Weekly Newsletter
Dear Church Family
Welcome to our final newsletter of 2024! We hope you’re having a blessed season of Advent and are looking forward to celebrating Christmas next week.
Whatever our thoughts and feelings about Christmas might be, they can’t compare with Mary’s reactions to the startling arrival of the Archangel Gabriel with the news that God had chosen her to carry and give birth to the Son of God! What an honour and a blessing, but the earthly consequences of conceiving out of wedlock in those times were pretty dire for a young girl.
However, God had prepared perfectly for the birth of his son. Joseph was obedient and took good care of Mary and her unborn baby. Jesus was born safely in the stable in Bethlehem, ready to start his journey towards the Cross to die for the sins of mankind. We have a mighty and loving God who we can trust to take good care of us!
Have a very blessed Christmas, and the staff team at Holy Trinity pray this for all of you:
‘May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit’ (Romans 15:13).
Here are a few things for your diaries…
Christmas – here are the details of HT’s Christmas 2024 services:
o 9am Sunday, 22 December – Holy Communion
o 10.45am, Sunday 22 December – All-Age Nativity Service
o 6pm, Sunday 22 December – Carols by Candlelight
o 24 December (Christmas Eve) – no services
o 10am, 25 December (Christmas Day) – Christmas celebration with communion
o 29 December - no 9am service, 10.45 morning worship only
Thursday prayers have finished for Christmas, but they’ll be back at 2pm on 9 January 25.
Love Laughter Lunch Café – the Love Laughter Lunch team hope to be back at midday on Wednesday, 8 January, but we will confirm this as soon as we can.
Wigglers Stay & Play – Wigglers will be back at 10am on Thursday, 16 January.
With love and prayers,
Tina and the staff team