LITTLE FISHES SUNDAY SCHOOL RETURNS! This Sunday – 28th November – our Little Fishes will meet during our 10am Sunday Morning Service at St Marys’ Church. Each Sunday this Advent, they will be making a poster to hang in church for Christmas. This Sunday their theme is HOPE: they share the story of Noah’s Ark and make their first poster for Advent. Come along – 10am at St Marys’ Church, Sunday 28th November And pass this message on to your friends!
Let’s help save a few trees this Christmas and raise some funds for The Children’s Society. From Advent Sunday the prayer tree in church will be lit and everyone is asked to use the recycled Christmas cards, which will be alongside the tree ,to write their own Christmas message to our church community. There will also be a collecting box for donations .
Iona 2022 Iona is an ancient place of pilgrimage where, staying with the Iona Community, we have the opportunity to share in the riches of the worship in Iona Abbey; learn about Celtic spirituality; enjoy the beauty of the island; and experience Christian community living. We are planning a pilgrimage to Iona in June 2022, the week is to be confirmed). If you would like to find out more, and perhaps register your interest, please email Hilary Rowland.
Have you thought about being confirmed? If you would like to take this step in your faith journey, please contact me for information about the confirmation preparation this autumn. Attached is a leaflet which explains more, and answers some questions people often ask. With love and prayers, Poppy Please click here to download a leaflet which explains more, and answers some questions people often ask. T. 01666 502 333 E. poppy_hughes@hotmail.co.uk
Advent Home Groups 2021: God in the everyday The theme for our Advent Home Groups this year finding God in the everyday. Drawing on our lockdown experience of sharing Zoom worship at our kitchen table, we reflect on our relationship with God in the “warp and weft” of our lives. Jesus Christ is at the heart of our reflections, as we prepare to celebrate the Incarnation at Christmas. In our Quiet Day on Friday 26th November, we wonder at the meaning of those words of the much-loved carol, “Hark the Herald Angels sing”: “veiled in flesh the Godhead see; hail…
THY KINGDOM COME! In these final weeks of the Church year, we mark “Kingdom Season”. We reflect on what means to believe in the coming of God’s Kingdom here on earth. This is what we pray and work, for here and now – bringing in God’s reign of love, justice and peace for all people and nations. And we look forward to the fulfilment of God’s promises in Jesus Christ, when suffering is ended, and all creation is gathered in God’s loving arms. Join our worship on Sunday 14th November 2021 for a Eucharist for Remembrance Sunday 10.00am in the Parish Church of…
Acts of Remembrance, Sunday 14th November St Saviour’s War Memorial, Tetbury, 2.30pm: Remembrance Service St Mary the Virgin, Beverston: 10.50am Remembrance Service St John, Shipton Moyne: 10.50am Remembrance Service Holy Trinity, Long Newnton: 10.50am Remembrance Service
St Marys’ Christmas Fayre on Saturday 4th December St Marys’ is going to try and hold a scaled down Christmas Fayre on Saturday 4th December between 10am – 12.30pm in the Market Hall. We will be looking for quality donations for the tombola and a Christmas themed raffle. We hope to offer beverages with mince pies so a team to do this will be great and for the bake off fans homemade cakes & produce. For further information about stalls please speak to Michèle and let’s see if we can make this work.