Dear friends
Here’s a little reminder about what is happening over the next few weeks. We now have our Christmas postcards available so do pick some up when you are in church to give out to others.
TODAY! Saturday 10th December – 2-4pm Carnival Christmas with free Christmas refreshments, crafts, steel pan band ‘Steel crazy’, carols, cakes and more
Sunday 11th December – 11-12 Advent Service (Part 3 of Sky full of stars – Isaiah) with creative activities and communion
Monday 12th December – 10-12 Warm space at Beacon with free refreshments
Tuesday 13th December – 10-11.30am Stepping Stones Christmas Party for under 5’s and their parents and carers
Thursday 15th December – 2pm make some crafts, refreshments and chat
Saturday 17th December – 1-3pm Christmas Wreath workshop, no experience needed £8 per wreath, book a place with Lesley (administrator) or Shelley
Sunday 18th December – 11-12 All age Nativity! – feel free to dress ‘with a nod to’ your favourite Nativity character (part 4 Sky full of stars)
Monday 19th December – 10-12 Christmas Holiday Warm space at Beacon with free refreshments and Christmas crafts – all ages welcome
Saturday 24th December – 4.30-5.15 Christmas Eve Christingle and Carols
Sunday 25th December – 10-30-11.30 Christmas Day all age service (part 5 Sky full of stars)
Wednesday 28th December – 10-12 Christmas Holiday Warm space at Beacon with free refreshments
Sunday 1st January – 11-12 New Year’s Day café church (Part 6 Sky full of Stars) …bring a takeout cup, have a coffee and breakfast
On Wednesday 14th December Lunch club meet for the last time this year. Thanks to all who have faithfully served over the months and we look forward to more fun and food next year. If you regularly support lunchclub you may want to keep in touch over Christmas with those who attend and we have a ‘Beacon special’ on Wednesday 28th that may be a good place for some to meet up.
There will be some house groups and bible studies meeting this week so do ask me or someone on the leadership team or look at the church diary in the corridor outside Lesley’s office.
A reminder that there is a decorated box in church (to the right in the Sanctuary as you come in) for giving to our MBC Christmas appeal towards two local charities, Living Local and Martin House Hospice. If you want to transfer money online do ask one of the leadership team.
Please add a Christmas card with a greeting or prayer to the board in church (to the right in the sanctuary). Feel free to leave Christmas cards in the boxes there too.
Next week it’s our Sky full of Stars nativity and carols! A great chance to retell the amazing story of Jesus coming as a baby. If you would like to take part can you let me know by Wednesday please? We look forward to this all-age service and to welcoming our local community.
If you have a spare pair of secateurs we could borrow for next Saturday’s wreath making workshop could you let me know? Thankyou.
Thanks to all those who have made Christmas cards for the trees in the car park and for the decorating of outside and inside the building. It looks brilliant.
Below is a link for a little bit of creativity for those who want to make stars inspired by the artist Matisse’ stained glass window with an online workshop. It’s this afternoon but the recording of the session lasts until 9th January.. (click the link below)
HENRI MATISSE ONLINE: Scissors and Starry Nights Tickets, Sat 10 Dec 2022 at 14:00 | Eventbrite
Lift up your eyes on high
And see who has created these stars,
The One who leads forth their host by number,
He calls them all by name;
Because of the greatness of His might and the strength of His power,
Not one of them is missing (Isaiah 40:26)
See you soon
In Christ
Shelley