The Birth of Jesus2 In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. 2 (This was the first census that took place while[a] Quirinius was governor of Syria.) 3 And everyone went to their own town to register. 4 So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to […]
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Welcome to the St Francis WGC Virtual Advent Calendar 2020. A different type of Advent Calendar for a quite different year.This is our Church Advent Ring. Every Sunday in Advent an additional red candle is lit, representing:The Jewish PatriarchsThe ProphetsJohn the Baptist, who prepared the way for Jesus’ ministryThe Virgin Mary, Jesus’ motherThen on Christmas […]
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First Sunday of Advent Readings: Hope Isaiah 9:2, 6-7:“The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of deep darknessa light has dawned. […] For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be […]
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Many thanks to The Elder family who put this session together for YACC
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To make your First Aid bag click on the link http://ruthannestrong.blogspot.com/2016/10/the-good-samaritan-ill-serve-jesus.html?m=1 Our Closing Prayer today: Lord, help me to remove the barriers that prevent me from being a good neighbour. May I never discriminate, whether they are young or old, male or female, black or white, atheist or religious, beggars or rich. Help me to embrace everyone […]
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This posts looks at Remembrance and allows us to create a Poppy and reflect, pause and pray as a way of remembering those who have fought and died for us to have peace and justice. To make your Torn Poppy follow the instructions available: http://www.housingaforest.com/torn-poppy-craft/ You can make a Poppy lantern using the template below […]
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Every evening at 7pm the Youth & Children’s team post up a Prayer and light a candle and share it on Facebook with our Church and Community. We know some of you aren’t able to access Facebook so here is a selection of prayers that we used last week in the lead up to our […]
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God’s light prayer. We are Children of light, no longer in the darknessLord, I thank you for shining your light into the darkness. You help me look forward to brighter days. Lord, I thank you for yesterday and I’m thanking you for today too. I thank you for the love you are showing towards me, […]
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