On Sunday we held our Carols by Candlelight service and welcomed 130 people to St Paul's.
Handheld candles
flickered in darkness. Together, we sang
many of the old favourites, while the choir sang some of those less well-known.
There was even one in French, but the translation was projected so that we all
knew what was going on.
Interspersed
between the carols were scripture readings but told again the story of how
Jesus, foretold long ago in history, been born in Bethlehem 2000 years ago.
There were also some readings from Scripture to draw our attention to the
purpose of Christ’s coming – coming as a light to draw humans from the darkness
of sin to his marvellous light. In his remarks, Steve highlighted the
possibility of studying this further with the Alpha course, which is starting
on 7 January.
So, we draw
close to the climax of Christmas with the Christmas Eve Communion Service at
11:30 p.m. on Wednesday and the Christmas
Day Family Communion Service at 10 a.m.
Thank you to all who worked so hard. We hope the service brought alive the Christmas story for all who came along.
