Children's Liturgy Sunday, November 29th 2009.
November 29th 2009.
The FIRST SUNDAY of ADVENT.
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'Advent' means 'coming'
or 'arrival'. There are four Sundays in Advent, the time of the year
when we eagerly wait to welcome the birth of Jesus at Christmas.
It is important to remember what Jesus' birth really means, especially
when we can get caught up in lots of other Christmas customs such as
the giving of presents and parties. Jesus came to show us that God loves
us. We can enjoy this by loving other people.
We might like to remember that some do not have all the things we take
for granted to make our lives comfortable. |
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Here to download a larger version of the Advent Calendar
Above you can see an Advent calendar which explains to families how
they might like to save money during Advent in order to give a gift
to the people of Africa. The calendar was produced by INTERCARE, a
medical aid organisation. You can read more about them by logging
on to www.intercare.org.uk
If you save this way, please send your family donation to :
Intercare,
46, The Half Croft,
Syston,
Leics.
LE7 1Ld
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Our own 'Wishing Tree' project will raise money
for Mother of Peace Community in Zimbabwe. Please click on 'Mother of
Peace' at the side of this page to find out more about them.
We have placed a beautiful tree in the narthex of our church and we are
going to decorate it week by week.
We have three themes. This week, we are making candles on the theme, 'Light
a candle for...' |
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| We hope people will feel we will join their
prayers for their loved ones. |
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| We have also set up again our 'Second Nowell'
crib, which we made last Advent from recycled materials. You can visit
the crib in the St. Joseph chapel of our church. People have already asked
us to make extra figures, so they can take more friends and family to
Bethlehem via our crib! They are making donations for Mother of Peace,
too. |
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