So it seems we all love our mince pies and some of us really go to town and drink champers at our festive services. If we’ve not had to cancel them because of all the snow and ice. Sigh. Actually, we’ve had a very encouraging time here with our festive services. And are hoping that the most recent dump of snow followed by freezing conditions won’t dampen the enthusiasm of parishioners for our Christmas Eve and Christmas Day services.
I hope this shows the main results okay for you – I’m trying a new way of displaying them which involves far less typing. As always, the ‘other’ category gave some fun and interesting answers. I think some of these answers locate the church – I’m guessing that the samosas aren’t on offer in a rural parish…
- Stollen
- Samosas
- Sloe gin, apple juice, nuts, crisps etc
- Fresh baked cookies
- Yule log – we’re BIG fans!!
A single sad ‘other’ answer was that no refreshments were being served. I just hope that this was only because the respondent was thinking about the Midnight Communion service. Christmas is such a great time for God’s people to show expansive hospitality that I shudder when I think of churches who might not be taking up that opportunity.
What interesting results! It is my church that serves samosas! We are near Heathrow airport in a richly diverse community – so you guessed correctly that this is not a rural church!
Who serves champagne at their christmas services – I’m movin g to that church?