On Sunday 29th, the church celebrated our lovely harvest festival for 2024 with a sunday service and a delicious lunch. Here are some photos from the beautiful service which raised over £400 for Christian Aid to provide relief from the famine in Sudan. A big thank you to everyone who helped us by bringing something for the harvest table.
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Large congregations attended our Christmas services on Christmas Eve led by Jane Bolton and on Christmas Day led by Roger Aplin. The church looked lovely. £400 was donated from church collections to St Petrock’s and the Salvation Army. Church calendars were given out free to church members and were much appreciated.
Rev. Nigel Freathy Recent services include the Ascension Service on the Sunday after Ascension Day, taken by Nigel, and the Whit Sunday Service, Pentecost, when we celebrated the birth of the Christian Church with birthday cakes and a celebration of Communion.
In July, Sam is going to lead a Songs of Praise service when people will be choosing their favourite hymns and explaining the reasons for their choice. By then we are hoping that the whole congregation will be able to join in with the singing. The choir will sing an anthem and there will be a flute solo provided by Annette, accompanied by Sylvia. Through this last Lockdown the chapel at Beer has continued to hold services according to government advice. We have held 15 minute long services consisting of prayers, readings, meditation, short talks and hymns and anthems played on a C.D. player. Nigel and Annette have led them on alternate weeks. The congregations have been very good in number and very appreciative. Gradually the services have increased in length and things are now almost back to normal!
We had a lovely Mothering Sunday service giving out bunches of flowers and chocolates. On Palm Sunday we gave out palm crosses and our Maundy Thursday service, which Nigel led, it was very moving and marked our Holy Week. We were able to use the organ at that service with Sylvia playing and with our mini-choir singing. Easter Day was wonderful. The church looked magnificent, festooned with spring flowers. The Easter cross on which the names of our church members were nailed was carried in by Tina, and Clara carried in our Resurrection Banner. Bernard played the organ and again our mini-choir were able to sing the Easter hymns. At the end of the service the congregation received Easter eggs,hot cross buns and sunflower seeds in little pots. We are looking forward to the time when all of the congregation can sing the hymns. In view of the increased seriousness of the Covid situation, it has been agreed to continue to keep the church open for private prayer during the week. However on a Sunday at 10am there will just be a 15 minute service of prayer, meditation and Bible reading , available for those who wish to join us, abiding by all of the government regulations
Rev. Nigel conducted a moving funeral service in the chapel on November 13th for Mary Davey who was a Life-long Deacon at the chapel. The rules for numbers attending inside the building had to be followed, but many people lined the streets as the hearse went by and people also stood outside the chapel. The hymns which were played were "The Lord's my shepherd" and "Amazing Grace". Other music included "The Prayer" (Andre Bocelli and Celine Dion) and "Blue Moon" (Frank Sinatra). Rev. Nigel preached, said the prayers and read from the Bible (Philippians 4 verses 4-9). Please find Rev. Nigel's address below: ![]()
We had a lovely Harvest Service on Sunday 27th September. The church looked really festive with all of the fruit, flowers and vegetables. The choir sang a harvest anthem, following the guidelines, and we enjoyed humming the harvest hymns or mouthing them silently behind the masks. We had a bit of drama provided by Tina and Clara who also sang "Who put the colours in the rainbow?" . We also had a quiz about colours as well as a reading, sermon and prayers
suitable for harvest The collection and sale of produce produced £250 for Christian Aid It was a memorable service, especially during this time of Covid On Saturday 15th August a commemoration for the 75th anniverary of VJ day was held in the congregational church and was attended by a few invited guests, including Beer resident George Bastone. You are able to listen to George's interview on BBC Radio Devon on the video below |
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