Brrrr!
God of the waiting,
give us courage to wait with those in the most broken places of the world,
and with all those who struggle to be bearers of hope there.
We pray for those who wait for wars to stop,
for violence to cease.
God of the waiting, turn conflict into peace.
We pray for those who have given up on the coming of hope,
because they feel they wait in vain
at checkpoints, at borders, for jobs, for food.
We pray for all those whose lives are crushed
under the structures and systems of injustice.
God of the waiting, wait with your world.
Turn anger into reconciliation,
and our lack of hope into courage,
so that our waiting may be over,
and all the things of darkness shall be no more.
Amen
(A Christian Aid prayer)
'Experience Christmas'
...is a journey of the imagination through five different Spaces set up around the church.
Space 1 helps us remember that in among all the other preparations for Christmas, we have to prepare our hearts for the coming of Jesus. The candle light shines into the dark places of our lives.
Space 2 takes us into the Kings'palace, as they were thinking about what they should take as gifts for the baby Jesus. What gifts should we give Him?
'The Kings' Space'
More about the other spaces tomorrow...
Today it will be the turn of Year 2 of Weston Favell Primary School to explore the mysteries of the Advent and Christmas stories.
Through this week, twenty-two different members of the team will help in telling those stories to the listening children. Wow!
The church hall car park: 28.11.16
Coming up tomorrow:
Morning Prayer at 8.30 a.m.
'Experience Christmas' for Year 2 of the Simon de Senlis Primary School.
The Wednesday 10 a.m. Holy Communion will be in the hall...
...and in the afternoon, Allison and her team will be there too with Tiny Tots at 13.30.
Have you ever been to the Wednesday service?
'The voice of prayer is never silent
Nor dies the strain of praise away'.
J. Ellerton
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