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SUMMARY:Patronal Festival and 70th Anniversary celebration.
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DESCRIPTION:Family Communion for St Nicholas's Day: celebrant the Rev. Ala
 stair Cutting\, Archdeacon of Lewisham and Greenwich.\nFirst Reading: Isai
 ah 61\, 1-3.\nGospel: Mark 10. 13-16.\n\nAlthough this day is in fact the 
 first Sunday in Advent\, it is also the Sunday nearest the Festival of St 
 Nicholas\, our patron saint\, which falls on 6 December. This year\, as we
 ll as our annual Patronal Festival\, we are also celebrating the 70th anni
 versary of the consecration of the church\, which took place on 5 December
  1953. We are very grateful indeed to Alastair for stepping in to lead thi
 s service while we are awaiting our new Priest in Charge. Our St Nicholas 
 is St Nicholas of Myra\, the city (now in Turkey) where he was bishop in t
 he 4th century AD. Few definite historical facts are known about him\, but
  in later years he came to be venerated for his courage and resilience as 
 well as his special concern for the vulnerable\, including children\, the 
 poor and those facing arbitrary injustice.   \n\nBecause of Nicholas's ass
 ociation with children\, we traditionally collect gifts for a children's c
 harity at the Patronal Festival. This year we are inviting presents of toy
 s and games suitable for children\, for Demelza House Children's Hospice. 
 On account of hygiene concerns since the pandemic\, we have to ask that th
 ese be new or nearly new and preferably still in their packaging\, but not
  otherwise wrapped\, so that the Hospice staff can easily see what they ar
 e.   \n\nThe service will be followed by a buffet lunch starting at 12.00\
 , to which all are welcome.
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LOCATION:Kidbrooke\, St Nicholas
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