A big thank you to all those who have helped to make our church look so beautiful.  These include all the community groups who have decorated trees for the window sills and those who have provided and arranged the flowers and all the other adornments.  

As you can see from the photos below the decorations provide a lovely setting for the special services that are held at this time of year.  We have already had the Lights Switch on Service, the Candle Service and Carols by Candlelight.

Still to come are the Christingle Services and Communion Service on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day Communion and the joint service of Communion with Carols on December 28th.

Do please join us for one of these services or pop in to see the decorations any day during daylight hours.

The service was followed by a delicious hotpot lunch and apple pie dessert in the Church Hall.
Our thanks to Kathleen, Blodwen and Gloria (seen in the photo below) and to everyone else who worked so hard to prepare, serve and wash up afterwards.  Your efforts were greatly appreciated.

​The church was full for this wonderful and uplifting service.  It was followed by refreshments in the hall at which Simon received many more congratulations.  We are all looking forward to Simon’s new ministry with us here in Hope.

We were pleased to welcome members of North Wales Blood Bikes at Pop In today.  They expressed how grateful they were for Pop In’s recent donation of £150 towards their work and explained to everyone what this work involves.

Volunteers transport free of charge materials such as blood, breast milk, tissue and medication between hospitals throughout North Wales and beyond.  Each bike costs about £20,000 and covers around 48,000 miles per year.

These photos show some of the Blood Bike riders with Joyce and David as they try out the ‘mini’ bike and the full-size one.

We have received some wonderful news today.