St. Saviour s Parish Church December 2016 & January 2017

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1 St. Saviour s Parish Church December 2016 & January 2017 Newsletter and Information Sunday Services for December 8.00am 4th December - St Saviour s Church BCP Communion: 18th December - Torteval Church 9.30am - 4th December - Family Service with Christingle. 11th December - The service will be conducted by the Sunday Clubs 18th December- Parish Communion & Sunday Clubs 25th December - Christmas Day Family Service 5.00pm - 11th December - A Still Small Voice Poetry, music, prayer and stillness. Christmas Services in St Saviour s Church Sunday, 18th December at 6.30pm Traditional Service of Carols by Candlelight Christmas Eve, 24th December at 4.00pm Children s Crib Service Children may dress as a nativity figure if they wish Christmas Eve, 24th December at 11.00pm Midnight Mass by Candlelight Christmas Day, 25th December at 9.30am Christmas Day Family Eucharist

2 *****A few Mums or Dads are needed to help make the Christingles, please! 3rd Dec. at 4pm in church. If you are coming along anyway for the band practice that would be perfect!! Guernsey Welfare Service will be distributing Christmas gifts to the needy again this year. They would welcome festive biscuits or chocolates. By 11th December please. If you would rather make a donation there are envelopes at the back of church. The money collected will go towards a bag of coal or a fuel voucher for families struggling with heating costs.

3 Tea on Tuesday 6th Dec & 3rd Jan to 4.30pm in the Church Hall. A cup of tea, a sandwich or two & even a slice of cake and lots of chat! Why not bring a friend along who has not been before! Enjoy a Traditional Victorian Christmas Fayre at the St Saviour s Community Centre Saturday 3rd December pm Stalls, Gifts, Cakes, Raffle, Teas Santa s Grotto Plenty of car parking ST SAVIOUR S COMMUNITY TRUST

4 Mark and Vicki would like to say a huge thank you to all those who listed their all time favourite hymns a while ago. There is now a fantastic collection of wonderful hymns to be incorporated in the forthcoming years' services..look out for yours! Sunday 11 th December 9:30am Family Service will be conducted by the Sunday Clubs...including the Sermon! The theme will be Christmas Around the World So do please come along and support our fabulous young people

5 Thought for the month.faith in Action When out for a curry night, fuelled by beer, a group of men agreed to do the Saffrey Champness walk, 40 miles around the coast of Guernsey. The months passed by, the walk came and went. And apparently we had all wimped out. In conversation later, I discovered one man had got on and done it, on his own. The rest of us had talked the talk, but most definitely not walked the walk. In James letter he says; What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if you say you have faith but do not have works? Can faith save you? If a brother or sister is naked and lacks daily food, and one of you says to them, Go in peace; keep warm and eat your fill, and yet you do not supply their bodily needs, what is the good of that? So faith by itself, if it has no works, is dead. (James 2 vs NRSV) And so the challenge that is there for us all to consider is are we people who both walk the walk and talk the talk in our Christian faith. Does our faith show in our actions? On a Monday morning? On a Wednesday afternoon or a Friday evening.?

6 Sunday Services for January 8.00am - 1st January St Saviour s Church 15th January - Torteval Church 9.30am - 1st January CW Eucharist Family Service 8th,15th and 22nd January - Parish Communion with Sunday Club for our 3-16 year olds 10.00am - 29th January in Torteval church Joint St Saviour and Torteval Family Service run by the Ignite Youth Group 5.00pm - 11th & 25th January - A Still Small Voice Poetry, music, prayer and stillness. Events happening in December: Sunday, 4th December: 6.45pm pm Ignite Discuss This will be in the Rectory and Gigi Allen will give a talk on her recent visit to Tanzania and seeing the work of The Tumaini Fund. All young people are welcome! Saturday, 10th Dec: Women s Breakfast 8am to 9am in the Hall Sunday, 11th Dec : The 9.30am Service will be conducted by the members of the Sunday Club! Don t miss it!!! Saturday,17th December: decorating church for Christmas Wednesday, 21st December: pm Sunday Club Christmas Party in the Hall - to be confirmed Events happening in January: Monday, 2nd Jan. to Wed. 4th Jan.: Ignite Lihou Residential Sunday, 15th January : Ignite Discuss (place and time TBA) Saturday, 21st January: Ignite Social: Beetle Drive 6-8pm in the Hall Sunday,29th January: Ignite Discuss (place and time TBA) Tuesday,10th January: 7.30pm ACC in the Rectory

7 STEWARDSHIP APPEAL There will be letters at the back of church from November 27th concerning this year s Stewardship Appeal. If not picked up after a couple of weeks it will be ed or posted out. After you have read and considered it please can you return the Pledge Form to Mark, preferably before Christmas. This can be either by putting it through his letterbox or ing him at charmley@cwgsy.net with the amount you wish to give. The giving from the congregation is essential for the running of the church. This helps fund the heat and light in the church, finances the Sunday Club, Holiday club...everything that makes our life at St Saviour s church what it is! We need to know how much we are receiving through stewardship ASAP so that we can budget for next year. Make your New Year s Resolution in 2017 to offer some help in church!! We need to enlarge our Sunday Club Team...can you help with either the little ones or perhaps the older group? Instruction given! Or would you like to read a lesson, do the intercessions, help with coffee, do the brass cleaning or the help with the flowers? You only need to help just a few times a year- not every week! Could you be a Welcomer or a Sidesman? So, please, come on and volunteer some much needed assistance. So much easier than going on a diet or giving up chocolate...leave that to Lent!! Speak to Diana or Mark if you would like to know more!!

8 Regular Weekly Services Sunday 8.00am BCP Communion (one Sunday in the month - see first page of newsletter.) Sunday 9.30am Parish Communion (Family Communion on the first Sunday) Sunday Clubs for our young people meet during the Parish Communion Service when not a Family service. A Still Small Voice 5.00pm 2nd and 4th Sundays half an hour of music, readings and quiet time for reflection & prayer Midweek Service Thursday 10 am Shortened Eucharist at Saint Apolline s Chapel For all services for December 2016 and January 2017 for St Saviour and Torteval please see noticeboard at the back of church. *************************************************************** Torteval Events in December 2016 and January nd December and 6th Januray 5pm 6:30pm - First Five Held at Torteval Anglican Hall - Youth Group for Infant and Junior aged children. A time of crafts, games, songs and bible stories. St Saviour s WI meet on the second Wednesday of the month in St Saviour s Community Centre, starting at 7.30pm More details from Sharon Williams on Western Morning WI meet on the second Friday of the month at Sylvans Social Club, St Peter s, starting at 9.30am. More details from Mrs Gwen Jefferys on ********************************************************* Contact Details: Rev d. Mark Charmley Tel: charmley@cwgsy.net Rectory Office stsaviourschurch@cwgsy.net Rotas and newsletters are online: