Christmas Services 2010

Come and join us to celebrate Christ's birth

Nativity

Sunday 19 December, 10.30 am

Telling the Christmas story

A service for all ages

Children and youth taking part

Carols by Candlelight

Sunday 19 December, 4.30 pm

Carols and Bible readings

Mince pies, tea & coffee after the service

Christmas Day

10.00 am Celebrate Christmas

Suitable for all ages

Carol Singing at Asda

to be arranged

picture of Salvation Army Band playing carols

With the Salvation Army Band and the Church of Christ the King Church.

Refreshments afterwards at the Church of Christ the King (next to Asda).

What's Christmas all about?

Only 12% of adults in the UK have a detailed knowledge of the Christmas story, according to research by Theos, the public theology think tank.
www.theosthinktank.co.uk

Find out more about Christmas

Explore the following web sites to find out more about the birth of Jesus:

Christmas Unwrapped

Listen to or read the real story of Christmas. www.christmasunwrapped.org.uk

Jesus: born in a cave

Five short pieces for Christmas, following the main characters. www.rejesus.co.uk also has a lot of other material, including a Christmas pub quiz.

whychristmas?com

Loads of information about Christmas, from the original records in the Bible to present day customs around the world. www.whychristmas.com

What the Bible says

Some of the passages in the Bible describing the events of the first Christmas:

(links to BibleGateway.com, the on-line Bible)

Angel foretells Jesus' birth

Luke 1:26-38

Birth of Jesus

Matthew 1:18-25

Luke 2:1-7

Shepherds visit the baby Jesus

Luke 2:8-20

Visit of the Wise Men

Matthew 2:1-12

Escape to Egypt

Matthew 2:13-18

The Bible

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 called
Wonderful Counsellor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Isaiah 9:6 (NIV)

Why a Candlelight Service?

No one really knows how candles came to be associated with Christmas.

But in the Bible, Jesus is often compared with light, giving us spiritual illumination. The Gospel of John starts by describing Jesus as a light shining in the darkness:

In him was life, and that life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it.

John 1:4-5 (NIV)

Later on in the Gospel of John, Jesus said that he was the light:

"I am the light of the World. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."

John 8:12 (NIV)

Are you walking your life in the light of Jesus?

updated 14 June 2010

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