Today is the 1st of December, the start of Advent and the start of the (Anglican) Church's new year. As always the retail trade has hijacked the Advent calender and replaced it with any number of themed calenders be it "Barbie", "MilkyWay" or whatever and each door opened reveals not a scripture verse but a piece of chocolate. Two young girls at work have both got 'Advent' calenders and eagerly awaited today to open the first door to get the chocolate. At lunch time I went to our local Christian bookshop and bought an Advent Calender and brought it back to the office to put on show.
Our Rector is delighted the blog has started and wants me to give a blow-by-blow account of how to view and add to the blog as he thinks it will be a marvellous way for church folk to share news and any bits & pieces they like to send in.
Good news this week from St.John's church in that they have won a European Development Grant so that the church can be a community centre. I saw the architect's plans last week and when completed the building will be a great place for the community to use and the congregation to worship in.
Oh yes, on a personal note I had another example today that prayer does help. I was facing a difficult day today and I prayed before I went to work. The problem was resolved praise God. God does care about all details of our daily life so in the words of the old hymn, "take it to the Lord in Prayer."
"In the sixth month, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee"
Until tomorrow goodnight & God Bless
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