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Welcome to this special edition for Advent and Christmas.
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Advent and Christmas
at Christ Church Lille
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Follow our Advent Star all through Advent, which begins on Sunday 27 November
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10:30 am: a service of Holy Communion for Advent Sunday
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What's in this Newsletter
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- Why we want you to download a star
- Christmas generosity
- Christmas party
- Christmas services and events
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Why we want you to download a star
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As Advent approaches, how wise are you feeling? You may not be Caspar, Melchior or Balthazar but, as we all follow the star towards the Nativity we’d like to know your prayers, thoughts and wishes for the Christmas season and the year ahead. So please download a star from our website, decorate it and write on your hopes and prayers. Just click the star.
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For those of you who read about Christ Church Lille from around the world, please take part! Scan your decorated star to churchoffice@christchurchlille.fr not forgetting to add your first name and location, so that we can see how far the message spoken in Lille has spread! We’ll cut them out and add them to a display in the church, where all the stars will shine.
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Christmas party
The Working with Christ Group would like to invite people to a Christmas party in the church hall on Saturday 17th December from 7:30 pm to 9:45 pm (buffet, games, quiz, music...They need to know how many people to cater for, so please tell them if you want to come, and also if you can provide a contribution to the buffet.
Contact christmasparty@christchurchlille.fr
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Christmas Generosity
We appreciate your giving to Christ Church Lille, without which we couldn't exist. But particularly at this time of year, our thoughts turn to others so we want to tell you about two charitable appeals.
Bishop Robert's Advent Appeal this year is to help a school in Kenya; find out more here
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Christmas services and events
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Prayers for Ukraine
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Please don't forget that this conflict is ongoing and your prayers are still needed. Prayers and other resources are available on the Diocesan website
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Find us in lots of places:
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