{"id":1240,"date":"2016-12-06T10:33:17","date_gmt":"2016-12-06T10:33:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.christ-church-selly-park.org.uk\/blog\/?p=1240"},"modified":"2017-01-01T20:13:25","modified_gmt":"2017-01-01T20:13:25","slug":"christmas-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christ-church-selly-park.org.uk\/blog\/christmas-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas at Christ Church 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"
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At the first Christmas God broke into our world in order to bring us back to himself. Here are some of the ways we’ve been celebrating Jesus’ birth and the new life he brought, in our own building and at pubs and other places around the area.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Coffee Mates Christmas Special<\/h2>\n

Friday 9 December, 10.30 am – noon<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Goody<\/div>\n
\"Christmas<\/div>\n
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\"Christmas<\/div>\n
This weekly Friday morning event finished the year with carols and Christmas themed food.<\/div>\n
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Christmas Messy Church<\/h2>\n

Saturday 10 December, 4-6 pm<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Christingle

Christingle celebration at Messy Church<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Decoration<\/div>\n
\"Rachel's<\/div>\n
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Christmas at Messy Church!<\/p>\n

Toddler Club Christmas Special<\/h2>\n

Toddler Club ended the year with songs and a retelling of the Christmas story<\/p>\n

\"Antlers<\/div>\n
\"Cath<\/div>\n
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Follow the Star<\/h2>\n
\"Hay<\/div>\n
A Christmas Eve Nativity service for pre-school children and their families<\/div>\n
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\"A<\/div>\n
\"Star\n<\/div>\n
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Midnight Christmas Communion Service<\/h2>\n
\"Candles<\/div>\n
A reflective late night Christmas Eve service was followed by a lively celebration on Christmas morning<\/div>\n
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Christmas Day All Age Holy Communion<\/h2>\n

\"Christmas\n<\/div>\n

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Carol singing<\/h2>\n

Stirchley Co-op<\/span><\/p>\n

Shoppers donated over \u00a3100 for St Mary’s Hospice as we joined with singers from Selly Park Baptist Church.<\/p>\n

\"Carol

Singing at Stirchley Co-op: photo kindly provided by Andrew Burns<\/b><\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

Selly Park Tavern<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Carol<\/p>\n

Neville Williams House<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Carol

We joined staff and residents for a Christmas celebration<\/p><\/div>\n

Highbury, Dads Lane<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Carol<\/p>\n

\"Carol<\/p>\n

And in our own building…<\/p>\n

Candlelit Carol Service<\/h2>\n

\"The<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

A Christmas treat<\/h2>\n

Clients of the Christians Against Poverty Debt Advice Centre, who are on the long journey out of debt, received Christmas goodies thanks to the generosity of members of the six partner churches who jointly run the Centre<\/p>\n

\"Some

Christmas treats, and there’s something for the freezer too<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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