Magor Baptist Church

Newsletter for 19th December 2025 to 5th January 2026

Sunday 21st, fourth in Advent:

Nativity for Everyone at 11.00 a.m.

Carols by Candlelight, 6.00 p.m.

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Thursday 25th, Christmas Day for Everyone, 10.00 a.m.

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Sunday 28th, Morning Service, 11.00 a.m.

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New Year’s Day, quiet prayer from 3 p.m., communion at 4 p.m.

Upcoming events

Sunday 21st, Nativity for Everyone, 11.00 a.m.

Sunday 21st, Carols by Candlelight, 6.00 p.m.

Thursday 25th, Christmas for Everyone, 10.00 a.m.

Sunday 28th, morning service, 11.00 a.m.

Thursday 1st, church open at 3 p.m. for quiet prayer, followed by …

… short communion service at 4.00 p.m., followed by …

… drop-in at the Manse, from 4.30 p.m.

Sunday 4th, Morning Service, 11.00 a.m.

Monday 5th, Light Lunch at 12 midday, all welcome

Church Christmas Cards

All cards must be collected from the schoolroom on Sunday 21st or very shortly thereafter.

 

Card Notice Board

If you are giving a single card to all within the fellowship, please pin your card to the notice board to the right of the serving hatch using one of the pins provided.

 

Thank you

December Charity Offering - Raven House

The December charity offering is for Raven House Trust (RHT). The mission of RHT is to provide essential support to individuals and families in Gwent and the surrounding areas through their charity shop, furniture shop and food bank.

Collection at our Gift Service - these all went to Raven House

Church Giving Envelopes

Offertory envelopes for 2026 are now available from John Loebl. If anyone else would like to have weekly/monthly envelopes for giving to the church or would like details of how to give online please speak to John Loebl. Also as more and more people get caught up in paying some income tax you may be eligible for Gift Aid, which is a great benefit to the church. Speak to John for more details.

2026 Charity of the Month

The charity offerings for 2026 have been assigned to the months as follows:

January    Crisis

February  Cardiff Baptist College

March      Alzheimer’s Society

April         Uganda

May          Tearfund

June         Wales Air Ambulance

July          St David’s Hospice

August     Toybox

September BMS Harvest

October     Sight Cymru

November  Restored (support for survivors of domestic abuse)

December  Raven House Trust

From the Communications Group

 

It is planned to have an outreach leaflet for the new houses built between Rockfield and the motorway, hopefully starting in March. The leaflet will be going out as our church’s outreach. As has happened with other successful promotional ideas, e.g. our logo and the current Welcome Leaflet, whole church input is welcome.

 

The idea is to use a stiff A5 card, easy to put through the doors of the new houses. Please pass on your suggestions, for both design and information to include, by the next church meeting on 19th January 2026.  The communications group will meet to consider all suggestions.

 

Information which could be included is:-  Sunday Service (11am Sunday), Toddler group (9am -11am Monday) and Coffee Morning (10am -12 noon Friday); information on where to find the church (maybe small map); symbols for social media and a QR code that will link to the short videos that have been produced; a welcome to a new home, to Magor and Undy, and to the friendly Baptist Church in the Square. All other suggestions for details that could be added are welcome.

 

Please send in any ideas before the next church meeting on 19th January. Ideas and designs can be sent in by email, bookings@magorbaptistchurch.org.uk, or on paper and put in the box on the bookcase.  The Communications Group will then look through everything, possibly with a visiting graphic designer, to prepare a final leaflet.

 

The aim is to be ready by the beginning of March to start delivering the leaflets. This will be an opportunity for everyone to take part. More details about the deliverer programme will be given nearer to March.

Christmas Church Magazine

The Christmas Church Magazine is now available on the church website and there will be some copies in the vestibule.

Home-Made Jam!

Jars of home-made jam will be available in church again this Sunday morning. There will be a collection pot for Natalya’s Fund. Suggested donations are £2 for a small jar, £3 for a medium and £4 for a large. Thank you.

Stamps please for RNIB

Please keep your postage stamps, cut around them and place them in the box, which is now on the bookcase. These are for the Royal National Institute for Blind People.

CAP Money Coach Course 2026

 

Are you interested in how to manage your money more effectively to keep out of debt? This four part (2 hours each) course can help you budget, save and spend wisely.

A successful pilot course was recently held in conjunction with St Luke's , Tidenham and Caldicot Methodist Churches, and a new course is planned for the New Year.

A local venue will be decided once we have enough interest. If you would like further details and/or to register interest, click or tap on the button below to send an email.

Or speak to Mark, Anne, Liz, Helen in person.

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