Sunday Worship Podcast link and other news: Nov 13 Remembrance Sunday

 

Dear friends Join us for worship online, on the phone or in the building today.  with best wishes Anne Le Bas Online Worship podcast     Order of service You can also access this podcast by phoning 01732 928061

In the church building today - Nov 13. Remembrance Sunday 9 am Act of Remembrance at Godden Green War Memorial 10 am  Remembrance Service 6.30pm Breathing Space Holy Communion During the week Monday              2-3.30pm Talking Village drop in at Deniz' Cafe in the High Street. Wednesday       10.30am Lavender Fields Holy Communion -                               visitors are now welcome to join this service, though masks will be required.                                Please contact the vicar if you would like to come.                            12.30 for 1pm Community Lunch in the Church Hall                            4.30-5pm Children's Choir in the church hall                             7.15-8.15 pm Adult Choir in the church hall, not in the church                          Friday                No Morning prayer in church today                            10.30-12.30 Friday Group in the church hall Next Sunday  10 am   Holy Communion 3-4.30pm Messy  Church in the hall 6.30pm Evensong Remembrance Sunday Often on Remembrance Sunday our minds are focussed on wars in the past, but this year we have all watched the news from Ukraine, night after night. In truth, war has always been a constant presence in our world, but rolling 24/7 news makes that more obvious to us now than it might have been to our ancestors. In every generation, people have have faced times of trouble and sorrow, and felt its effects - fear, disorientation, powerlessness. Today's sermon explores what we might learn from the wisdom of those who have gone before us in dealing with our own feelings as we contemplate the current crises that face us.

ALL AGE IDEAS Remembrance Sunday can be a sad day for some people. Thinking about people fighting and hurting each other can make us feel frightened. Have you seen news reports of people fighting? How does it make you feel when you see these pictures? Talk to the grown-ups who look after you about what you feel.  You might like to watch the video below, which reminds us that, though scary things happen sometimes, good things happen too, and life returns. The rabbit in the video is helped when he is scared by being with friends. As well as our families and friends, the Bible says that God is always with us in difficult times. We can tell God how we are feeling too.

WHAT'S ON IN SEAL... REMEMBRANCE AT SEAL  Join us today at 9 am at Godden Green War Memorial, and our usual 10 am Remembrance service at Seal Church, finishing outside at the War Memorial.  SEAL COMMUNITY LUNCH IS BACK. Wed Nov 16th  From 12.30, lunch served at 1pm.  Free two course lunch of soup and hot pudding, followed by coffee and mints. Come along and join us! Everyone welcome. OPEN MORNING AT FRIDAY GROUP NOVEMBER 25th. Are you concerned about your energy bills this winter?  Citizens Advice Bureau are going to visit Friday Group on Friday 25th November, and deliver a Big Energy Saving Project workshop to explore ways of keeping our costs as low as possible.  This is then being followed by an origami workshop, delivered by our own Nicole from Nimiś in the High Street. This will give us the opportunity to make some origami Christmas decorations, so another money saving project and possibly a chance to learn a new skill! Everybody is welcome to this open morning, and we look forward to meeting you at the Church Hall for coffee, tea, refreshments and learning. What more could we ask for?  The session will start earlier on Friday 25th, so watch this space for more information.  SEAL CHURCH CHRISTMAS WREATH MAKING IS BACK!  FRIDAY NOVEMBER 25th.  7.30pm. £30 to include all materials needed, wine and mince pie. Contact Chris on 01732 763585 to book. Places get snapped up quickly, so don't delay! 🎅🎅🎄🎄🕯🕯 SEAL CHRISTMAS BAZAAR🎄🎄🕯🕯🎅🎅 Return of last year's successful event with stalls offering a range of unique Christmas gifts -  SEAL VILLAGE HALL SUN NOV 27th 10.30am-3pm  Teas and cakes, Tombola, Raffle, Unique Christmas Gifts, Many Crafts and Sweet Stalls. Come and join us!! UPDATE ON CHRISTMAS LIGHTING - HELP NEEDED PLEASE! Know Your Neighbours have been able to make plans  regarding the street lighting for this Christmas. Resoundingly, the results were in favour of having icicle lights in the High Street, with reduced daily lighting (4pm-7pm)  and reduced timespan from lighting up to turning off.(Dec 11th to January 5th)  As we are having the lighting in the High Street for a shorter period this year, we are hoping to get a band of merry street lighters (helping with the hanging of the lights) on the mornings of the weekend December 3rd and 4th. Please could you let Marion Gilchrist (marionjgilchrist@gmail.com) know over this weekend, if you could help on either of those mornings, so that we can see whether this would work. We will need at least 5 ladder climbers, 5 on the ground to unravel and 5 at bottom of ladders. This is always a good fun activity, but we do need to see who can commit now please. KNOW YOUR NEIGHBOURS FAMILY PARTY IN EARLY JANUARY We will also need help to organise this please, so again, please let Marion know if you can offer your assistance in any way.