We were invited along with our brothers and sisters from harlow Baptist Church to lead carol singing in two local pubs as well as in the High Street of the Old Town. We had Visits for Schools Christmas Services from Churchgate, St Nicholas, and Harlowbury Schools plus I had the opportunity of taking part in Fawbert & Barnard School service at Harlow Baptist Church.
Adding to that we had the Little Fishes Pre School and St Mary's Under Fives (SMUF) Mums and Tots Nativity Celebrations.
Our Snday School (Kingdom Kidz) led us in a Sunday celebration of Christmas with the help of Little Fishes.
There was the Coffee Shop Christmas Communion
Some members of our Midweek Groups went around the Old Town singing Carols.
All this before we get on to celebrate with our Candlelight Carol Service, Christingle Service Midnight Carols and Christmas Day Celebrations.
How many opportunities? How many lives touched with the Good News of God with Us?
How many of us enriched by sharing our faith?
We ahd 260 people attend the Christingle around 175 attend the carol service and 120 attend the Midnight service, many of whom do not come that often at present and if we add to that the number of parents, friends and other family members of school children and pre-school children along with the pub regulars and neighbours in the town we can see the opportunities are vast.
In some small measure it captures the Shepherds story in Luke 2 where they praised God and spread the word concerning what they had been told concerning Jesus.
The Church looked lovely thanks to the Flower and Banner Teams.
The Christmas tree in the picture was donated to st Mary's by John & Barbara Barnes and wonderfully decorated by Hayley Smith and Carly Woods.
My next Blog will be to look forward to the way ahead.
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