The Parish of Christ Church, Waltham Cross

Sunday 20th December 2020

Advent IV
Today at Christ Church
9.15 am Parish Eucharist
4.00 pm Lessons and Carols (Zoom)

Eucharist this Sunday (9.15 am) and Wednesday (10.15am) will be

livestreamed to our Facebook page

Next Week at Christ Church

9.15 am Parish Eucharist

Our vision is to be a church that is welcoming, inclusive and vibrant

and which celebrates its diversity;
a church which is growing in faith and fellowship, committed to
sharing the Gospel with the community we serve

This week at Christ Church

Today in the Anglican Communion we pray for the Church of the
Province of South East Asia

Please keep in your prayers this week:

Those who are sick, the recently departed, and all who mourn

Monday 21st December

We pray for those who are chaplains in secular settings
8.30 am Morning Prayer
5.00 pm Evening Prayer
Tuesday 22nd December
We pray for St Mary’s School
8.30 am Cheshunt Team Ministry Virtual Morning Prayer
5.00 pm Evening Prayer

Wednesday 23rd December

We pray for all who live in Hedworth Avenue
8.30 am Morning Prayer
10.15 am Eucharist
5.00 pm Evening Prayer

Thursday CHRISTMAS EVE

We pray for our Team Churches as we gather to celebrate the Incarnation
8.30 am Morning Prayer
4.00 pm Nativity Service
11.30 pm Midnight Mass

Friday CHRISTMAS DAY

We pray for those who are unable to celebrate Christmas as they would like
10.00 am Festival Eucharist

Saturday St STEPHEN’S DAY

We pray for those who have been martyred for their faith

Diary dates and notices.

• As we are in tier 4, please do not congregate inside or outside church
at any time.
• Virtual Lessons and Carols: Today at 4 pm on zoom ID from the Vicar
• Lucky Draw: Drawn once a month, winner gets
50% of the pot. Tickets £1 each. You are unable
to buy from Shirley in person but you can pay
online (or get the money to us somehow) and then
let her know if you would like tickets and she will
 put them aside for you. The next draw will be on 27th December
• Christmas Hamper: Thanks to Morrison’s generosity and Sheila’s
ingenuity we are raffling a Christmas Hamper packed with goodies.
Tickets £1 each, and as with the Lucky Draw, after you have paid,
contact the Vicar. Raffle will be drawn on Christmas Eve.
• You can pay for events online, by text or by card reader, or to our bank
account. Just let us know what it’s for! If you Gift Aid to Christ Church
normally, please tell Jill so she can claim it back
• Congregational Christmas Card: We normally have one at the back of
church for people to sign in lieu of sending lots of cards. However, we
can’t do that this year, so it’s going on our Facebook page. You can put
your greetings on the page or put them in the box
by the piano and we will upload them. Donations
this year are going to the Food Bank, please pay in
person or online.
• Christmas Services: Booking is now open for our Christmas services.
Book in with the stewards when you come into church or tell Revd
Teresa
• No service on Wednesday 30th December (Revd Teresa is on leave that
week). Normal services resume from the 27th.

FINANCE UPDATE

Parish share outstanding at 31st Dec £5283

Projected shortfall £ 150

Thank you for your generosity. If you would have

attended a fundraising event in December please
consider including what you would have spent there in
your giving, or make a donation. Every little helps!
Pay by text: 2020CHURCH5 to 70085 (to donate eg £5),
Bank transfer: 404521 00445282
Or by QR code →
This is our QR code for
donations. Take a picture
on your phone
If you would like more information about anything to
do with Christ Church, please contact
Reverend Teresa (Anglican Vicar): vicarccwc@gmail.com
01992 640338/07545 462189,
Reverend Vanessa (Anglican Curate): curateccwc@gmail.com
07494 906930/ 01992 410949,
Revd Debbie (Methodist Minister)
debbie.hodgson@methodist.org.uk
01992 462881,
see our Facebook page,
https://www.facebook.com/christchurchlep/
or our website at christchurchwx.com