This is Iestyn’s sermon from the Sunday morning worship on Gift Sunday – 7th December. So then, for this morning’s reflection we’re going to look at Christina Rossetti’s most famous hymn, the very much-loved ‘In the bleak midwinter’. ‘In the Bleak Midwinter’ is a favourite carol for several reasons. One, without a doubt, is that […]
Advent, Christina Rossetti, Christmas, Gift Sunday, In the bleak midwinter, poetry
Sunday Services & events at Advent & Christmas 2014 All services in church on Gelliwastad Road unless indicated otherwise Nov 30 10.45am Remembering Prisoners of Conscience and World Aids Day 6.00pm Evening Worship Dec 7 10.45am Gift Sunday 6.00pm Evening Worship with Communion Dec 14 10.45am Family Worship at Church House […]
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Fed up with all the commercialisation surrounding Christmas? If you want to re-connect with the real story of Jesus’ birth then one good place to start is with the book ‘Make Christmas Real’, written by our church members John Henson and Ray Vincent. Here you can watch John Henson talking about the book ‘Make Christmas […]
books, Christmas, Jesus, John Henson, Make Christmas Real, Nativity, Ray Vincent
There is something very special about Christmas Carols, something warm, something remarkably ‘friendly’ and comforting. Whether you are in church every Sunday of the year, or have come along to this Carol Service as a kind of way of welcoming the Christmas week, I expect singing the carols – some old favourites, some new – […]
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St David’s Uniting Church – Nativity Sunday 22 December 2013 Junior Church and Friends ‘Talking Heads’ Note by Iestyn Henson: This is not a ‘nativity play’ as such, but just a series of thoughts and comments from some of the people involved which might also be adapted to a more dramatic presentation. It does not […]
angels, Christmas, donkey, innkeeper, Jesus, Joseph, Mary, Nativity, shepherds‘Don’t be afraid’ was the theme of this year’s Nativity. The young people and the children from Junior Church all had a part to play as we heard from Mary, Joseph, the Innkeeper’s wife, the donkey, the Shepherds and the angels who shared with us their worries as they heard about the birth of Baby […]
Advent, children and young people, Christmas, Nativity