May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. Romans 15:13
Dear All
Hope you are being blessed through using your Advent Prayer Guide. If you haven’t picked yours up yet, please do so on Sunday.
Gifts for Social Service Young Adults
Sheila is organizing this for us again this year and writes “We are making December 11th our day to bring gifts which we forward to Social Services for young adults who have just left full time care and are now living in independent accommodation. These young people are struggling even more this year as the economic situation takes its toll on their lives.
Gifts of toiletries, sweets, chocolates, biscuits or small gifts you feel would be appreciated will be gratefully received by these vulnerable youngsters. Please leave the gifts unwrapped so that they can be distributed to the appropriate person – sheets of wrapping paper added to your gifts would be most helpful.
Let us prayerfully hold these young people up. May they feel the love that is sent with these gifts and know that others care.”
Warm Welcome Hub
The Warm Welcome Hub starts tomorrow, 5th December and has been advertised around the community.
If you are able to help please e-mail warmhub@plumeavenuechurch.org.uk with your available dates as soon as possible.
Please do pray for this initiative and do come along any time between 9am and 3pm. This is a really exciting opportunity to come alongside the residents of the Prettygate community and has wonderful mission opportunities. Please do prayerfully consider giving some time to this if you can. The more volunteers we get the less pressure there will be on a small group of people.
Jean Moat
Just a reminder that Jean’s funeral is in church on Tuesday 6th December at 12.30pm. There will be refreshments after the service and the family will return to the church after the committal at the Crematorium. Please do pray for Jean’s family as they prepare for this day and for safety in travel.
Ladies Retreat Day
This is next Saturday, 10th December! Please do pray for this special day, for safety in travel, good fellowship and food and blessed times with the Lord. Please do pray for Charity Quin as she leads the day and Paul and Lucy Willer who are helping so much to make the day special.
Advent and Christmas
Nativity Trail: This takes place on 11th December. We will be packing goody bags on Wednesday 7th at 2pm if you can help. Please do encourage all those you know with children to come along and take part on Sunday 11th, it starts at 2.30 pm at Prettygate Baptist Church and finishes at our church.
Nativity Russian doll for our Posada: we need families to take the doll on a Sunday, take the doll out and about during the week and take some photos which will need to be sent to me at admin@plumeavenuechurch.org.uk by 4pm on the Saturday of your week. If you would like to take a turn please do let me know.
Christmas Buffet Lunch: this will take place on Friday 16th December from 12.00 noon. If you would like to come, please sign up on the sheet in the foyer by 11th December. There will be a basket for donations towards the lunch and the Sumup card reader will be available. If you can help with this lunch, please speak to Andrea.
Christmas Help needed:
Carols by Candlelight, 18th December
Music: If you would like to take part in the music, please speak to Mike asap.
Refreshments: If you are able to provide some mince pies for after the service please let Andrea know.
Christingle Christmas Eve
Prep of Christingles – if you are able to help prepare the Christingle bags on Christmas Eve at 10am at church, please speak to Rachael.
Christmas Cards and Nativity Trail leaflets
There are piles of cards sorted by streets, which need delivering early this week. Please do take a pile and deliver these if you can. You may like to turn this into a prayer walk and pray for each house as you post the cards through the door.
This week
There will be a prayer meeting Wednesday morning at 9.30 am on Zoom but there will be no prayer meeting on Saturday morning (10th December). The Zoom details for Wednesday will be sent out early in the week.
With love and blessings.