Spirit matters
Contemplate. Journey. Be still. News and experiences from local churches in Saltburn.
Verse of the day:
Emmanuel Church Spirit Matters:
Every Sunday we meet at 9am and 10am. (10am coffee time - 10.30 worship) Come and meet with God and us!
Have you listened to This Little Light?
Guiness World Record Attempt...
...for Carol Singing comes to Saltburn… On Sunday 18th December at 6.30pm at Emmanuel Church you have the chance to take part in a Guinness World Record attempt for the largest number of people singing carols together across multiple locations. During ‘Carols by Candlelight’ we shall sing a selection of the most well known and well loved carols including Silent Night, O Come all Ye Faithful, and O Little Town of Bethlehem. All you have to do is come along and break into song. And after all the singing stay and enjoy a mince pie and a glass of mulled wine. Furthermore, in this season of goodwill, during the evening there will be a collection for the homeless charity ‘Crisis’.
Shoe Shine Special
Station Portico, Saturday 10th December,10am—2pm. Please bring along your shoes to be polished,for just 50p a pair. All funds raised will go to support the work of ‘Shoes for Ethiopia’, where 50p is the cost of a pair of shoes.
Christmas Greetings
‘"Lead on!" said Scrooge. "Lead on! The night is waning fast, and it is precious time to me, I know. Lead on, Spirit!"’ So says one of the most famous of Christmas characters, from Charles Dickens novella A Christmas Carol. In this 150th anniversary year for Saltburn, a town born in the Victorian era, it would do us the world of good this Christmastime to reflect on the message of one of Victorian Britain’s most celebrated Christmas stories.
A Christmas Carol, published 18 years before the first train arrived in Saltburn, has a powerful contemporary message, as in our own day we witness the daily struggles of global financial and economic systems, on-going criticisms of bankers and bonuses, rising unemployment and the deserving poor struggling to make ends meet. Although many people feel largely powerless in the face of such huge problems, they are at the same time seeking ways forward, trying to find another direction, or searching for different answers. The ‘Occupy’ movement if nothing else is a symbol of this.
But let us return to Scrooge. What does he represent for us today? I would suggest that in Scrooge we find the miracle of hope and joy being born, where before there had been the barren wastes of selfishness and miserable greed. He was for all intents and purposes beyond rescue as Dickens describes, “External heat and cold had little influence on Scrooge. No warmth could warm, no wintry weather chill him. No wind that blew was bitterer than he, no falling snow was more intent upon its purpose, no pelting rain less open to entreaty.” But, hope and help came for Scrooge (and therefore to all connected to him) by the supernatural intervention of Jacob Marley and the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet to Come. They opened his eyes, his mind and his heart, and Scrooge became a changed man, or perhaps he became the man he always had it in him to be. At the end of the story Scrooge’s true life was just beginning.
Christmas, and the story of the Nativity of Jesus Christ, offers us the same opportunity to have our eyes, minds and hearts opened – to be transformed, to see our lives and the world differently.
This year here in Saltburn we have been on a fascinating journey into our past, and making our mark in the present. But what would the ‘Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come’ have us see?
And so this Christmastime may you be richly blessed among family and friends; and as you sit down for Christmas dinner may these words pass through you hearts and minds: ‘Bless, O God, this food. And if there be any one who is hungry or thirsty walking outside, send them in to us that we may share it with them as you share yourself with us.’
May you have a very Happy and Joyful Christmas, and every blessing to you all from the Rev’d Adam Reed.
Saltburn Methodist Church :
The Church is at the corner of Milton
Street and Diamond Street, not far from the Station and the
Bus Stop, in Station Street. We welcome any visitors to Saltburn to our Sunday services at 10.45 am and
to our Wednesday morning service at 10.00 am. There are coffee mornings on Monday and Saturdays to which
all are welcome. The church is also open to anyone for prayer and quiet contemplation, tea/coffee or
just a friendly chat Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. The Big Breakfast followed by all-age worship
is normally the last Sunday of every month. Soup & Bun Lunch,12.30 - 1.30pm. A light lunch of homemade
soup and roll, cake and tea or coffee for only £2.50, currently the first Tuesday of every month.
In order to keep in touch with members who are ill, or absent, as well as communicating with present members,
the Church has a magazine, published every second month. Its name is The Link.
Saltburn Evangelical Church :
Leven Street. Worship Services each Sunday 10.30am and 6.30pm.
Ladies Fellowship 1st and 3rd Mondays at 2.00pm.
A warm welcome to everyone. Just turn up or telephone 01287 622329
An independent Evangelical Church - a community of ordinary people - "Christ centered ministry on the foundation of the Scriptures."
The Lighthouse Full Gospel Church :
A small but friendly church with lively worship and bible-based teaching.
The services are at 10:30 on Sundays at Toc H Coach House, Albion Terrace and the Bible Studies in homes at 7:30 on Wednesdays.
All are welcome. 01287 624314
You will get a warm welcome from all these churches in Saltburn:
Saltburn Methodist Church (10.00am Big Breakfast, 10.45 worship)
Our Lady of Lourdes (11.00am)
Emmanuel Church (9am and 10.30am)
Evangelical Church(10.30am and 6.30pm.)
Lighthouse Fellowship (10.30am)
Emmanuel Church now has it's very own website: www.saltburnparishchurch.co.uk
Churches Together in Saltburn
invite you to join them in their Christmas Worship
Sunday 11th December 2011
3.00 pm Christingle Service Parish Church. In aid of The Children’s Society
Sunday 18th December 2011
10.00 am Nativity Service Parish Church
10.30 am Carol Service Lighthouse Church, Led by Mr Reg Heasley
6.30 pm Carols by Candlelight Parish Church (United Service)
Christmas Eve: Saturday 24th December 2011
5.00 pm Crib Service Parish Church
5.30 pm Carols Catholic Church
6.00 pm Holy Mass Catholic Church
11.15 pm Communion Service Methodist Church
11.30 pm Holy Communion Parish Church
Christmas Day: Sunday 25th December 2011
10.00 am Morning Service Methodist Church
10.00 am Family Communion Parish Church
10.30 am Holy Mass Catholic Church
Church locations and contacts
Parish Church of Emmanuel, Windsor Road, 01287 622007
Parish Church Office, Macnay Street, Please note the new number is 0752 767 1437
Methodist Church, Milton Street, 01287 623245
Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Church, Milton Street, 01287 623619
St Anthony's RC Church High Street, Brotton, 01287 623619
Lighthouse Full Gospel Church, Toc H Coach House, Albion Terrace, 01287 624314
Saltburn Evangelical Church, Leven Street, 01287 622329
Saltburn Spiritualist Church meets 7.00pm every Saturday at the Community Hall for divine worship and Monday's at 6.30pm for Healing followed by Open Circle at 7.00pm.
The Word for Today
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“5 minutes a day”
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