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Community Stand Together

15th December 2024 | Churches, Community

Once again the people of Kibworth (and I am sure many of the villagers in the other places within our distribution area) came together on Sunday 10 November to remember the fallen, not only in the two world wars of the last century but in subsequent conflicts.

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Enjoying the Tree Festival

Burton Overy Christmas Tree Festival

14th December 2024 | Churches

Burton Overy celebrated its twenty third Christmas Tree Festival over the three days 29 November to 1 December. Popular as ever, hundreds of families enjoyed a magical walk along the aisles of St Andrew’s Church. Gazing at the diverse themes of the trees, from traditional to the bizarre. There were 57 entries and visitors voted for their favourite tree.

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Christmas message from the Churches of Kibworth - December 2024

14th December 2024 | Churches

Christmas is a time for excitement and celebration, and the joy of family and friends. It also brings pressure and expectations; hustle and bustle. It can, for many people, be a painful time: of loneliness, poverty or homelessness. If we look closely at the stories of the birth of Jesus in the Bible, we can find all these things too. The Nativity story shows us that Jesus came into the real world - the world of our mess and grief.  And yet people found God right there in the midst of it all, leading to thankfulness, joy and praise.

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Burton Overy Christmas Tree Festival 2024

16th November 2024 | Churches, What's On

‘It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas’ in Burton Overy the weekend of 29 November to 1 December. Every year, (bar Covid), since the year 2000, the villagers of Burton Overy, (and we welcome others), have filled their church with beautifully decorated and lit Christmas Trees. Over the years there have been countless tree titles and ingenious ideas around the festival’s theme.

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Friends of Foston Church

16th November 2024 | Churches

Our annual Christmas Tree Festival will be over the weekend of Saturday 7 December and Sunday 8 December, 10am- 4pm both days. Funds raised are for the continued upkeep of our beautiful church. Usual festive refreshments will be on sale as well as unique gifts.

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