Month: November 2021

This Sunday is Advent Sunday, the start of the churches year and when we light the first candle on our Advent wreath.  The different festivals and seasons of the year are marked in the church by the use of different coloured cloths for the altar and lectern.  Purple is the colour for Advent, a royal imperial colour.  A fitting colour for Christ the King, the son of God.  The word, ‘Advent’ comes from the Latin, meaning ‘to come’.  The churches year begins then in expectation and hope, awaiting the birth of Jesus in the stable at Bethlehem.

Remembrance Sunday gives us an opportunity to pause and reflect and give thanks for those who gave their lives for our freedom and way of life during the two World Wars and in conflicts since.  We give thanks too for all who safely returned home.

Our Act of Remembrance will begin at the War Memorial outside the Guildhall at 10.45am before moving down to St Disen’s Church for a Service of Remembrance.