Christmas 2011
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JESUS THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD
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Welcome to PBC Christmas '11 Website.
Christmas 2011 Message from Rev. Neil Brighton:
This Christmas I've been particularly struck by the sheer scale of what happened at Jesus' birth. Behind the angels, shepherds, wise men and stables the real importance of the event itself is staggering. In Jesus, God comes to us in human form.
The God who is wise and holy, the God who brings us freedom and hope, the God who reveals and restores, the God who is with us. All of this, born into our world, as a baby!
Christmas is a time for real celebration. Yet it is not a wonderful time for everyone. For some 2011 has been a year which includes bereavement, redundancy or other loss. Christmas is not a wonderful time of year when you are faced with sickness or death, when your finances are stretched beyond breaking point, when your relationships are under strain or when 2012 looks as if it will be hard as well.
So it is helpful to remember that the Christmas story is not just a happy one. A teenage bride with a child which is not her husband's, born in far from ideal surroundings, forced to live as refugees. The Christmas story is of how God came to bring light and peace to the world but whose self-giving mercy was rejected.
Yet Christmas reminds us that behind the tinsel and the wrapping something vitally important is happening. God is coming to us and inviting us to share life with him; enabling us to become to the people we were made to be. God coming to us as a baby, moving into our world to change it through the power of love, faith and hope.
Have a restful, joyful, Christ focussed Christmas; celebrating the coming of Jesus.
Neil
Happy Christmas
What's on over Christmas at PBC ?
Sunday 18 Dec
10:30am MORNING WORSHIP
Ready for Christmas
Family Carol Service including drama
4pm CAROL SERVICE
followed by seasonal refreshmentsThursday 22 Dec
10am – Noon Christmas Extravaganza.
A fun packed morning for Primary School children (5-11 years) with singing, dancing, games, drama and stories. Admission £2
Saturday 24 Dec
4pm-5pm Christingle Service – all welcome
11:15pm Christmas Eve CommunionSunday 25 Dec
10:30am-11:15am CHRISTMAS DAY
A Christmas celebration for all the family
Led by: Rev. Neil Brighton
Preacher: Rev. Ruth Moriarty
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Poynton Community Celebrations
Christmas Fest
