St Mary's Wargrave with Knowl Hill

Christmas at Wargrave with Knowl Hill

You will see a number of versions of this rather eyecatching image around the Parish this Christmas. It is linked to a national campaign to put the "Christ" back into "Christmas". More about this on the christmasstartswithchrist.com campaign website

In this month's Parish Magazine the Vicar John Cook writes about the true meaning of Christmas, and quotes a favourite carol "Joy to the world!" which was written by Isaac Watts around 1700. He based the words on Psalm 98, which begins "Sing to the Lord a new song, for he has done marvellous things", and when Jesus was born as our Saviour and King, he brought us his blessings of undeserved grace and mercy.

You can listen to it here, sung by St Paul's Cathedral Choir.

You will find a full list of the services in our Churches by clicking on this Christmas Starts image. Come and sing the carols yourself!

1. Joy to the World , the Lord is come! Let earth receive her King; Let every heart prepare Him room, And Heaven and nature sing, And Heaven and nature sing, And Heaven, and Heaven, and nature sing.		2 Joy to the World, the Saviour reigns! Let men their songs employ; While fields and floods, rocks, hills and plains Repeat the sounding joy, Repeat the sounding joy, Repeat, repeat, the sounding joy.
3. No more let sins and sorrows grow, Nor thorns infest the ground; He comes to make His blessings flow Far as the curse is found, Far as the curse is found, Far as, far as, the curse is found.		4. He rules the world with truth and grace, And makes the nations prove The glories of His righteousness, And wonders of His love, And wonders of His love, And wonders, wonders, of His love.