We wish you all a merry Christmas and happy new year from St Edmund's.Tuesday’s at St Edmund’s is taking a short break over the Christmas period and will reopen on Tuesday 7th January.Café will reopen at its normal time of 8:45 amwith Toddler tunes at 10 amand RSpace during the afternoon from 3pmWe hope you have a lovely Christmas and look forward to seeing you again in January 2020.
The 10:15 am Holy Communion service on Wednesday 15 December has been moved from St Edmund’s Taverham to St Peter’s Ringland. This is for this week only as there will be school children in St Edmund’s as part of their preparations for Christmas.All welcome
This event is for anyone from Taverham or the surrounding area. Jane and Nick Moore are hosting the afternoon and they are inviting you to join them for tea and be their family for the afternoon.St Edmund's Church will open its doors to anyone who find themselves alone on Christmas Day for a free afternoon tea party, with entertainment.The event is 2.30pm to 5pm on Christmas DayJust come along to join us for all or part of that time.Before the day donations are requiredIf you feel you would like to contribute to this event either in terms of edible goodies, christmas cake, soft drinks, snacks, crackers, serviettes or a financial donation please get in touch!Donations can be left in church (please label them for the Christmas Afternoon Tea) or with the Rev Paul Seabrook at the Rectory on Taverham Road or email: janecox255@gmail.com
At St Edmund’s we are holding three Christingle services on Christmas Eve (Tuesday 24th Dec) At 3.30pm and 5pm there will be singing with the Christingles. At 6.30 there is a Contemplative (quiet) Christingle service.The celebration is named after the Christingles that are lit during the service. Christingles are made from an orange decorated with red tape, sweets and a candle - come along to hear what each part symbolises. All proceeds from these services will go to The Children’s Society and support its work helping vulnerable young people. (Also note the image on this item is from The Children Society website)All the family will enjoy this feast of candles and oranges as part of their preparation for Christmas.
