Christmas with our grand-children


More Christmas pictures were uploaded to flickr on 30 Dec 2008 at

http://www.flickr.com/photos/80674038@N00/

Christmas Morning at churchMore pictures of this event at

http://www.flickr.com/photos/80674038@N00/

(see pictures uploaded on 26 December 2008)

Nepal First Christmas

News from The Bible Society: For the first time Christmas 2008 will be a public holiday in Nepal. And the churches there are seizing the moment.
The Church has grown from around 30,000 people 15 years ago to 700,000 believers today. This means over 95 per cent of Christians in Nepal are recent converts – and the Bible is essential to them.
Fifteen years ago, Christians in Nepal risked imprisonment. Today the Church in Nepal has official freedom, and the government has even given official recognition to the Nepal Bible Society.
The Nepalese government has announced that this year Christmas Day will be celebrated as a national holiday for the first time.

We shared in celebrating this event, at Priory Street Baptist Church, on 21 December. For more pictures, click on http://www.flickr.com/photos/80674038@N00/sets/72157611527693468/

and then click on 'slideshow'

Pumpkins

Our friend Rachel Hall said how much she liked this picture of pumpkins, so I thought I would put it on the blog again for my readers' delectation. It was taken at Tyntesfield in the kitchen garden in 2006. I didn't arrange the layout, I merely photographed it!

Corsham Carols 2008

The annual outdoor Carol Service in Corsham attracts large crowds. It starts in the High Street; and the congregation, accompanied by a brass band, progresses to the Square outside St Bart's Church.

Santa's little helper

Santa's little helper (on left) distributed presents to the Corsham Disabled Club on 15th December.

Rosie

Our youngest grandchild Rosie Prior was dedicated at St Paul' Church, Stonehouse, Plymouth, on 14th December 2008. More photos of this are on Flickr at http://www.flickr.com/photos/80674038@N00/ dated 15 December 2008

Christmas Lunch

Here are the cooks, about to serve up the Christmas lunch for the TLC lunch (Tuesday Lunch Club) for our seniors at church. More pictures of this are on flickr at http://www.flickr.com/photos/80674038@N00/ uploaded on December 11 2008