What Gifts We Bring

Today's service commences with a celebration of the gifts and talents of our Sunday Club children - in music, song, verse as well as telling some Christmas jokes. This has been recorded as a separate podcast.

In today's Address, Rob reminds us of the people within our Church who have laboured to made it happen. With the festivities of Christmas well and truly upon us, Rob uses the symbolism of lighting "blue" candles, to remind us of people who are struggling with sadness and depression this Christmas and to "hold them in love and light". Rob reminds us of the "heritage gifts" of members past and the gifts - "emotional labour" not gift-wrapped in ribbons and bows, often unseen and unheralded - of people whose gifts sustain our church and the wider community, today.
And most evocatively of all, Rob reminds us of the unspoken pain and emotional labour of Mary in her special gift to humanity: in giving birth to her baby, Jesus and Jesus' gift of unconditional, self-giving Love. Listen on!