Dear Friends, This Sunday we continue to explore the events leading to Jesus’ birth and how they speak to us today in Zachariah’s Song, Luke 1: 67-80. Sunday Services We look forward to welcoming you to our Sunday 9am and 10.30am services in church. You can also join us as usual every Sunday at 10.30 am on our live stream HERE. If you have missed any of our services or want to watch them again do subscribe to our YouTube channel for all the latest updates and past video’s www.youtube.com/ChristChurchWare This Sunday evening is the second of our new evening services SEVEN, at 7pm in church. Please note that due to the government announcement on Wednesday please wear a face covering in church unless you are exempt. We will update you when we receive further guidance. Christmas Services at Christ Church We will have the following services this Christmas:
Join In Christmas Café and Craft Tuesday 21st December From 10am to noon on Tuesday 21st December for parents and children. Relax and enjoy creating festive crafts and making a mess in our halls rather than your home! Save the date - Saturday 26th February 2022
Our church Away Day (at home this time!!) returns, with times of worship, encounter, teaching, fun and laughter. There will also be a Children’s and youth programme for the day. Our guest speaker is the Reverend Nicola Moy. She is the vicar of Christ Church W4 in Chiswick, a ministry partner of CPAS, a speaker at Lee Abbey and was on the leadership team of New Wine. She loves travel and has ministered in India, Africa and Asia, but not yet South America! She is married to Richard, the new National Director of SOMA UK, and they have 3 school aged children and a dog!! Prior to ordination she was an RE teacher. Further details in the New Year. Inter-church Quiz – Saturday 22nd January 2022 Christ Church will be hosting the Inter-church Quiz on Saturday 22nd January at 7.30 p.m. Interested teams (maximum 8 people) should register with Christ Church Office by phone (01920 487267) or email (office@christchurchware.co.uk). Any individuals not in teams can be grouped on the night. We will not be providing food this year, so please bring your own nibbles and drinks (alcoholic drinks allowed). We will provide tea and coffee. All money raised will be going to Tearfund in Rwanda. The suggested donation is £5 per head. Please use the following link for more information and to donate: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/wareinterchurchquiz Christmas help still needed
Ware Civic Society Award We are delighted to share with you that the Christ Church refurbishment project was highly commended in the annual Civic Society Awards, narrowly missing out on being the winning entry this year. They were particularly impressed with the vision and commitment to making the church an accessible community asset. God bless , John and the Christ Church Team. Dear Friends, This Sunday we get to explore the response of Mary to the good news of Christmas in her song found in Luke 1: 46-56. 19th December 4:30pm - Carols by Candlelight Book your place HERE 19th December 6:30pm - Carols by Candlelight Book your place HERE or follow the livestream HERE 24th December 4pm - Children’s Christmas Eve Service Book your place HERE 24th December 11pm - Christmas Eve Communion 25th December 10am* - Christmas Day Family Celebration or watch a pre-recorded service HERE 26th December 10:30am* - Reflective Service or watch a pre-recorded service HERE All subject to change due to Covid. Save the date - Saturday 26th February 2022 Our church away day (at home this time!!) returns, with times of worship, encounter, teaching, fun and laughter. There will also be a Children’s and youth programme for the day. Our guest speaker is the Reverend Nicola Moy. She is the vicar of Christ Church W4 in Chiswick, a ministry partner of CPAS, a speaker at Lee Abbey and was on the leadership team of New Wine. She loves travel and has ministered in India, Africa and Asia, but not yet South America! She is married to Richard, the new National Director of SOMA UK, and they have three school aged children and a dog!! Prior to ordination she was an RE teacher. Further details in the New Year. Christmas help needed
Prayer and Fasting Our next day of prayer and fasting will be on Wednesday 8th December. Why not create some space to rest with God and to pray for all the opportunities to share God’s good news this Christmas. If you wish to sign up for an hour please follow this link: https://pray.24-7prayer.com/signup/7363b3 Youth Mentoring There will be a meeting about our mentoring programme on Thursday 20th January at 8pm in the church centre for those who are interested in being a mentor for one of our young people. Our programme connects a young person with an adult to be a safe, intentional relationship where a young person can be heard, understood and prayed for. It provides a safe opportunity to get to know each other, encourage them in their faith and just with anything else that life throws up. If you have any questions about our mentoring programme please speak to Jess or one of the youth team or come along to the meeting to hear more and see if it is something you could get involved in. children@christchurchware.co.uk Operation Christmas Child – Thank you Thank you so much to all who gave or helped with Operation Christmas Child, including online shoeboxes. The Christ Church collection centre welcomed donors with 175 shoebox gifts as well as numerous hats and other gifts. We were also involved in collecting over 5,000 boxes from the local area and delivering them to the processing centre in St Neots. It was great to see box numbers up by 75% in our area compared to last year which was badly impacted by the Covid restrictions. We are hoping that the first lorries will be leaving St Neots on 11th December. The potential destination list this year is Liberia, Nigeria, Middle East, Central Asia, Belarus, Serbia, Albania, Moldova and possibly Bosnia. Many thanks for your continued support. Every box sent lets a child know that God loves them and that they are not forgotten. Sunday Services We look forward to welcoming you to our Sunday 9 am and 10.30 am services in church. You can also join us as usual every Sunday at 10.30 am on our live stream. Just follow this link: https://www.christchurchware.co.uk/live-stream.html If you have missed any of our services or want to watch them again do subscribe to our You Tube channel for all the latest updates and past video’s www.youtube.com/ChristChurchWare God bless John and the Christ Church Team. |
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