Mince pies and festive treats were washed down with tea and coffee afterwards in the school room. Merry Christmas to you all.
Our service of candlelit carols was led by Rev Nick Jones and supported by the choir who sang a new version of "Little Donkey" for the congregation as their finale. Lessons and carols were sung and we thank all those who read so ably for us. This year we had new LED flicker candles but still maintained tradition with proper burning candles on the side tables. We even had a special playlet where the Angels in Heaven discussed the coming of Jesus and decided to descend and view proceedings. Mince pies and festive treats were washed down with tea and coffee afterwards in the school room. Merry Christmas to you all. Our traditional Nativity display has now gone up for all to see including the passing traffic. The church has also been decorated ready for the Christmas services - please see our home page for times and dates A good crowd attended this morning raising £121 for the Salvation Army. Our hosts Evelyn, Pauline and Phil and there were lots of raffle prizes and homemade cake and biscuits to enjoy.
45 people enjoyed themselves listening to Nick crooning to them. The Church rocked to a variety of music and we had fun. £330 was made for Church funds. We are grateful to Rev. Nick for giving up his time and to Chris & Vincent, Sue & Malcolm, Val & Colin for organising the refreshments.
We have been most fortunate to be gifted the former Coleshill Methodist church chairs to replace our green 1970 chapel chairs. These give a much improved comfort level with the padded upholstery and have made the main church a much brighter environment. We now have a range of three chairs which form the lifespan of the building since 1914. Find out a little more and scroll down, in our history section here. Our thanks to Coleshill for allowing these chairs to continue their proper use of worship.
For 2023 we have sent off 18 shoe boxes to Link to Hope. Gideon took them to our area organisers in Erdington. They will be picked up from there and delivered to children and adults in Ukraine or nearby countries.
Many thanks to those who filled a box. Coffee morning today for Greenfingers, £110 was made. A few more there than the last couple of months. Lovely refreshments including Fiona’s famous meringues. Fiona decorated the tables for Remembrance,with red poppies she had crocheted. They looked great and were sold afterwards contributing further to the total of £121.
The new chapel chairs look very smart. Keith has now taken up residence in our business facilities and has taken the time to introduce himself. Some of you may have seen me around already and wondered what on earth all the comings and goings were. Well, I can assure you that the lead on the church roof is still intact and it’s just me settling in to my new home ( or office at least ). I’m Keith Brown and run a tiny video production company called Red Button Editing Ltd that supplies editing services to an array of broadcasters such as BBC, Channel 5 and Channel 4, producing a number of programmes you may have seen and probably quite a few you haven’t!
I’d been unhappy with my old office provider for some time ( I never liked working from home or living at work as I prefer to call it ) so when I saw an advert in the Coleshill Post offering an office space, everything fell into place, especially as I live in Water Orton and the commute is only about 10 minutes. I spent most of my formative years in Coleshill, before being lured away by the bright lights of Birmingham for work but returned to this part of Warwickshire 20 years ago, so I know the area well and feel as if I’ve tapped into the community again. I’d like to thank Nick for dealing with the church hierarchy and Jane and Jill for making me feel welcome and making the transition so painless. I’ve also met some of the other church members whilst moving in and they too have been very friendly and welcoming – it seems like the Methodist way. Finally, I’ve had high speed full fibre broadband installed as it’s an essential element of my operation. I have to connect to various production facilities around the country and stream the high definition rushes to be then edited and streamed back. The good news is that the broadband is lightning fast and as there is such a good connection and is more than ample for my needs, it only seems fair to share it with any tech-savvy church members and the WiFi details are available in the kitchen – feel free to log on. Please also feel free to pop in and introduce yourselves as I’m always looking for an excuse to put the kettle on and avoid doing any work. Should you need to get in touch please email: [email protected] Not a bad turnout for today’s coffee morning, although we can always accommodate more people. We managed to raise £93 for Arthritis UK. Everyone enjoyed Elizabeth’s homemade scones with jam and cream. Thanks to Lewis for his help with the washing up.
The harvest supper was a success with quizmaster Vince once again showing why his quizzes are the best. Our thanks goes to Vince, Christine, Malcolm, Sue, Colin and Valerie for their organisation and service for the Harvest supper as well as the super quizmaster Vince wowing us with a colour picture round and several other hard general knowledge themed rounds. Who knew who was Time Magazine featured lady of the year in 1952 amongst other items.
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