St Catherine's

Sunday Morning Service – 29th November

If you didn’t manage to join us on-line for our ‘At Home’ Sunday Morning Service for 29^th November, you can watch it below …

All our videos can be found here

Cat’s Cartoon Club for Christmas

A reminder that our our first ever Cat’s Cartoon Club is Saturday December 5th at 10am.

We’ll be thinking about ‘The Muppet Christmas Carol’ (we suggest watching the film before watching this video). You may want to download and print this PDF file which will help you join in with our activity: https://drive.google.com/…/1ZPpt6UH91vFWv5K4SKh…/view

And just to be clear you don’t need to be a cat to join in

Sunday Services in December

As we prepare to leave national lockdown and enter Tier 2 restrictions, we have reviewed what activities can resume.

We are pleased to announce that the Church will be open again on Sunday 6^th for a Communion Service at 10:00 am.

It will be wonderful to worship together again in person.

Please remember to wear a face mask. Strict social distancing is in place, and COVID-19 guidelines have been implemented.

Government advice is that 70+ be encouraged to stay at home – but it is the individual decision as to whether you attend.

We are currently not planning to hold a public service in the church building on Sunday December 27^th.

Café Siena in December

With the current Tier 2 Coronavirus restrictions, we have decided that the café will sadly remain closed during December. However we will be continuing with our Friday meal delivery service.

If you know of an elderly person who might like a freshly cooked lunch please let us know via the usual channels. The menus are:

Fri 4^th – Potato topped chicken pie, scone with butter and jam
Fri 11^th – Lasagne, mini cheesecake
Fri 18^th – Chicken and ham pie, Christmas cake

£5 per meal

Advent Jesse Tree

We’ll be using a Jesse Tree to help us to explore Advent this year.

What is a Jesse Tree?

A Jesse Tree is a way of preparing for Advent by journeying through the stories on Jesus’s family tree. Each day of Advent, we’ll read a Bible story about someone on Jesus’s family tree and hang an ornament symbolizing the story on your Jesse Tree. As you decorate your tree, you’ll see how God prepared for Jesus to be born through many generations.

Where does the Jesse Tree come from?

The Jesse Tree tradition is rooted in Isaiah 11:1: “A shoot shall come out from the stump of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of his roots.” Jesse was the father of David, Israel’s greatest king. And Jesus is descended from the line of David. He is the branch God promised would grow from Jesse’s family tree. Each symbol represents a story from within this family tree and a step toward the birth of Jesus.

How do I join in ?

We’ll be posting a Jesse Tree video every morning of Advent on our Facebook page, either as part of Morning Worship (10am on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays) or as a small stand-alone video (9am on Sundays, Wednesdays and Saturdays).

To join in, you’ll need your own small tree upon which to hang your decorations.

Download your Jesse Tree ornaments here.

Download our Advent Morning Worship Service Leaflet here.

To find more Jesse Tree material, click here.