VV_December 2020

CHURCH NEWS
Holy Trinity & St Margaret's
Well at the time of writing this our churches are
closed for corporate worship but I hope that at
the time of reading they will be open again.
Either way Holy Trinity and St Margaret’s are
open each day (around 9am to 2pm) for private
prayer and we are posting an audio ‘on line’
service on our website each week (www.
holytrinityandstmargarets.co.uk).
Over the next couple of weeks we will be
videoing a Taizé service, a Christingle service
and a Crib service. These services will appear
on our website. The service of Taizé chant and
readings will go up as soon as it is ready and the
Christingle will appear on the Sunday before
Christmas (the 20th). Our Crib service will be
the one from Holy Trinity where we tell the
Village Voice December 2020/January 2021
story of that first Christmas as, in addition to the
usual figures, a number of cuddly toys also
make it to the manger. This will be posted for
4pm on Christmas Eve so put the time in your
diary to settle down in front of the computer
screen with the children. We will also post our
Carols for All and a service of Lessons And
Carols in the run up to Christmas.
I have been very conscious through the last 6
months that Holy Trinity Church has been on its
spot for over 800 years now and has seen some
extraordinary events, both for good and bad
over those years. The building itself has seen
times when it has been full of people and times
when it has been dilapidated. But it is still here
as a reminder of things more permanent and
things more spiritual. Let the building remind
you, as is its intention, of the Lord’s presence
and providence in these difficult times.
It will be a strange Christmas this year (it will
be for us in the Vicarage) but the message of
Christmas is one of hope, light and salvation. I
think the words of the last verse of ‘Away in a
manger’ are a good prayer for us throughout the
year...
Photograph: Eddie Morton
THE WAR MEMORIAL AT ST MARGARET'S
IS 100 YEARS OLD THIS YEAR
www.pennandtylersgreen.org.uk
Be near me Lord Jesus
I ask thee to stay
Close by me for ever
And love me, I pray
Bless all the dear children
In Thy tender care,
And fit us for heaven
To live with Thee there.
May you know that you are a child of God in
His tender care this Christmas time. Blessings,
Revd Mike Bisset, www.holytrinityand stmargartes.co.uk
Penn Free Methodist Church
We are meeting online via Zoom until
December 3rd, hoping that Lockdown 2 will not
be extended beyond this date.
Representations have been
made to Dame Cheryl Gillan
MP regarding the right of
churches to engage in public
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