Merry Christmas to all on the forum...

Mrs C. · Post by **Mrs C.** » Sat Dec 23, 2006 10:25 pm

Christmas Eve 4.00pm Christmas Play Prep block

Midnight Mass 11.30 Chapel

Christmas Day Family Service - Chapel 11.00 am. - drinks in Court Room

Great Plum · Post by **Great Plum** » Sun Dec 24, 2006 10:11 am

I was about to say that Mrs C but I don't get to CH until the evening of the 25th!

Post by **jtaylor** » Sun Dec 24, 2006 10:24 am

Would it be OK for me to just turn-up for the midnight tonight, or is it a closed/invite service?

J

Mrs C. · Post by **Mrs C.** » Sun Dec 24, 2006 11:35 am

All welcome to any service, AFAIK

Great Plum · Post by **Great Plum** » Sun Dec 24, 2006 11:37 am

i'm pretty sure anyone can go - there's quite a few 'locals' and parents etc that go to the services!

Post by **jtaylor** » Sun Dec 24, 2006 7:52 pm

Excellent - well Mum and I will be there, driving down from Croydon.
Can't think of a better place to celebrate Christmas Midnight!

J

cj · Post by cj » Mon Dec 25, 2006 4:38 pm

Happy Christmas to you all. I hope you're all having a great day, the first of 12. We've digested our turkey and plum pudding and I'm now having a sit down for the first time in a week. My feet are killing me. Looking forward to the Vicar of Dibley tonight ...

Post by **jtaylor** » Mon Dec 25, 2006 10:14 pm

We had a great evening at CH for the Midnight service - I would say it was one of the most fulfilling Midnight services I've been to in about 10 years.
I think this may become a regular part of my Christmas celebrations. Certainly beats the middle-of-the-road local parish church, and the evangelical one round the corner where half the "songs" are unknown and lack any melody whatsoever!

Just got back from a great day enjoying extended family with a great lunch....roll-on New Year!

Happy Christmas everyone

J

Katharine · Post by **Katharine** » Mon Dec 25, 2006 10:23 pm

Glad to hear you found the service fulfilling, Julian. How far was it for you to drive?

I was leading the Intercessions last night and had prepared especially and had linked it all in to the nativity theme - with petitions linking to shepherds and kings etc. Then the sermon was all about mythic heroes needing mythic births and that this was why the nativity stories had been written. This gave me the length of the creed to do some fast rethinking and slight rewriting - I could do without that at midnight!!!

DavebytheSea · Post by **DavebytheSea** » Mon Dec 25, 2006 10:42 pm

I did the intercessions at St Mylor last week! Perhaps we should have Christian prayer thread where intercessions could be shared?? I know that some might not like it, but they wouldn't have to look. Bit like the Divert threads really - you look at your own peril.

Seriously, I would love to see your intercessions, Katharine

Post by **jtaylor** » Tue Dec 26, 2006 12:08 pm

Katharine wrote:How far was it for you to drive?

Not far - Mum's in Croydon, so it was only 45 mins, especially with so little on the roads.

Rewritting intercessions at short-notice - sounds like a challenge!