We are hosting the Parish Council's Community Pantry which is now available to residents of the parish in need. Drop in and help yourself to food items in the church porch on Wednesdays 12-3pm and Sundays 10am-12 noon. We currently have more than enough but if you are donating items in the future, please ensure they are: undamaged, unopened longlife Tins, Tetrapak or Plastic packs (no cardboard please). They must have more than one month left before their marked 'Best Before' date and should be shop-bought items complete with ingredients/allergens list on the packaging, please. Dented tins, damaged or opened packets, any cardboard packets or items close to their 'best before' dates will have to be removed to comply with safety and insurance requirements.
We continue to host services on Sundays at 10.30am in church and online services which are available on Kingswear Church Facebook page and Brixham Mission Community Youtube account from 8am each Sunday.We would love to welcome you and if you are attending services in person, please remember to wear a mask and arrive early, in time to register, gel your hands and be seated so that we can continue to comply with the Government's covid guidelines.
A note from our Rector, Revd Stephen Yates:This coming week will bring mixed emotions for us as a community. We rejoice that the vaccine will soon be rolled out across the UK but are conscious that many are still suffering from COVID or the effects of lockdown and that, for many, especially those working in the NHS and school, working conditions remain extremely stressful. As an extended Brixham community we continue to mourn the loss of the Joanna C as the funeral of Adam approaches. We are in a time of mixed emotions, joy, expectation, mourning, fatigue. This mixture of emotions might not feel appropriate for Christmas as it approaches but they are entirely appropriate for the season that we journey through to get there – Advent. Advent is a time of rejoicing at the coming of Jesus, of Emmanuel – God with us, and the hope and joy this brings. But it is also a time when we look forward to the coming return of King Jesus, a time when he will judge us all and put all things right. All of us should remember that 'it is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.' (Hebrews 13:31, ESV). One commentator I read recently pointed out that during Advent season we rightly remember that the world is currently living between the times of Jesus first coming as a baby and his second as a victorious King. We are like Europe in the time between D-Day and VE-Day. Victory is assured but not yet here. As a community we rejoice in vaccines and church re-openings but lament loneliness, stress and death too young. We pray for all who are keeping us safe and working so hard. But we do all this confident that a better time is coming, not just with a vaccine, but at the end of time when our King will return and put all things right.
