Encouraging Advent Harmonies

Dear All Saints and St Marys

The churches seasons and year are often shown through different colours. Frontals, vestments change colour according to where we are in each Calendar year. Advent, like Lent, is the colour purple. Purple is the colour of royalty (and of bishops!) but more importantly it is for the church the colour of penitence. So here in the second week of advent our readings start to focus on repentance, starting with the prophets this is a call to change.

What is it that this Advent we are willing to ask, brave enough to pray to change in us so that we might be ready? What are we prepared to put down, give up, make up, pivot to or away from to be as ready as possible for Christ (mas)? For each of us that will be something different. Is it a temptation that we need to be honest about? Is it a relationship that needs attention? Knowing what our weaknesses might be, holding them up to the light of God and examining them gently, carefully in prayer, can be the beginnings of this movement. As Paul notes this week it is a time of "encouragement" for us to a place of harmony. Like all good harmonies, it doesn't mean that we will all sing the same note, or even start or end at the same time - but that when we do this examination of ourselves, that the resulting music with all others is one that brings blessing to the world. 

We have as worship the following.

Services this Weekend - 7^th December 2025

10:00	Toy Service with the Rainbows, Brownies and Guides	St Marys
10:30	Holy Communion and Junior Church (Nativity Rehearsal)	All Saints
6:30pm	Advent Candlelit Procession	St Marys

THE WEEK AHEAD

Mon 8th	10:30am	Tiny Tots	All Saints
Tues 9th	10:30am	Music For Toddlers	St. Mary’s Parish Rooms
Weds 10th	9:00am	Wed 10th Dec 9:00am – Celtic Morning Prayer, All Saints	All Saints
Thur 11th	10:00am	Holy Communion	St. Mary’s
Fri 12th	1:00pm	Christmas Concert - Veterans Band	St. Mary’s
Sat 13th	12:00 - 1:30	Saturday Lunches	St. Mary’s
Sun 14th	8:00	Holy Communion	All Saints
	10:00	Holy Communion	St. Mary’s
	10:30am	Advent service of the word, with Nativity rehearsal	All Saints
	4:30pm	Nativity	All Saints
	6:30pm	Generations - 10Pin Bowling	Avonmeads

May you have a Joyful Advent.

Rev'd Lizzie

Vicar of All Saints and St Marys Churches, Fishponds

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