During the
week after the Charity Christmas Tree Festival the church was visited by
children from both Farnborough Road Infant and Farnborough Road
Junior Schools
On Monday,
10th December, the infants came to look at the trees, choose the
charities they wanted to support and put their pennies in the appropriate
boxes.
Whilst they were here they took
the opportunity to sing again
and also to discuss, with Jeremy, why we have
trees at Christmas
and the fact that Jesus did not remain a baby and that his
real work didn’t begin until he’d grown up!
To get some
idea of what Jeremy told the children about the origin of the Christmas tree go
to http://www.bbc.co.uk/devon/content/articles/2005/12/05/st_boniface_christmas_tree_feature.shtml.
Mind you he did get to this story via
Albert (suggested by a child) - not Einstein (as suggested by others!) – the husband
of Queen Victoria
On Tuesday,
11th December, the Juniors came in to rehearse and later to perform
the first of their two Carol Concerts (the next one will take place on 18th
December).
Apart from
songs and carols the concert was punctuated by readings from the nativity story,
recitations and a variety of instrumentalists both performing both individually
and in groups.
Towards the
end of the concert a Yr5 and Yr6 dance group even performed “The Nutcracker”!
This was followed by headteacher, Adrian Antell, thanking every body and
then everyone wished Mollie and her little friend a "Happy Birthday" as it was their birthday that day!
The concert
ended with “Hark the Herald” followed by prayers and a blessing by Jeremy.
It is wonderful to have all these children, their teachers, families and friends in our church.
Thank you all for coming.
