Celebrating Christmas At Home
Here is a collection of resources you may like to use to celebrate the birth of Jesus on Christmas Day and throughout Christmastide.
Prayer for those Affected by the Floods
Merciful God,
Who has shown to humanity your grace by the story of the safe delivery of Noah's family through the flood:
Look kindly upon all those who have lost much in our area because of the flooding;
May they know your comfort and provision,
That in their time of need You are with them
As you are with us in Jesus Christ, our Emmanuel,
Amen.
If you would like to support financially those in need by the floods, please consider giving towards our Hardship Fund.
Christmas Worship
Join Christchurch Cathedral, Oxford, for their Midnight Mass service on Christmas Eve:
At Christmas Lunch
Revd Dr Joanna Collicutt has prepared this reflection on our Christmas meals, and has written a prayer to say or hear before we eat.
A Prayer before Christmas Lunch
Lord Jesus Christ,
As we eat and drink may we remember you.
We give thanks
for good food and for those who have farmed, transported, sold, and prepared it;
for precious memories and the gift of loving and being loved;
for the turn of the year and the promise of spring.
Bless our homes, bless the pattern of our days, bless those we love, and keep them safe,
And as we bring our own troubles and those of this suffering world before you, help us to see your steadfast light, still shining in the darkness as on that first Christmas day.
Amen.
Christmas Crib Service
Our annual Crib Service is online for your children, grandchildren and indeed for yourselves! Share it with all the family!
Hear the Gospel according to Luke
Each day of the 24 days of December leading up to Christmas, Revd Ross recorded a chapter of the Gospel according to St Luke and uploaded it to YouTube. You can listen to them all now - starting with the birth narrative, and ending with the accounts of Christ's marvellous resurrection!
Click on the picture below, which will take you to YouTube. Then click Play All, or select the chapter you want from the list.
