I addition to those events mentioned previously, highlights included the Annual Parish Church Carol Service, on 21st December, which proved very popular, bringing many new faces into the congregation.

The Nativity Service for younger children and their families was, once more, a great success with its puppet show, and the trend for new members of the congregation coming in was repeated, both at the First Communion of Christmas, commencing at 11:30pm on Christmas Eve, and at the Family Communion service on Christmas Day, where we experienced a last-minute influx of new members of the congregation!

The First Sunday of Christmas afforded the opportunity to put together a service of Carols and readings focusing on the way Christmas had been perceived and celebrated in times gone by, interlaced with those carols which had not been sung at other points over the season. Again, a few new members of the congregation introduced themselves to us.