Sunday 14th December 2014

 'Bringing the community to life'

All are welcome whatever their background. 

Why not join us for refreshments after the service?

About Today's Service 
Sunday 14th December 2014  - 10:00am Service - Third Sunday of Advent 
Leader / Preacher: Sandra B 
Celebrant: Revd Clive 
Assistant: Terry 
Welcomers: Nic & Kath 
Readings: Isaiah 61; 1-4, 8-end read by John 
                  John 1; 6-8, 19-28 
Prayers: Stella 
Bread & Wine: Dennis & Jill 
Climbers: Terry & Yvette 
Sunday Club: Sharon, Andrea & Lynette 
Music/Sound Desk: JW, EC, AA, BG 
Tea: 

Dates for Your Diary

  

  Sunday 14th December at 5pm

Christingle Service in Church

Sunday 21st December in the evening (Time tbc)

Carol Singing round the streets 

 

Wednesday 24th December at 4.00pm. 

 Nativity & Carol Service

 

  Wednesday 24th December at 11.30pm 

 Midnight Mass

 

 Christmas Day Service at 10.00am

First Communion of Christmas

Notices 

Christmas Flowers  -  If you would like to donate towards Christmas flowers please give monies to Jean or Stella, thank you.

Church Family Christmas Cards  -  We will be having a Christmas Card Tree again this year with money raised going given to the Children’s Society. 

Love Your Church - The church will be open every Saturday from 10am-12noon for cleaning, tidying, fixing, moving, sorting, trimming, planting, painting, bonding, helping, doing, watching, organising, teamworking, decorating and building. Please feel free to drop in and “love your church”. 

Charity Collections - Please remember to bring & put in drawers at rear of church: 
• used stamps for the Leprosy Mission. 
• milk bottle tops for Myton Hospice 
 • ring pulls from cans for the Philippine Community Fund. 
 • The Coventry Foodbank contents are taken each week to the Hope Centre in Hillfields. New Shopping Lists are available to help you 
• Coins to put in our I Hate Coppers bottle as we support Canon Andrew White and the Foundation for Relief and Reconciliation in the Middle East at St.George's Church, Baghdad, Iraq. 
• Individual collection boxes for The Children’s Society. Please see Janice. 

Please pray: 
• For the peace of the whole world, for the welfare of the Holy Church of God, and for the unity of all. 
• The Global economies at this difficult time. 
• For all those using our building 
• For God's blessing upon the church members and the local community. 
• We thank God for all who minister in the diocese, cathedral and in support of the Bishop’s. We pray that God would continue to work in and through the work of this diocese for the good and growth of the kingdom. 

Pray for those in special need at this time and those recovering from illness: 
Phil Smith; Colin O’Shea; Les Cave; Steve Brooker; J R Lindsey; Marlene; Canon Andrew White; Florizel Anderson 

Prayer for Today 
God for whom we watch and wait, you sent John the Baptist to prepare the way of your Son: give us courage to speak the truth, to hunger for justice, and to suffer for the cause of right; with Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.