With Rev Alison on holiday this week, it fell to Janet, Gemma and Cath to lease this mo the Fanily Service!The service was looking and learning a bit more about Gods mercy towards us. We were thinking about what the word means and how Jesus showed mercy to the man at Bethesda, which is a pool near Jerusalem.At Bethesda Jesus saw a man lying on his mat and asked him ‘Do you want to get well?’ The man said that no one had helped him get into the pool and Jesus said to him ‘Get up! Pick up your mat and walk’ and at once the man was healed!The children recreated that pool and the bubbles that came from it and we created our own ‘man’ and his mat.Bacon sandwiches, pastries and hot drinks really kicked off the first family service of the year, hope to see you all next month!
As Revd Alison will be on a well-deserved holiday after all her many services and activities, Sam and Janet, our Church Wardens will be hosting a Cafe Church at 9.30am.It’s an opportunity to join us for an informal church community get together with hot, or cold drinks, and pastries plus a chance to choose a favourite hymn/carol and some poems and prayers. John Sharples will be giving a talk called "Thank you for the music” which will be a take on an amusing sermon he heard whilst visiting a church in Harrogate. Everyone is most welcome so we hope to see you there!
We had a lovely Christingle we had this evening at St James! We learnt about the meaning of all the elements of the Christingle, heard about some ninja angles and put together our crib scene.Thank you to everyone who helped and to Rev Alison for organising!!
Dear AllWith one week to go and 2 very successful Outdoor Carol services already taken….we are in the thick of it.This Sunday is the last of our Advent series before the Christmas Eve and Christmas Day services.We have two services on Sunday:-9.30 am at St James, High Wych11.15 am at St Botolph’s, Eastwick (see attached flyer)And following on from that we will be making up the Christingles at the Rectory on Monday 23rd December from 10.00 am.We can offer Christmas music, mince pies, mulled wine if you can face it at 10.00 am and many hands make light work. We had a really good system last year and great fun being together round our dining room table. If you could let me know if you are coming that would be great, so I make sure I have enough chairs!!Every blessingAlison
