Morning Service at 10.30 am on Sunday 15th December at Redwell School.
Message from the Vicar:
‘Connecting with Jesus, with each other, with the community’
There’s lots of new information here so please read carefully!
Christmas
I love this time of year, it’s our time of year and so I love the opportunity to speak about Jesus. Please take this opportunity to invite family, friends and colleagues to something you think they will enjoy. There are so many different types of events and services!
Coming up – all at Redwell School, all lasting around an hour!!
- SUNDAY 22nd Dec 6pm start: Traditional Carol Service – a more reflective and quiet service. There will be refreshments after.
- CHRISTMAS EVE 4pm: Christingle & Nativity Service – lots of fun. Children come dressed as their favourite nativity character or stable animal. Refreshments from 4pm with the service starting at 4.30pm.
- CHRISTMAS DAY 10am start: Family Service – lots of fun. Children bring a favoured present to show everyone.
Weekly Services:
Sunday morning:
In all of our services this month we’ll be following an Advent series called ‘gritty wonder’ looking at different nativity characters – Mary, Joseph, the room, the Shepherds and finally Anna & Simeon. This Sunday we wont be having our usual communion service to allow the under 18s to leave the service straight after worship to give them more time to work on their video for Christmas Day!
Midweek Service:
Extra News
When will our Sunday morning Worship move to Glenvale School?:
A number of people have rightly asked when will we move our Sunday worship to Glenvale Church of England School? I announced on Sunday that we are working towards an official ‘start’ date of the 23rd March 2025. I cannot confirm anything until the 2nd week of January but we are planning the following:
– Sunday 9th Feb (afternoon) allowing the PA team and ‘team leaders’ (Under 18s teams, refreshment lead, etc) to come to the school to try equipment out, look at where things will be and what equipment will need to move.
– Sunday 2nd March have our final service at Redwell School. It will be a café style service still and will be a thanksgiving for all that Gleneagles has been and to Redwell School for hosting us the last 35 years (ish). We are hoping to invite previous clergy to this service and hear from some of them in some way. We won’t officially invite others but if there are people who you think would really like to be at this service then please invite them.
– Sundays 9th & 16th March we will worship at Glenvale School but won’t advertise this to the local community. It will be helpful to have a couple of services to try and iron things out! We may on one of these Sundays have a group walking from Redwell School to Glenvale School (starting at 10am) to symbolically represent the change. This may depend on weather and how many people feel this would be important and helpful to them.
– Sunday 23rd March, official ‘start’ at Glenvale with Archdeacon Richard preaching.
Street Church:
Street Church will be providing a Christmas meal on 19th December for those who usually attend, many of whom are homeless or struggling financially.
Thanks to the generosity of many churches in past years, it has been possible to send each guest away with a goody bag and we would love to be able to continue this tradition.
I will put a box in the foyer until 15th December. If anyone would like to donate any of the following, they will be very gratefully received.
Toiletries, socks, gloves, hats, scarves, sweets.
Please don’t hesitate to ask if you want to know more about Street Church.
Many thanks.
Judy Meleleu.
Parish Prayer:
Please join us for weekly parish prayer on Tuesday mornings at 11am, either in person at the vicarage or via zoom (the link is sent round every week via email)
Prayer Chain:
If you would like to send a prayer request to the prayer chain, or join the prayer chain, please contact Jackie Brooks Cheesman: jackiebrookscheesman@yahoo.co.uk
Giving:
Thank you to you all for your sacrificial giving. If you would like to give to the work and ministry of the church please collect a form from the table at church which will enable you to give via the recommended route of the Parish Giving Scheme (PGS). However, people are welcome to give in whatever way suits them and please consider gift aiding your contribution so that the church receives an extra 25%.
Please contact Helen Cracknell for more information: helen.hollwey@gmail.com
Discipleship:
Recommended reading:
You can now find on the church website our ‘recommended reading list’. Very often we recommend books related to a particular sermon series or that are being read as part of the reading group, so here is the link that will take you straight to that part of the website:
Recommended Reading/ Watching – North Wellingborough Anglican Church (nwanglicanchurch.co.uk)
Connect Groups:
Connect Group Facilitators:
- Monday afternoon (fortnightly 2-4pm): Carol Maycock
- Monday evening (fortnightly 7pm): Elizabeth Holbrook
- Monday evening (fortnightly 8pm): Ben & Livvi Haughton-Scales
- Wednesday evening (fortnightly 7.30pm): Ruth Wium
- Thursday morning (fortnightly 10.00am): Alan Palmer
Under 18’s:
Wholeness in Jesus/wellbeing
Creations Craft Group:
Bereavement Support Group:
The Facebook support group has 85 members and continues. If anyone feels they have the capacity and passion for reaching out to those bereaved, please speak to me.
Safeguarding:
As God’s distinctive community we want to be a church that is safe for everyone. Where there are safeguarding concerns please talk to me (or if I am away, to John Gilyead our parish safeguarding officer) as soon as they arise. Even if you’re not sure, just talk to me anyway….please. Dawn.
Church contacts and ways to connect with us
Revd. Dawn Airey – Vicar:
vicar@nwanglicanchurch.co.uk
Revd. Ben Haughton-Scales – Curate:
ben@nwanglicanchurch.co.uk
Revd. Livvi Haughton-Scales – Curate:
livvi@nwanglicanchurch.co.uk
Amanda Allen – Parish Administrator:
ParishOffice@nwanglicanchurch.co.uk
(Staff day off is Friday)
Matt Ellson – Churchwarden:
matthew_ellson@live.co.uk
Elizabeth Holbrook – Churchwarden:
eaholbrook@ymail.com
John Gilyead – Parish Safeguarding Officer
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