Parish Magazine for The Benefice of Lower Beeding and Cowfold
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Take care of yourselves and stay safe this Christmas.
December 2020
For the Benefice Readings & Worship Services December 2020 December 6th - 2nd Sunday of Advent Isaiah 40: 1-11. Psalm 85: 1-2, 8-13. 2 Peter 3: 8-15. Mark 1: 1-8. December 13th - 3rd Sunday of Advent Isiah 61: 1-4, 8-11. Psalm 126. 1 Thessalonians 5: 16-24. John 1: 6-8, 19-28. December 20th – 4th Sunday of Advent 2 Samuel 7: 1-11, 16. Psalm 89: 1-4, 19-26. Romans 16: 25-27. Luke 1: 26-38. December 27th _ 1st Sunday of Christmas Isiah 61: 10- 62: 3. Psalm 148. St. Peter’s Church Cowfold Galatians 4: 4-7. Luke 2: 15-21. .
From the Registers
Times of services – Sundays Lower Beeding St. Peter’s, Cowfold Eucharist: 8.30 at St. Johns St Peters has an 8 o'clock on the 2nd, 3rd and 5th Sunday
Eucharist: 10.00 at Holy Trinity SUBJECT TO THE LOCKDOWN ENDING ON 2ND DECEMBER, the normal non- Christmas services at St. Peter's, Cowfold, should be 6th Dec: 8am BCP Holy Communion, 10am Common Worship Eucharist 13th Dec: 10am Short & Sweet 20th Dec: 8am BCP Holy Communion, 11.15am Common Worship Eucharist 27th Dec: 10am Short & Sweet.
Please note that from December the 8am services move to 1st and 3rd Sundays ( from 2nd and 3rd Sundays) to give a more even spacing. 1
CONTENTS
Welcome to the December 2020 Christmas Services 8 edition of the Parish Magazine for the St. Peter’s Raffle 10 Benefice. Christmas Advent Trial 12 Regulars We come to the end of the most unexpected year I can call to mind. We Sunday Worship & 1 must remember the 50,000+ lives that Readings have been lost in the last 12 months. From the Vicar 4 News and Views-St John’s 6 This is a Christmas like no other that any of us can recall. At the time of writing, we Tuesday Club 11 are in a second full lockdown and LBA 14 whether we can spend Christmas with Parish Council 16 our families and friends is still uncertain. LBHS 20
Gardeners’ World 21 However, Lower Beeding are organising Holy Trinity CofE Primary 22 an Advent Trail (p.12) which sounds Great Britons 24 exciting and St. Peter’s Raffle has gone Weather Report 26 on line (p.10) Children’s Page 28 st 1 Cowfold Scout Group 30 Kay Croll asks us not to forget the Take a Break 32 children of the Diocese. We are collecting Family Support Work 34 for Family Support Work again on Poetry Cornered 36 Sunday December 13th (FSW pages 34- !st Lower Beeding Guides 38 35). Please help if you can. Sussex Wildlife Trust 40 Pastoral Arrangements 41 Wishing everyone a Happy Christmas Parish Directory 42/3 and I would like to thank the contributors and advertisers for all their support this year.
Copy date for next magazine- Lesley Hendy Monday 14th December Acting Editor [email protected] Submissions should be sent to Please stay safe. [email protected]
The views and opinions within this publication are not necessarily those of the editor or the Parochial Church Councils’ of the Benefice.
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