Category: Churches

Christmas is a time for excitement and celebration, and the joy of family and friends. It also brings pressure and expectations; hustle and bustle. It can, for many people, be a painful time: of loneliness, poverty or homelessness. If we look closely at the stories of the birth of Jesus in the Bible, we can find all these things too. The Nativity story shows us that Jesus came into the real world - the world of our mess and grief.  And yet people found God right there in the midst of it all, leading to thankfulness, joy and praise.

Everyone is very welcome to join us this Christmastime. We have services suitable for all ages, both traditional and modern; we look forward to seeing you. For all information please visit our website: www.stwilfridskibworth.co.uk.

‘It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas’ in Burton Overy the weekend of 29 November to 1 December. Every year, (bar Covid), since the year 2000, the villagers of Burton Overy, (and we welcome others), have filled their church with beautifully decorated and lit Christmas Trees. Over the years there have been countless tree titles and ingenious ideas around the festival’s theme.

Our annual Christmas Tree Festival will be over the weekend of Saturday 7 December and Sunday 8 December, 10am- 4pm both days. Funds raised are for the continued upkeep of our beautiful church. Usual festive refreshments will be on sale as well as unique gifts.

Sunday 17 November, 6.30pm

Actor Guy Henry will star alongside the Harborough Singers in their annual Celebrity Christmas Concert in December.

St Andrew’s Church, Foxton

‘Born in Song! God’s people have always been singing’ is the first line of a hymn by Brian Hoare, a 20th Century Methodist Hymn Writer. Methodists have always enjoyed singing during their Services, ever since the church was formed by John Wesley in the 18th Century.

The Reverend Charles Hanmer Strudwick was a larger than life character with a much travelled past. This prominent member of the community was born in Stroud, Gloucestershire in 1866 to John Cottrell Strudwick and Catherine Hester Knight. He was ordained at Southwell Minster, Nottinghamshire in 1893. He Became a priest in 1895 and later a curate at Blyth, Nottinghamshire and at Ilkeston, Derbyshire. His calling then took him to France Lynch in Gloucestershire followed by terms of office in three parishes:

A special service to remember with sadness and thanksgiving our loved ones who have died. If you cannot attend but would like the name/names of your loved ones to be read out in the service please contact the Church office.