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SUMMARY:Pews News 24 December 2023
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DESCRIPTION:Bowland Benefice\nPews News\n24 December 2023\n\nChristmas Eve
  Collect\nAlmighty God\,\n\nyou make us glad with the yearly remembrance\n
 of the birth of your Son Jesus Christ:\ngrant that\, as we joyfully receiv
 e him as our\n\nredeemer\,\n\nso we may with sure confidence behold him\nw
 hen he shall come to be our judge\;\nwho is alive and reigns with you\,\ni
 n the unity of the Holy Spirit\,\none God\, now and for ever. Amen.\nThis 
 Christmas Week in the Benefice\nSunday\n24 December\n\n10.00am Christmas\n
 Family Service\nin Broughton\nHackett\n8.30pm Christmas Holy\nCommunion in
 \nUpton\nSnodsbury\n11.30pm Midnight Mass\nin White Ladies\nAston\n\nMonda
 y 25\nDecember\nChristmas Day\n\n10.00am Carol Service in\nWhite Ladies\nA
 ston\n10.30am Family Service\nin Peopleton\n\nSunday\n31 December\nChristm
 as 1\n\n10.30am Benefice Holy\nCommunion in\nBroughton\nHackett\nWe look f
 orward to welcoming you at one of the\nChristmas services in our Bowland B
 enefice.\nAlso please do remember that our churches are\nusually open duri
 ng the day and are ideal places to\nfind a bit of ‘me’ time and space\
 , and some peace\naway from the demands of everyday life.\nA quote from Mo
 ther Teresa\nIt is Christmas every time you let God love others\n\nthrough
  you ...\n\nyes\, it is Christmas every time you smile at your\nbrother an
 d offer him your hand.\n\nMessages from Revd Claire……\nAs Christmas ar
 rives once again\, I’d like to give my\nthanks to everyone who does anyt
 hing at all to\nmake our churches and churchyards so welcoming. \nI certa
 inly couldn’t do what I do without the\npreparation\, thought and love t
 hat is shown by so\nmany\, especially before services.\nI’m not forgetti
 ng those who quietly support us but\nwho don’t come to church. Finally\,
  thank you to\nCarole Oliver who\, among many other things\, is\n\namazing
 ly patient. \n\nI wish you all a blessed and healthy Christmas.\nThoughts
  and prayers for the Christmas season\n\nLoving God\,\n\nHelp us remember 
 the birth of Jesus\,\nthat we may share in the song of the angels\,\nthe g
 ladness of the shepherds\,\nand worship of the wise men.\nClose the door o
 f hate\n\nand open the door of love all over the world.\nLet kindness come
  with every gift and good desires\n\nwith every greeting.\n\nDeliver us fr
 om evil by the blessing which Christ\n\nbrings\,\n\nand teach us to be mer
 ry with clear hearts.\nMay the Christmas morning make us happy to be thy\n
 \nchildren\,\n\nand Christmas evening bring us to our beds with\n\ngratefu
 l thoughts\,\n\nforgiving and forgiven\, for Jesus&#39\; sake. Amen.\nRobe
 rt Louis Stevenson\nRing out the bells for Christmas\,\nThe happy\, happy 
 day\,\nIn winter wild\, the Holy Child\nWithin a cradle lay.\nPointers for
  Prayer\n\nWith thanks for family gatherings\, meals together\,\nfun\, lau
 ghter\, the making of happy memories and\n\ndeepening relationships.\n\nFo
 r all those who have given up time with family over\nChristmas to help in 
 shelters\, refuges and Christmas\n\ncentres for the homeless.\n\nFor the t
 housands and thousands of people across our\nglobe who have nothing – no
 thing of what we take for\ngranted. Open our eyes to their needs and prepa
 re us\nto do whatever we can\, to help.\nFor families where Christmas is a
  painful and lonely\ntime. Where family break up has separated parents\nfr
 om children and children and parents alike feel\n\nalone and alienated.
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