Epiphany 2011

Epiphany – Christ shown to the World; all right then – manifested if you prefer. So how did we do it?

Well – I filled a gold gift bag with ‘silver’ coins, which we all ate!

I found some frankincense sticks and shared some olive body cream around the TFG congregation to symbolize the Wise Men’s gifts.

We talked about what the gifts symbolised and had lots of activities for all the age groups represented; we had lots of fun in doing all that was offered.

Using an acrostic G I F T S, we discussed what each letter could stand for, both in Jesus’ life, and in ours; our Christian life, journey and mission.

We also sang lots of songs including: Come & join the celebration, O come all ye faithful, Joy to the World, See Him lying on a bed of straw; together with sundry ‘wise men’ songs: We three kings (the sensible version not the playground one!), As with gladness, men of old..

Finally, we laid slips of paper marked ‘gold, frankincense and myrrh’ next to the Advent Candle ring as a sign of our New Year commitment to Christ.

It was an exciting start to 2011 – why not come and join us?

Deacon Olivia