Seasons – St Philip's and St James'

Season of Advent 2022:

Advent is the church’s ‘New Year’. It begins four Sundays before Christmas and is a time of preparation, a bit like the season of Lent. Advent means ‘coming’, and in this season we remember God’s coming into our world in the person of Jesus, and prepare our hearts to welcome him once more. Advent is also a time of self-examination – a time to review our lives in the light of future judgement. This need not be a fearful thought, but a joyful one: God’s judgement means justice, and the putting of wrongs to right. For those Jesus was most vocal about – the poor, the oppressed, the brokenhearted – Advent is particularly good news.

Join us as we journey through Advent and into the Christmas season, and check out our Christmas Services

Sunday 27^th November: Advent Sunday Communion

Sunday 4^th December: Communion Advent 2

Sunday 11^th December: Communion Advent 3 and AGM after the service.

Saturday 17^th December 10.30-12 noon: preparing Christingles in the Sitting Room

Sunday 18^th December: 11am Christingle Communion Service

Christmas Eve: 5-6pm Carols, Wine and mince pies in the Hall

Christmas Day: 11am Christmas Communion Service

Season of Remembrance 2022:

Join us at St James Goldenacre for Services that help us remember:

Sunday 30^th October at 11am – All Saints Day Communion Service – a chance to remember in prayer those who lived before us, inspired us, and contributed to the life of church and society. Coffee in the hall afterwards

Wednesday 2^nd November at 10.30am – All Souls Day informal Service – 30 minutes of meditation, prayers and lighting of candles for loved ones.

Sunday 13^th November at 10.55am – Remembrance Sunday Communion Service – including 2 minutes silence at 11am. Coffe

e in the hall afterwards.

In September we observed the season of Creationtide, which runs from the start of September up to Harvest.

What is the Season of Creation?

The Faith and Order Board and College of Bishops have approved the introduction of a Season of Creation to our liturgical calendar. This reflects the commitment of our Church to responding appropriately to the global environmental and climate crisis, which has drawn attention to what has perhaps become a neglected aspect of our faith: that God created the world, that it is good, and that we, as human beings created in God’s image, have a particular responsibility for the care of God’s creation. It is right that this be reflected in our worship.

The Season of Creation will run from the first Sunday of September for four weeks, concluding with Thanksgiving for Harvest on the fifth Sunday.

https://www.scotland.anglican.org/who-we-are/publications/liturgies/season-of-creation-worship-material-for-experimental-use/

We began the season thinking about Ten Commandments for Creationtide