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For Sunday 14th December 2025
SERVICES:
SUNDAY 14th December, Advent 3
8am Bramley Book of Common Prayer
9.30am Bramley Parish Eucharist
11am Grafham Holy Communion
Morning Prayer every Tuesday at 8.45am
SERVICES AND EVENTS FOR CHRISTMAS
Christmas Lunch Sunday 14th December in Holy Trinity Parish Room at 12.30.
Turkey with all the trimmings! £10 per head, sign up at the back of church.
Bramleyhem Bramleyhem Outdoor Nativity, Saturday 20th December.
Assemble at Summerpool House (GU5 0HB) at 4.45pm.
This event is aimed at children aged 7 and under, but all are welcome to share the Christmas spirit!
Please do not bring dogs (exception for service dogs on leads) due to live animals in the performance.
Please do bring torches, warm clothes, wellies and joy!
Light refreshments will be provided afterwards.
Retiring collection for Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice.
Grafham Carol Service Monday 22nd Dec, 6pm – please note day (not as listed last week).
Crib Service Christmas Eve, 4pm at Holy Trinity Bramley. The Crib Service is always a great favourite with young families. Children are invited to come dressed as a character from the Nativity story, or we can provide costumes when they arrive.
Midnight Mass Christmas Eve, 11.30pm at Holy Trinity Church.
Family Communion Christmas Day, 9.30am at Holy Trinity Bramley
11.00am at St Andrew’s Grafham
Advent Posada From 1-24th December, figures of Mary and Joseph will travel with their donkey from house to house around Bramley, being welcomed into a different home each night. This is a way for us to share the Christmas story in our community by re-enacting Mary and Joseph’s journey to Bethlehem.
Thank you to Monica for knitting these super figures.
OTHER NEWS:
A CHRISTMAS MESSAGE ON BEHALF OF ST CATHERINE’S BOARDERS
Just to let you know that we are breaking up for the Christmas holidays tomorrow [11 Dec]. We will not be back at Holy Trinity until Sunday 11th January 2026.
May I take this opportunity on behalf of St Catherine’s boarding community to thank you for having us over the year and to wish everyone at Holy Trinity a blessed Christmas and a happy, healthy 2026.
Best wishes,
Cathy Harrison
Bronte Boarding House Mistress & English Teacher
CHURCH OPENING TIMES
The church is always open during the day from 9am onwards for those who want to pop in for private prayer and reflection, but during the winter months we will be closing the church earlier, at 4pm before it gets dark.
SAVE THE DATE - CHURCH CURRY EVENING, FRIDAY 23rd JANUARY 2026
TRINITY TODDLERS EVERY WEDNESDAY DURING TERM-TIME, 10.00-11.30AM
Join us in the Parish Room at Holy Trinity Church for an hour and a half of play, socialising, chat, refreshments and even a sing-along! It’s a wonderfully friendly morning for both kids and their carers.
ONLINE OPTION FOR 8AM SERVICE
Did you know that the 8am Book of Common Prayer service is streamed via Zoom each week? We would far rather meet with you in person, but for those who are housebound or who live abroad this is a way of sharing Sunday worship with you. Here are the details:
Topic: Holy Trinity Church Bramley's Zoom Meeting
Time: Oct 5, 2025 08:00 AM London. Every week on Sun, 103 occurrence(s)
Please download and import the following iCalendar (.ics) files to your
calendar system.
Weekly: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/tZ0kcuyvpzsrGNUWOoLOK1nhR_1cUYb2NIks/ics?icsToken=DHkIJ0sjchqkiDhKmgAALAAAAOLtgpYrdwfDZdu7bo8beQzKSCCuUSyuz56yt9E-8LXove_pUPbYi7CxjMs-CLXH5XGK0KvmwSMocx-byDAwMDAwMQ&meetingMasterEventId=Ki0X0STVS0KxtPeU1v4KOQ
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89955790121?pwd=YqhCH8ZAGkTFMRJAOGRIZlG0plBL4d.1
Meeting ID: 899 5579 0121
Passcode: 163240
Website: https://www.holytrinitybramley.org.uk
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Giving to Holy Trinity
We are grateful for the financial generosity of so many, in supporting the life of our church. Do have a look at the Our Giving page of our website, which has details of the Parish Giving Scheme and a PayPal Donate button. Here it is:
https://www.holytrinitybramley.org.uk/our_giving.htm
If you prefer to use a cheque, please make it payable to Bramley P.C.C
Many thanks!
Vicar – the Revd William Davie
Tel: 07784 923770
william.davie18@btinternet.com
The vicar’s day off is Friday.
Churchwardens - Sue Oldrey and Catherine Smith
Catherine: 0777 2697699 htbchurchwarden@gmail.com
Sue: 07831 488037 sueoldrey@gmail.com
Office
office@holytrinitybramley.org.uk
01483 890042