There was a good turnout on the night for our Christmas Concert. Barnsley Brass are proving to be very popular with their usual mix of Christmas carols and a selection of more contemporary songs. There was also a bumper raffle with first prize being a large hamper.A big thank you to all those who generously donated.
 NOTICES: Brass Band Concert Final reminder for the Christmas themed concert to be held on Thursday 17th December at 7.30pm. Price £7.00 (including refreshments). Tickets available at the coffee morning or pay on the night. There will also be a raffle for a Christmas Hamper and other prizes. Christmas Services Sunday 20th December (4th in Advent) Mass at 9.30pm, Christingle at 5.00pm. Christmas Eve, Midnight Mass at 11.30pm (nb held at St Peters this year) Christmas Day Mass at 10.00am. READINGS:
Collect O God, who see how your people faithfully await the feast of the Lord’s Nativity, enable us, we pray, to attain the joys of so great a salvation and to celebrate them always with solemn worship and glad rejoicing. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. First Reading: Zephaniah 3:14-18 Shout for joy, daughter of Zion, Israel, shout aloud! Rejoice, exult with all your heart, daughter of Jerusalem! The Lord has repealed your sentence; he has driven your enemies away. The Lord, the king of Israel, is in your midst; you have no more evil to fear. When that day comes, word will come to Jerusalem: Zion, have no fear, do not let your hands fall limp. The Lord your God is in your midst, a victorious warrior. He will exult with joy over you, he will renew you by his love; he will dance with shouts of joy for you as on a day of festival. The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. Please see attached slideshow for the Christmas Dinner held at the Milton Arms on 7th December. It was a very enjoyable evening. Numbers were up slightly on last year due to the welcome attendance of some members from St Peters. Richard & Raymond were the Xmas Quiz Champions.  NOTICES: Services Mass this coming Sunday (3rd in Advent) will be at 9.30am. The mid-week morning service (Feria) is on Thursday 17th December at 9.30am. Christmas Dinner Just a reminder for all those who have booked. It will take place on Monday 7th December at the Milton Arms. Arrival from 7.00pm for 7.30pm start. Christmas Concert A last chance to obtain advance tickets for the Christmas Brass Concert on 17th December will be at the coffee morning next Tuesday held in the meeting area at the back of the church from 10.00am. However you will be able to pay on the night, doors open at 7.00pm. The Concert features Barnsley Brass who will be playing a selection of Christmas themed songs and carols from 7.30pm Cost is £7.00 to include wine & mince pies. A bumper raffle will also take place on the night.  READINGS:
From the second Sunday in Advent. Collect Almighty and merciful God, may no earthly undertaking hinder those who set out in haste to meet your Son, but may our learning of heavenly wisdom gain us admittance to his company. Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 125 When the Lord delivered Zion from bondage, it seemed like a dream. Then was our mouth filled with laughter, on our lips there were songs. Response: What marvels the Lord worked for us! Indeed we were glad. The heathens themselves said: “What marvels the Lord worked for them!” What marvels the Lord worked for us! Indeed we were glad. Response: What marvels the Lord worked for us! Indeed we were glad. Deliver us, O Lord, from our bondage as streams in dry land. Those who are sowing in tears will sing when they reap. Response: What marvels the Lord worked for us! Indeed we were glad. They go out, they go out, full of tears, carrying seed for the sowing: they come back, they come back, full of song, carrying their sheaves. Response: What marvels the Lord worked for us! Indeed we were glad. Gospel: Luke 3:1-6 A reading from the holy Gospel according to Luke. In the fifteenth year of Tiberius Caesar’s reign, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judaea, Herod tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of the lands of Ituraea and Trachonitis, Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene, during the pontificate of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John son of Zechariah, in the wilderness. He went through the whole Jordan district proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins, as it is written in the book of the sayings of the prophet Isaiah: A voice cries in the wilderness: Prepare a way for the Lord, make his paths straight. Every valley will be filled in, every mountain and hill be laid low, winding ways will be straightened and rough roads made smooth. And all mankind shall see the salvation of God. The Gospel of the Lord. Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ. |
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