Category: Advent2020

Christmas Good News

Video Message from James Watson
(Minister of Westbury Baptist Church)

Congratulations, you have made it to Christmas Eve and our final stop on the Advent Window Trail. Watch on to see Billy’s Lego Nativity scene and find out what is the Good News that we are waiting for in these final moments of Advent.

Is it “Bristol Safe from Zombie Attack!” …

Always Praising

In heaven, there is praise of God being sung continuously and Jesus said that, if his disciples weren’t praising God – then the rocks would cry out (in praise instead)! But now, during Covid, we can’t sing together as we used to.

Perhaps you’ve sung some carols on the streets (within the government’s covid guidelines, of course). Maybe you’ve been to church and hummed along as the musicians sung! What we can all do is …

Forget Cute Wings and Halos!

Raise your hand if you’ve ever been an Angel in your school or church nativity play.

Well – they are nothing like the cute 5 year old sucking on a corner of sleeve with a circle of tinsel wired above their head.

A King for all Creation

Reflection by Mike Peat

As I waited nervously to discover whether or not Bristol would move to a lower tier of coronavirus restrictions last week, I suddenly realised how much I had become preoccupied with the way this disease affects me, my circle of family and friends, and the country I live in.

Prince of Peace

Reflection by James Watson
(Minister of Westbury Baptist Church)

So, what’s your favourite game to play at Christmas? Monopoly? Trivial Pursuit? Charades? Or perhaps you’re happier on your X-Box or Nintendo Switch?

Whichever you prefer, I wonder if you’re anything like us, with many of our best planned family games ending up in arguments! Whether it’s plastic counters, or plastic controllers, something gets thrown across the room!

Evergreen – always there

Video thanks to St Faith’s, Lee-on-the-Solent

One Hump, Two Hump

Video Reflection by James Watson
(Minister of Westbury Baptist Church)

These Kings, or wise men as we know them, were astronomers. They looked at the stars in the sky and followed signs that they saw. They would have come to Jesus on camels most probably.

Here is a poem from the Rhyming Bible by Bob Hartman – grab a free copy here!

Reflection by Adrian Rogers (aka Colonel Hathi)

Good King Wenceslas may be one of the most popular carols ever written – but the story behind it is a little gruesome.

The man we know as ‘Good King Wenceslas’ was Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia. He was also known as Vaclac the Good, but he lived only a short life, probably from c.907 to 935.

When his father died there was a power vacuum in Bohemia and Wenceslaus’ mother was banished and his grandmother killed. But once the dust had settled the people of Bohemia decided they would like Wenceslas to be their ruler and his mother returned to rule as regent until young Wenceslas reached the age of 18… at which point he promptly banished her!

The Shepherds – a narrative

A Poem from the Shepherd’s Presepctive

Expectations!

Video Reflection by Matthew Caple