Christmas services at St Columba’s included the Nativity play on Sunday 16 December, featuring youngsters from Junior Church, Youth Club and Messy Church; Carols by Candlelight on Christmas Eve when we welcomed many visitors and long-standing friends; and short family service on Christmas morning. We were reminded that God’s gift of his own son to […]
Advent Exploration
Nearly thirty people have been involved in an exploration of Advent themes over the course of four weeks. So often this time of year can be so full of frenzied activity, that it can leave us feeling as though something was missing. This year, we decided to set aside a little time each day as […]
25 Years of Operation Christmas Child
Once again friends of St Columba’s have been busy packing shoeboxes to send to children in poor countries for Christmas. It is now 25 years since Operation Christmas Child has been run by Christian international relief charity, Samaritan’s Purse, and we celebrated in our morning service on Sunday 18 November with balloons. Some one […]
Happy Christmas!
A smaller congregation gathered at St Columba’s on Christmas morning to light the fifth candle in our Advent wreath, and celebrate the birth of our Saviour, Jesus Christ. We sang some Christmas Day carols, showed some presents, played pass the parcel, and remembered in prayer those for whom Christmas may be a difficult time. […]
Christmas Eve carols by candlelight
On Christmas Eve, the candlelit church was packed, with a good number in the gallery. We enjoyed a service of Christmas carols, readings, prayers and reflections, with many of our young people and some our seniors taking part. A collection was taken for a local charity, the East End Youth & Community Centre. It was […]