Christmas sound and light

Written by Margaret Hobbs

nativity

It wasn't only the angels who sang at the Junior church nativity performance during the service on the 18th December - and everyone had Christingles at the service the week before.

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Some said that the carol service was the best ever - but of course the most important thing at every service was the opportunity to meet with God - the God whose becoming man we celebrated.

nativity

"The light shines in the darkness... and to everyone who believed in his name he gave the right to become children of God." (John 1:5,12)

Spire Appeal

Written by Margaret Hobbs

alt Members of St Thomas's have been joining in to help raise the funds to replace our spire - the local landmark which had to be taken down because it was unsafe. These pictures are from a fabulous Quiz Night which Luigi Sterlini organised for the Spire Appeal, which raised nearly £850.

The next opportunity coming up is a chamber concert to be given on Saturday 26th November, organised by James Murray, our Director of Music. He has many talented friends who studied with him at the Royal Academy of Music, so this will also be a quality event to support. The programme is to include Beethoven Symphony No.7 and Haydn Double Horn Concerto. Tickets available from the church office or on the door; £10 adults, £8 concessions.

Harvest

Written by Christopher Hobbs

Our Harvest Festival took place on Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd of October.

At the Harvest Supper £320 was raised for Tear Fund, to be used in relief of poverty. Much of the money raised was from an auction of goods and talents.

On the Sunday morning a large crowd including many guides and brownies donated goods for the Whitechapel Mission in east London. The Flower Guild had done some beautiful arrangements; the choir sang a special anthem; we sang some songs from the Holiday Club about Jesus the Super-saviour, and the gospel of sins forgiven; and Tom Brown told us of Jesus' feast - telling us about the time when Jesus changed the water into wine.

Thanks be to God for his harvest.

Greek Night 2011

Written by Margaret Hobbs
Powered by Web Agency Bologna Our Greek Night was held on the 17th of September. We specially welcomed Pavlos and Stephanos Karageorgi. Pavlos spoke some words about relating to God as a friend, and 17 year old Stephanos played the bouzouki, the violin and the guitar, and he sang.
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