Crib Service at Holy Family
Sunday, 20th December, 2009
 Many children came dressed as angels, shepherds, kings, etc.  Father Kevin told the children the story of the nativity - enhanced with an AV presentation.
The children sang carols, dressed the crib and laid
the baby Jesus in it.

 
 
   
   
 
 
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The lights were dimmed and a group of the children’s fathers sang a carol.
 
 
 

Representatives from the Slough Refugee Centre and ‘Slough Homeless Our Concern’ were presented with the gifts and money donated by Holy Family Parishioners over the past month.

Organisers Greg and Anita DeSouza who organised the Giving Tree project. thanked everyone for their incrediable generosity  
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The children dressed the crib
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A BLESSING FOR OUR CRIBS AT HOME
 Lord, as we pray before this our Christmas crib-shrine and await the feast
of the birth of the Holy Child,
call forth the dormant child from within each of us; cause us to wonder
and to rejoice again in this most ancient feast.
As the Magi came bearing gifts, may we, this Christmas, gift one another with
the gold of charity, the myrrh of kindness and the incense of prayer.
With the shepherds, we come to the birth of Christ seeking a simple celebration,
where the greatest gift will be ourselves given to you, our God,
and to each other.
May the star of Bethlehem which shone brightly over the first crib stand
guard over our home, filling it and all the earth with light and peace.
 We adore you O Christ and we bless you because by your holy birth you
      give hope to all the world.