Gift Service

This morning was our Gift Service at St Paul's. As in previous years we have been in contact with some local refuge's and found 68 children who will be in their care over Christmas. Members of the congregation were given the gender and age of these children and brought them a Christmas present which we collected in this morning. The Gifts will be distributed this week so that each child will have something to open on Christmas morning.

We Wish You a Merry Christmas

At the invitation of Sainsbury’s, Oadby, near Leicester, a group from St Paul’s sang Christmas Carols to the shoppers for an hour this morning (14 December 2019). We sang most of the well-known Christian carols and also added “We Wish You a Merry Christmas” at the end.

To illustrate our best wishes for our local citizens we handed out sweets as well (in the case of children, only with their parents’ permission). At the height of the secular Christmas sales season it was a good opportunity to remind people of the spiritual meaning of Christmas. People seemed to appreciate it

School Visit

Today we welcomed Foundation Stage from Brookside Primary School to St Paul's. They had all made decoration that they hung on our tree. They also had a look around church, lit the advent candles, explored advent calendars and the nativity scene as well as listening to the Christmas story.

Jennie Frith

Last Friday a packed St Paul's said farewell to Jennie, one of the founder members of St Paul's and a leader of Coffee Pot. Jennie was a well known and loved character and will be sadly missed.

On Saturday we hosted a Hustings event at St Paul's run by Churches Together in Oadby. All 5 candidates for our constituency were present and had equal opportunity to speak. About 100 people from the local community gathered to hear them answer a huge variety of questions that were emailed in in advance.
Today the Barnabas Centre is a Polling Station and I encourage everyone to vote.
Here is a prayer the Church of England has written for the General Election.

God of grace and truth,Send your Spirit to guide usas we discover your will for our country.Help us to discuss the issues before us
with courtesy, truth and mutual respect,and grant that all who stand for parliamentwill seek to serve the common good,through him who came not to be served but to serve,Jesus Christ our Lord.  Amen

Alpha 2019 Testimonies

We shared this video of testimonies from our recent Alpha course in church this morning.

Nativity Story Birth to Cross Line Drawing

Fun@4 Advent

Last Sunday we held one of our Messy style Churches, Fun@4 when we explored the theme of Advent. We had one of our biggest attendances! We made advent wreaths, played games and sung songs. We thought about waiting for things and prayed together in our family groups for the light of Jesus to shine in different areas.

Hustings

Churches Together in Oadby is to host a Hustings Meeting on Saturday 7th December at 2pm. We will be hosting this at St Paul's.
If you wish to put forward a question for our General Election candidates to answer please email them in advance to oadbyhustings@gmail.com

Intercultural Pioneer Minister

We are looking to recruit and Intercultural Pioneer Minister for St Paul's! For more information click here to go to the Diocesan Website.