Christ Church Lille Newsletter 17 November 2023
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Sunday 17 November: 10:30 A service of Holy Communion
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This week it's Safeguarding Sunday. We are committed to being a safe church for all: read more at this link or just click the image.
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Debbie will be commissioning our Safeguarding Officers, but if you have a background in social work, please get in touch, we are looking for a volunteer to help the team.
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See below for all the diary dates, but a reminder that the Working with Christ group meets tomorrow 18 November.
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In this newsletter, find out about:
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- Children's activity sheet
- Advent and Christmas at Christ Church Lille
- Dates for the diary
- Discipleship and study groups
- Prayers for Ukraine
- How you can help
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Advent and Christmas at Christ Church Lille
Read on to find out about:
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- Services in church
- Advent Star
- Christmas orders
- How to win a prize
- Are you a pastry-maker?
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Follow our Advent Star
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Once again, we are inviting everyone to decorate a star this Advent, adding your own picture or prayer.
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Find out more on this page
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Christmas orders
Our usual range of home-made cakes, puddings, pies, shortbread and chutney will be available for pre-order.
You can find out how to order and collect on this page on our website, or there is a form in church.
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How to win a prize!
Because of recent restrictions on the number of people in the church hall, we can't hold our usual Christmas market.
So we're looking at other ways to help our fund-raising. Buy a ticket for our tombola and win a prize!
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But our usual home-made items will still be available to buy, see above.
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Are you a pastry-maker???
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Dates for the Diary
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26 November: the Feast of Christ the King and our next Church lunch Contact Suzanne.
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3 December: the first Sunday of Advent
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For details of services during Advent and over Christmas, see the poster above.
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Study and discipleship groups
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Next meetings on 18 November and 2 December
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Bible Study groups
New online and in-person groups are taking place on Wednesday evenings. For information, please contact the chaplain or church office
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The in-person group meets weekly.
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Prayers for Ukraine
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Please remember to pray for all affected by this conflict.
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We are entirely self-funded and we have cut back our expenses as much as possible; but we still need a regular income.
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We're grateful to everyone who continues to support the church and its work, which goes beyond weekly services.
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We can't do it without you!
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And please support our fund-raising efforts, if you can. Thank you.
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Find us in lots of places:
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