St Bartholomew'S Church Penn

CHRISTMAS DAY Welcome Lord Jesus, there is room in my heart for thee. We pray for those who do not know that You love them and came to be their Saviour.

Special treat tonight at midnight mass… Today is the 200th anniversary of the first singing of the carol Silent night. It was performed in Austria and set the guitar because the organ pipes weren’t working due to the interference of a hungry mouse… Tonight, we have sung by an Austrian gentleman on the guitar in German accompanied by our choir. It will be during communion and it will be a real treat Hope to see you there!

A beautiful Crib Service at 2pm was followed by our Christingle at 4pm. We made a circle of light around the Church with candles. Around 550 people have worshipped here today at these two Services. We are looking forward to seeing lots more of you tonight for our Eucharist Service at 11.30 pm. God bless.

SUNDAY A quiet day as it is Christmas Eve tomorrow. We pray for our clergy and lay readers and choir at this busy time. Lord help us all to remember that we celebrate the coming of the Christ from Heaven to earth.

"ave a bostin christmus"

We pray for the clergy and people in the Nordkirche (the Evangelical Church of North Germany). We give thanks for those who visited Lichfield for the Anticipating Advent weekend.

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We pray for all at St Anne’s today as they meet for their carol service. We give thanks for all who worship at St Anne’s and those who lead, teach and preach.

We pray for Anthony Arul and his family in Malaysia. We are asked to pray that many may be lifted from poverty, their land rights restored that they may be empowered to play a productive role in the affairs of their nation.

. This evening we pray for the many people who find Christmas a difficult time. We pray for the Blue Christmas Service this evening. Give wisdom to those who lead.

The following link refers to the consultation on the proposed admission arrangements for a primary school place at St Bartholomew’s CE Primary for September 2020. The website explains how school places are allocated and what happens if there are more applications than places available. This information may be of interest to parents of prospective pupils and equally, for the community around St Bart's who may be interested in the admission arrangements for the school. For example (but not in this case) a school may be looking to increase the admission number so neighbours may wish to explain that this would cause too much extra traffic/be a hazard/make parking difficult. This information is to make you aware of the proposed arrangements and to provide an opportunity to make any comments by 31 January when the consultation will end.

Highfields have their carol service today. We pray for all the children and staff at all our local secondary schools. May they know peace in the business of Christmas and the end of term.

We give thanks and pray for the Pastoral Team today. They visit many people who are sick or lonely. Give them wisdom in all they do. We pray for lonely people in our parish.

Thank you to both St Bart's Choir's. The Hoodie Choir were a wonderful addition to this years Carols by Candlelight service. Everyone, including the congregation sang with hearts bursting with Christmas joy and peace. God bless you all. We look forward to seeing you again soon. 🙂