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The Beatitudes

Pentecost at St Paul's

At a well attended Pentecost service, St Paul's welcomed the gift of The Holy Spirit in a reflective manner and The Ven. Bob Fitzharris celebrated Holy Communion. The service, whilst following Common Worship, included the use of multi-media presentations. One of which was a visual presentation of the Beatitudes sung by Russian Monks. The service concluded with "Marching in the Light of God". A number of St Paul's people said afterwards that they had felt that this Pentecost was special.

Easter at St Paul's

The Wheatley Churches Together Lent course were well attended, especially the ones held at lunch time. The Easter celebrations at St Paul's saw, once again, the congregation reflect on the death and resurrection of our Saviour.

Following on from the Easter celebrations, on Sunday,13th April St Paul's held their usual breakfast service where the guest speaker, Captain Mick McTighe took as his theme "In Christ alone, our hope is found". The service revolved around the song and Mick spoke about the work The Church Army is doing by talking about and showing people the love of God and giving the message of hope "In Christ alone"

Christmas at St Paul's

The people of St Paul's spent a quiet Christmas at the end 2007. Attendance was lower than usual but those that came to the services found them all contemplative and moving.

St Paul's people were particularly saddened to hear about the sudden death of one of their friends. Ted was well liked, respected and always had a kind word for everyone. He will be sadly missed, but St Paul's people know he is now with the Saints in Heaven.

St Paul's shoe box appeal

St Paul's has now filled over 60 shoe boxes for the yearly Operation Christmas Child organised by Samaritan's Purse International Relief. Each year the people of St Paul's collect items, such as toiletries, stationery, hats and gloves, soft toys etc., to add to the shoe boxes for children who are in areas of poverty throughout the world. These are then collected and distributed. By doing this, the people of St Paul feel they are helping to show the love of Jesus in a tangible and practical way.

"Operation Christmas Child is the world's largest children's Christmas project. In 2006 we sent 1.24 million shoe boxes from the UK to children in hospitals, orphanages, internally Displaced Persons camps, homeless shelters and impoverished neighbourhoods." Quote from the publicity of Samaritan's Purse.

The total number of shoe boxes filled and sent was 63. St Paul's people are very pleased with this effort.

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