Saturday 3rd January:

Michael & Kathy House invite everyone from church to join them in their home for a New Year's coffee morning between 10.30am and 12 noon.

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Why do some Christians NOT celebrate Christmas?

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Sunday 21st December:

Carols by Candlelight in church starting at 5pm, followed by coffee/tea and mince pies.

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What do people make of Christmas today?

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Where do our Christmas traditions come from?

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Tuesday 16th December:

Starting at 7pm, joint Care Group Christmas Party in church. Invite friends or family or anyone you can think of who would benefit from a Christmas Party. Each group will be doing a performance of some description! Please bring a plate of food or drink to share

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The nativity play was invented to teach people about the birth of Jesus in an entertaining and easy to understand way and really helped with the Christianisation of the 25th December. Displacing the winter songs that were traditionally sung in public with carols telling stories with Christian Christmas themes was also effective in spreading the message of Jesus, especially after Francis of Assissi had some translated out of Latin into languages spoken by the average person!

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