Dear Friends
At the end of October, I was shopping with a friend in Leeds when I turned to look at my friend and she said “what?” I said they are playing Frosty the
Snowman over the sound system – I then found myself singing along with
Frosty! As I write this, Christmas adverts are starting, I am hearing Christmas music, booking Christmas events into church and of course the Christmas shopping has started and amazingly Christmas presents have already been exchanged!
For the last few days, I have had the song it was on a starry night going around my head. It may not be the most well-known Christmas carol or song, but if you have ever been to a school nativity or carol service, you might well know it and it is definitely best sung by children!
It is a song which tells about the night that Jesus was born, about how angels sang for him, bells rang for him, the shepherds that came and knelt by his manger where their hearts believed again. We will all have our favourite Christmas carols, our favourite Christmas songs that we wait to hear every year and during December we get to sing them and in church, our songs are carols old and new that tell the story of the special baby that was born for each one of us.
This year has been another difficult one for many of us, just when we think
that one thing is settling, something else seems to kick off. We have seen an
awful destructive war which has impacted Ukraine so severely and the effects have rippled around the world. We are in the midst of an energy crisis and seeing prices rise around us, yet the message of Christmas is one of light, life and love.
Our December services will all tell this amazing story again and as the other
half of the page shows, we have lots of different services through December
which each have an open invitation to you. We have a quieter service with
Blue Christmas through to Christingle and Crib services. All our services will give you the opportunity to sing those well-loved carols.
Come and sing with us this Christmas, come and listen afresh to the most
amazing story of a God who sent his son into the world to be Emmanuel – God with us. Come and join the celebrations, you are always welcome.
A very Happy Christmas from everyone at St Peter’s, Yaxley. Please note our
Sunday morning services have changed to 9am (Traditional) and 11am
(Contemporary)
Rev Sarah – 01733 248690/07498 230858 yaxleyvicar@gmail.com