The Church Of The Holy Rood      --      Wool, Dorset, U.K.

Sat.2^nd                 Wedding of Benjamin Potts and Jennifer Hynes

SUNDAY 3rd        1^st SUNDAY of ADVENT

                             8.00am Holy Communion (BCP)

                             10.00am Parish Communion

                             18.30 Advent Carol Service

Wed. 6^th                10.00am Holy Communion

SUNDAY 10^th      2^nd SUNDAY of ADVENT    

                             8.00am Holy Communion (BCP)

                            10.00am Parish Communion

                             4.00pm Evening Prayer

Wed. 13^th              10.00am Holy Communion

SUNDAY 17^th      3^rd SUNDAY of ADVENT

8.00am Holy Communion (BCP)

                             10.00am Parish Communion

                             18.30 Carol Service

Tues. 19^th                17.00 Christingle Service

Wed. 20^th             10.00am   Holy Communion (BCP)

SUNDAY 24^th      4^th SUNDAY of ADVENT (CHRISTMAS EVE)

8.00am     Holy Communion (BCP)

                             11.30pm   Midnight Communion

                                               (First Communion of Christmas)

MONDAY 25^th       CHRISTMAS DAY

                             10.00am Holy Communion

Wed. 27^th             10.00am Holy Communion

SUNDAY 31^st       1^st SUNDAY of CHRISTMAS

                             8.00am Holy Communion (BCP)

                             10.00am Morning Prayer

                             4.00pm Evening Prayer

 Readings in December

3^rd December

1^st of Advent

Jer.33. 14-16

1 Thess. 3. 9-end

Luke 21. 34-36

The gathered hopes of generations remind us to get ourselves ready, so that Christ’s return will be a day of excitement and great joy.

10^th December

2^nd of Advent

Mal. 3.1-4

Phil. 1. 3-11

Luke 3.1-6

It had been prophesied that there would be a messenger to prepare the way for the coming of the Messiah. Now John the Baptist appears with his urgent message of repentance.

17^th December

3^rd of Advent

Zeph. 3. 14-end

Phil. 4.4-7

Luke 3. 7-18

Our period of preparation shifts from repentance and forgiveness to the freed exhilaration of hope. As the momentous truth of God’s immanence begins to dawn on us.

24^th December

4^th of Advent / Christmas Eve

Isa. 52. 7-10

Heb.1. 1-12

John 1. 1-14

This is a great hymn to the Word of God, the source of all life, whose coming among us makes us children of God.

25^th December

Christmas Day

Isa. 9. 2-7

Titus 3. 4-7

Luke 2. 1-14

Emmanuel- ‘God with us’- is born at Bethlehem into the human family. Now we will be able to understand, in human terms, what God is really like.

31^st December

1^st of Christmas

1 Sam. 2. 18-20

Col. 3. 12-17

Luke 2.41-end

Jesus’ perception and understanding of his purpose and work begins to take shape throughout his childhood.

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