Hi everyone,
We are now fully gearing up for Christmas and have a huge programme of events coming up across our three churches.
However before we get to all that we have two more exciting Sundays coming up.
This week there are services in all three churches, with a guest speaker in Paulton from Open Doors to talk about their work supporting persecuted Christians around the world.
You can find out more about Open Doors here: https://www.opendoorsuk.org
And the 30th of November we are all together in Paulton for ‘Mission Sunday’ - Please make sure you attend this one so we can pray and reflect together on our mission for the coming year.
This Saturday is the High Littleton Candlelit Supper at 7pm - contact Marilyn to book your place - 01761472249
We are also starting our Christmas hamper appeal again. These hampers normally contain a Christmas cake, some gifts, and nice 'luxury' food items. They are not meant as Christmas food parcels, they are all the extras that people may go without, but are the things that make things special. We give these out through the schools to all their families who are on ‘Pupil Premium’.
Every year we received really fantastic feedback of what a blessing these hampers were to people.
Each hamper will cost around £30 to assemble. If you want to give directly the details are:
A/C name: PCC of Paulton - Sort Code: 60-14-24 - A/C Number: 71428127
Use the reference: Hampers
After that, the full list of Christmas events to count down are:
Christmas Dates 2025
27th Nov Thursday 4pm - Benefice schools Carols service
29th Nov Saturday 12noon onwards - Paulton Christmas Lights switch on
10th Dec Wednesday 7pm - Farrington Carols in the pub
15th Dec 7pm Hallatrow Carols
16th Dec Tuesday 9am - FG toddlers Christmas
16th Dec Tuesday 10am - Paulton Christmas coffee morning
19th Dec Friday 10am - Paulton Toddler group Christmas party
19th Dec Friday 6pm - Paulton Christingle
20th Dec Saturday 12noon - Paulton Christmas Messy Church
21nd Dec Sunday 6pm - Paulton carols by candlelight
21nd Dec Sunday 6pm - High Littleton carols
22nd Dec Sunday 2pm - Carols at Bloomfield
23rd Dec Monday 3pm - Paulton Nativity
24th Dec Tuesday 3pm - Farrington Christingle
24th Dec Tuesday 4.30pm - High Littleton Christingle
24th Dec Tuesday 11.30pm - Midnight service Farrington
25th. Wednesday 11am - Paulton Christmas day
28th Sunday - benefice service
Bless you and see you soon,
Adam
If you want to continue tracking with some of the sermon ideas as they develop I have included some more links to useful content that can help to keep us on the same 'wavelength'. This week , a video from Open Doors about ministry in North Korea:
John Stott on The Biblical Basis of Evangelism at the First Lausanne Congress
A brief history of Bible translation
“God’s overwhelming and unconditional love for every single human being”
Discipleship: A life of learning
How Christian Nationalism Threatens Democracy
Jeremiah 23.1-6, Colossians 1.11-20, and Luke 23.33-43
See all below for all the other details of our groups and upcoming events.
Next Sunday we will meet at 9.30am in High Littleton and Farrington and 11am in Paulton.
If you want to access resources in the meantime, we have a wealth of materials available.
You can use the YouTube link to get yourself tuned up and ready to sing with us on Sunday.
If you don't feel able to attend in person, we will continue to provide online worship options as well. The link to Twitch is at the bottom of this email.
COMING UP...
Knit and Natter meet in the back room of Paulton church on the first Wednesday of each month from 2 to 4pm. The next meeting is on Wednesday 3 rd December 2025.
Everyone is welcome to come along and join the group, enjoy a cup of tea or coffee and a cake and have a good natter!
TGIF is on every Friday and Monday from 10am to 11.30am for coffee, cake, playtime and good chatting - you can find the latest details on Facebook here. (Not during the school holidays)
Morning prayer is taking place at 9.30am Wednesday in Paulton and Thursday in High Littleton. It begins with 15 minutes of quiet reflection, followed by Common Worship morning prayer.
The Church of England have updated their Morning Prayer APP. You can now listen to morning prayer from the app. I would encourage you all to take this up as a daily practice, it is a great way to grow a pattern of prayer and learn the rhythm of responses each day.
You can download the app here: https://www.chpublishing.co.uk/apps/daily-prayer
view the live service and re-watch previous services here: https://www.twitch.tv/holytrinitychurchpaulton
Every blessing to you all.
Adam
