Sunday 21st 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 21st December 2014 - 10:00am Service - Fourth Sunday of Advent 
Leader/Preacher: Worship Group 
Welcomers: Climbers 
Prayers: Worship Group 
Readings: Luke 1: 26 - 38 
Tea: Climbers 

Dates for Your Diary

 

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 have 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 pray that as familiar carols are sung in parishes across the diocese today, the words and meaning of these songs would be embraced afresh by all who sing them. May God be glorified in our Christmas worship. 
• We thank God for our continued growth and for guiding us in how to serve our community. Please pray for strength and protection as we weather some complicated challenges. 
• Christmas Day Joy to the world, the Lord is come! As we celebrate the birth of Jesus, we pray that many would hear and know the Lord Jesus for themselves this Christmas. Lord Jesus Christ, your birth at Bethlehem draws us to kneel in wonder at heaven touching earth: accept our heartfelt praise as we worship you, our Saviour and our eternal God. Amen 

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

We remember those who have died:
– especially for Phil Smith, we pray for family and friends and all who mourn. 

Prayer for Today 
Eternal God, as Mary waited for the birth of your Son, so we wait for his coming in glory: bring us through the birth-pangs of this present age to see, with her, our great salvation in Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen