Since 1990, more than 100 million boys and girls in over 130 countries have experienced God’s love through the power of simple shoe box gifts from Operation Christmas Child. Samaritan’s Purse works with local churches and ministry partners to deliver the gifts. Last year our Pilots group completed several shoe boxes to send to needy […]
Our Young People Prepare for Christmas
Our Loaves and Fishes young people’s group decorated this screen, which illustrates the Christmas story – ‘The Greatest Story Ever Told’. Our Pilots group have been talking about Christingle and its symbolic meaning: an orange representing the world; a red ribbon tied round it to represent the blood of Christ; dolly mixtures to represent the […]
Christmas Windows
Our Church windows have been decorated by church groups and individuals, and illustrate their different interpretations of the Christmas story.
Present Aid Gifts Give Hope
Give something different this Christmas, and help change lives. The gifts that you purchase on the Present Aid website represent a donation towards the work that Christian Aid does around the world to fight poverty. You won’t actually receive a duck, or a bicycle or a well, but you will be helping families in countries […]
Scratch Nativity – Photos
Our Scratch Nativity, produced by Jill Worship and Grace Bagshaw, was very popular and great fun. It was greatly enjoyed by everyone, young and old.
Our Jesse Tree
Each week during Advent the children hung special decorations they had made on the Jesse tree. At our Christmas Day service, Revd Jill Thornton invited the children to add their final touches.
Christmas in Bethlehem
Ibrahim Jaber, a Palestinian Christian living in Beit Sahour, has sent this Christmas message: “The little town of Bethlehem looks gloomy in spite of all the Christmas decorations that the local authorities are adding to it. Yes, wherever one goes in the town one will notice these decorations. But still the JOY of Christmas and […]
The Christmas Spiders
Our young people have been busy decorating our Christmas tree entry for the Festival at St Philip and St James’ this coming weekend (9-11 December). The theme of our entry will be ‘The Christmas Spiders’, based on a story by Stephanie Herbek. The children in Loaves and Fishes and the Little Rainbows group made the […]
Advent
Lord, when You came to us, the world was dark: The land of Israel under Roman rule, Your precious laws obscured by man-made codes And all the people prey to hate and fear. You came, a human child, to set them free And to proclaim God’s grace and sovereignty. Jesus, our world is dark, so […]
Christmas Tree Festival – Come and Vote!
This year, for the first time, we will be entering the Christmas Tree Festival at St Philip and St James Church. Our tree will be designed by Loaves and Fishes and Little Rainbows, and they will also be making the decorations. So we need as many people as possible to come and vote for our […]