Click on the image to link to the page with lyrics, and sing along on Sunday 17 December at 6pm.
Spring Lane Christmas garden lights
Surely we don’t need to remind anyone in Wivenhoe that at 8 Spring Lane a fairy display of Christmas lights opens on the same night as the great Switching On and Christmas Market at the bottom of the town?
Come and enjoy it from Thursday 7 December at 6.00pm until Twelfth Night.
As in previous years, all profits will go to St Mary’s church and will be gratefully received.
Ending the year’s concert programme
This one did not appear in the published 2023 St Mary’s Music Society programme:
THE CHURCHFITTERS band will come to St Mary’s on Friday 1 December at 7.30pm with a concert they have called
A CHRISTMAS CRACKER
Tickets are £12, available from Wivenhoe Bookshop (cash only) or online from TicketSource/Wivenhoe (card only)
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Music for Remembrance
On Sunday evening 12 November at 6.30 pm, St Mary’s Singers with soloists and organist John Rippin will present a programme of Music for Remembrance consisting of choral works, solos and organ and piano pieces.
Mainly by English Composers spanning the centuries from 16th century to present.
Free admission. Retiring collection for St Mary’s church.
Christmas Market donations collection
A box will be in place at the back of the church after Sunday 12th November for donations of items for the Gift Stall.
We are also looking for people to help on Gift, Raffle and Book stalls, as well as the setting up of the market.
If you wish to help in some way please speak to Heather or email Fundraisingwivstmarys@gmail.com
A prayer for the people of the Holy Land
God of Compassion and Justice,
We cry out to you for all who suffer in the Holy Land today.
For your precious children, Israelis and Palestinians,
Traumatised in fear for their lives;
Lord, have mercy.For the families of the bereaved,
For those who have seen images they will never forget,
For those anxiously waiting for news, despairing with each passing day;
Lord, have mercy.For young men and women,
heading into combat,
bearing the burden of what others have done and what they will be asked to do;
Lord, have mercy.For civilians in Israel, Gaza and the West Bank, that they would be protected and that every life would count and be cherished and remembered;
Lord, have mercy.For the wounded, and those facing a lifetime of scars, for those desperately seeking medical treatment where there is none;
Lord, have mercy.For medical and emergency personnel, risking their own lives to save those of others;
Lord, have mercy.For those who cannot see anything but rage and violence, that you would surprise them with mercy, and turn their hearts towards kindness for their fellow human beings;
Lord, have mercy.For people of peace, whose imagination is large enough to conceive of a different way, that they may speak, and act, and be heard;
Lord, have mercy.Mighty and caring God, you promised that one day, swords will be beaten into ploughshares, meet us in our distress, and bring peace upon this troubled land.
Amen.
from the Archbishop of Canterbury
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Bingo Saturday 14 October
A return of what proved to be a very enjoyable family event when it was first run.
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