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SUMMARY:Family Communion and Patronal Festival
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DESCRIPTION:Family Communion for St Nicholas's Day: celebrant the Revd Tol
 a Badejo.\n\nFirst reading: Romans 15. 4 – 13\nGospel: Matthew 3. 1 – 
 12\n\nSt Nicholas's Day falls on 6 December\, and is celebrated at the chu
 rch on the nearest Sunday. While the readings are those for the Second Sun
 day of Advent\, they correspond closely with what we know of the historica
 l Nicholas\, Bishop of Myra: like St Paul and John the Baptist\, he was un
 compromising in his dedication to the faith and fully prepared to accept a
 ny consequences that fell upon him. \n \nMany of the legends surrounding S
 t Nicholas describe him engaging with the darkest sides of his own society
 . In the painting above by Bicci di Lorenzo he is shown throwing gold thro
 ugh a family's window\, so that the young women inside can make respectabl
 e marriages rather than be forced into prostitution to survive themselves 
 and to support the aged father for whom they are caring. Unusually\, Nicho
 las is shown here as a young\, athletic man rather than the bearded patria
 rch of more conventional images.\n\nAt this service we shall collect gifts
  for a women's refuge. If you can\, please donate new\, practical items su
 itable either for women or for children of all ages. They should be unwrap
 ped but may be in gift bags.
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LOCATION:Kidbrooke\, St Nicholas
URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/671/service-and-events/events/11
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