Christmas starts with Christingle
November 2017
N E E D TO K N OW
I S T O R I E S I A R E A U P D AT E S I E V E N T S N E A R Y O U
In My View By MIKE LODGE Archdeacon of Southend ON holiday in rural France in the summer and with very little light pollution, the night sky revealed the magnificence of the stars and constellations, the Milky Way in all its splendour,
along with meteor showers and
which holds a particular
who have died as a result of
a partial eclipse of the sun early
significance for us this year. It is
war and all who have given
one evening; a glorious
100 years on from the Battle of
their lives for others. Not just
reminder of the vastness and
Passchendaele, fought between
those on the front lines, but all
brilliance of God’s creation.
July and November 1917,
the millions of people who
In stark contrast to the awe
known as the Third Battle of
work hard at home and abroad
and wonder of God’s hand in
Ypres, remaining one of the
in support roles.
forming the universe, this
most notorious battles of the
month, on Armistice Day and
First World War. This is poignant
would learn from the reality
Remembrance Sunday, we are
reminder of the importance of
and effects of war, finding
recalling the destruction of lives,
remembering before God those
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