ADVENT WALKS AHEAD!

John 1:5 The Light shines in the darkness and the darkness has not overcome it.

This year our “Advent course” will not be inside our churches but outside them. We will be walking around our villages and neighbourhoods, praying the message of the angels in our local streets. The first walks will be week commencing 30th November 2026. Rachel will be walking on Tuesday afternoons, but the beauty of our Advent walks is that you can walk and pray at a time convenient to you, on your own or with others.

We will be guided by Bishop Eleanor Sanderson’s book Walking with Angels. This is Archbishop Stephen’s Advent Book for 2026.

You can buy the book from various online platforms (World of Books, Amazon, Eden.co.uk and Re-vived.com.) if you prefer to have your own copy, but prayers and routes will be published here and also shared on a WhatsApp group. If you want to join contact Rachel and she will add you.

[email protected] or 07981127324

Prayer driving, prayer travelling by bus, and prayer “sitting at home with limited mobility but walking in our imagination” are all ways of joining in if walking is difficult.

We will include all of our 7 villages, which means that some weeks there will be more than one walk – just for the keen ones among us!

Each week we will focus on one angelic message:

Week 1 (1st December) The Angel’s message to Mary: Do not be afraid, the Lord is with you. Luke 1:30

Week 2 (8th December) The Angel’s message to Isaiah: Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of Hosts, the whole earth is full of his glory. Isaiah 6:1-3

Week 3 (15th December) The Angel’s message to the shepherds: Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace to those on whom his favour rests. Luke 2:8-14

Week 4 (22nd December) The final lines of Revelation and the Angel Gabriel’s message to Mary. Come, Lord Jesus come! Your kingdom will never end. Revelation 22:20 and Luke 1:33

We will be encouraging you to keep a prayer journal about your walks, and there will be opportunities to share your thoughts with others.

TIME TO GET EXCITED NOW!