up windows in Thelveton church, but this is only routine maintenance following an inspection by our church architect. The windows will be back with us before long. We have also put a more secure cover on the steps to the old boiler house.

In September we had our Harvest Festival the day after the Cycle ride on Saturday 14th September. October saw us hosting an afternoon of Taize music, which was beautiful. November is the season of remembrance, and on the third Sunday we hosted an hour of remembering the journey humanity is taking from Creation to the Kingdom of Heaven.

As winter comes to our parish we look forward to short days for work, and long nights for rest, and refreshing the spirit ready for the new year.

May you all have a blessed and peaceful Christmas, and a New Year full of Love, Joy, and Peace

God bless you all.

Gale