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Christian Aid prayers: Praying through Lent with Christian Aid
Christian Aid prayers: Praying through Lent with Christian Aid
Credit: Armstrong Too/Christian Aid
During Lent we will be using some material from Christian Aid which you can find at: https://www.christianaid.org.uk/appeals/key-appeals/lent-easter-appeal. This week the theme is around the prophet Amos and the passage is: 5 v11 and 21-24. The prayer associated with this is:
God of justice and righteousness, who spoke through the prophet Amos, Help us to speak truth to power. Help us to attend to and understand inequality in our community. Lift up the voices of those excluded from power and give us ears to hear them. Challenge us to become prophetic speakers in your name and to empower others to do so. Inspire us with your Spirit that we may work together for a more just world. In Jesus name. Amen
Carols in the Village Garden
Carols in the Village Garden
There are many Christmas traditions which have become as much a part of the seasonal celebration as Santa Claus and his elves ….. switching on the Christmas lights, mulled wine, mince pies and Christmas Carols in the Village Garden. Father James McDonald invited one and all to come together for another Christmas tradition, namely a disparate band of singers wassailing and thankfully accompanied by players from the Hemel Hempstead Band and Dallings providing mince pies and mulled wine for a small donation.
The wonderful tunes and words of Christmas Carols are hard wired into all of us at this time of year, and there is nothing more uplifting than hearing them resonate with friends and family throughout December. They are a particularly welcome antidote to the shopping and partying that also precedes Christmas. Last Christmas (bet you thought it would be another 11 months before you heard those words), carolers were particularly pleased to welcome the Revd. Matt Powell, the new minister at Christ Church Baptist Church to add his contribution to the evening. There were readings, prayers and blessings to remind us of all of the true message and meaning of Christmas.
A collection was held to raise funds for Christian Aid’s Christmas appeal ‘No crib for a bed’, focusing on the crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) where many thousands have had to leave their homes to travel to very basic camps to escape the fighting. We are delighted to say that £323 was raised for those in the DRC and others in similar situations.
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