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Sunday 5th December – joint service at The Corsham School – 11am
This coming Sunday Priory Street and COTG congregations will be meeting together at The Corsham School. Steve L will be preaching from Matthew 1: 18-25 on The Coming King. Music will be lead by Adrian P – song sheets are available here. Refreshments will be available after the service. We look forward to joining together as one body in Christ!
Gathered to Pray – Sunday 5th December – 6pm
Please join us at Priory Street this coming Sunday for an hour of prayer together. We will focus on prayer for the Persecuted Church and will be praying specifically for our brothers and sisters in Afghanistan, Cameroon and Lebanon. We will be using Open Doors’ latest “Prayer News Videos” from their website. If you can’t join us in person please do watch the videos at home and pray for these needs.
Youth weekend away 3rd-5th December
About 25 young people and 10 leaders are staying in Chepstow this weekend for fun, food and to grow in their relationship with Jesus. They would appreciate prayer for:
- safety
- stamina
- friendships
- young people to come to know our Lord Jesus Christ and develop in their knowledge and relationship with Him.
‘Angels, Dreams and Prophecies’ – an audiobook by Jo Sheringham
If you feel bogged down by all the great reading material available at Christmas-time, here is something you can listen to instead: twelve voices from the Nativity story, based on the first two chapters of Matthew and Luke including… singing and silence, maps and mystery, plans and plots, flights and frights, a birth and a death, as well as angels, dreams and prophecies.
Written for grown-ups rather than children, each episode is about 20 minutes long – perfect for when you are up to your elbows in sprouts or curling the ribbon on your perfectly wrapped presents…
Visit the CBC website, YouTube channel and Facebook page for each episode as they are released in the run-up to Christmas. If you find these difficult to access, we can provide a written copy. Please contact the church office or message the Facebook page for more details.
Christmas events for your diaries
Saturday 11th December at 4pm: Nativity service at Priory Street. Please join us to celebrate Jesus’ birth. Dress up as a nativity character and join in if you want (adults and children!). Refreshments will be served afterwards and we’d love you to join us. Tickets are available from Eventbrite on the link below, please select child or adult ticket. Please feel free to share this link with family and friends.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cbc-nativity-service-tickets-219120454177
Monday 13th December: Ladies, please join us for an evening of fun, feasting and fellowship at 7.30pm at Priory Street. For more information speak to Christine, Vicki K, Anne H or Hollie. So that we may manage numbers and for catering purposes, please book your ticket here. Tickets are £10 per person (to be collected separately).
Carols By Candlelight – Sunday 19th December
You are warmly invited to our Carols by Candlelight service, as we prepare to celebrate the wonder of Christmas and the birth of the Prince of Peace. This year we will be holding two carol services on 19th December, the first starting at 5pm and the second at 7pm. You will need to book your place to attend either service – click here to book. Refreshments will be provided after the service. If you’re on Facebook here’s a link you can use to invite your friends and family.
Calling all First Aiders….
If you are currently qualified as a First Aider, would you be willing to make yourself available to cover some of our in-person activities? It would be for a short period while we wait for training to take place for our regular First Aiders. If so, please contact Tim M through the church office on office@corshambaptists.org. Thank you!
Looking ahead to….
…Sunday 12th December, when we will be sharing communion together at the Priory Street services. We ask you to bring your own bread and something to represent the blood of Christ (e.g. grape juice, red squash, non-alcoholic wine) as we will not be serving from the front in order to reduce the risk of COVID transmission.
Thank you from Africa Inland Mission
We recently received this message from AIM: “Please pass on our grateful thanks to the members of Corsham Baptist Church for their generous gift of £3,150 given recently for the work of AIM International, and for their partnership in helping make Jesus known to all African peoples.” CBC’s leadership team and Wendy Rowe, our Mission ministry leader, echo these thanks too.
Other Activities:
- Community Money Advice is open for face-to-face meetings each Thursday evening and Friday morning. Do get in touch if you would like help and advice in this area. Pre-booked appointments only.
- Craft Group Outreach: first Saturday of the month at 10am.
- Ark Children’s Service: last Saturday of the month 10:30am-12:00pm.
- Toddlers: Thursdays 10:00am-11:30am during term time.
- Life groups meet in person and/or online. Contact us if you’d like to join one.
- Youth Groups – contact Dan for further details.
Please send items for next week’s notices to Ruth Lancaster (office@corshampbaptists.org) by 12 noon on Wednesday.
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