Wadhurst Methodist Church
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Preachers

Sunday 5 February                                       
10.30am Miss J Anstey                            

Sunday 12 February
10.30am  Rev D Grant                

Sunday 19 February
10.30am  Mrs C Steen, Informal Service
6.30pm CTIW Service (Sacred Heart)

Sunday 26 February
10.30am           Rev D Grant, Communion

METHODIST NOTES

France is a secular country and although the Catholic Church is the majority church of the country it is not the Established Church as the Anglican Church is in England.  Nevertheless Christmas Day is a national holiday although it is possible to buy food, particularly baguettes.  Christmas Eve evening is the time of feasting but the French manage their alcohol more discreetly than the English.  Church bells seem to be rung quite frequently.

For Anglicans a Carol Service would be held on a Sunday evening before Christmas.  Sometimes the church is asked to sing in an old folks home or even in the market place.  There is midnight Communion and a Christmas Day Communion Service, then the feasting starts.

The French do not have Boxing Day so work starts again.

The English in France do dwell on those parts of life that the French do better.  Wine, baguettes, trains and motorways and they have more space.  But when they come home they stock up on food that they miss or they can buy cheaper here.  That includes Mincepies, Christmas pudding – and Marmite. 

David Lloyd