St Michael’s Primary School is celebrating a big win for one of its pupils whose design was picked by metro mayor Dan Norris in his annual Christmas card competition. After careful judging of thousands of entries by the mayor and his staff, eight-year-old Ellie Walters’s design of a festive dog saw off stiff competition to win the contest.
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This year there is less concern about getting the Christmas lights on than about being able to keep any lights on, writes Rev. Tania Vaughan of Little Stoke Baptist Church (LSBC). What Christians around the world celebrate is the birth of a new hope which brings about new life through transformation. Our Christmas events start with a carol service on Tuesday (13th December).
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A charity Santa float is expected to make a tour of the Stokes this Friday night (9th December), raising funds for the maternity unit at Southmead Hospital. All being well, the Float Group’s enormous decorated trailer will make three separate trips on the same night, through parts of Stoke Gifford, Little Stoke and Bradley Stoke, as shown in the route map…
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The new minister at Little Stoke Baptist Church, Rev. Tania Vaughan, has been demonstrating her passion for the community of Little Stoke through free events for adults and children. The recent October half-term holiday club is to be followed by a Christmas market with a difference on Sunday 5th December.
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Wednesday 5th December saw a group of women come together at Stoke Gifford Baptist Church to enjoy an evening of mulled wine, mince pies and wreath making in order to raise money for Marie Curie. The evening proved to be very popular as all 20 tickets were sold within a week. It was very well organised by Jane Marshall, Pippa
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Knitters from St Michael’s Church in Stoke Gifford have not only created their own Christmas tree from yarn – but when the decorations come down they plan to recycle it into blankets for local homeless charities. Over 800 woolly green squares have been knitted or crocheted and then stacked into a six-foot tall Christmas tree by the St Mike’s Yarn
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The village green outside the Old School Rooms in Stoke Gifford was host to crowds of carol singers on Saturday evening (8th December. The event was organised by St Michael’s Church, with a band and celebratory hymns sung by St Michael’s School Choir and the church choir, joined by residents from the area. The area was decorated with lights, and
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