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Family Carol Service causes road chaos in Abingdon

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Carol Service
East St Helen Street was blocked by a Co-op lorry earlier this evening. The driver got out of his cab when he could not drive through the parked cars.

Cars stuck behind the lorry then reversed back up East St Helen Street and some of them drove down West St Helen Street the wrong way.
Carol Service
There was a carol service at St Helen’s Church and all the surrounding roads were chock-a-block with parked cars. Parents had desperately tried to get their children to church on time, and many parked wherever they could.

Behind the Scenes at St Helen’s

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St Helen's Bell Ringing
In St Helen’s Church earlier this evening
St Helen's Bell Ringing
young people were being taken round and shown how things work – behind the scenes.
St Helen's Bell Ringing
In the bell tower, one young lad, Isaac aged 13, helped with the demonstration of bell ringing, as he is already a regular bell ringer.
St Helen's Bell Ringing
Some of them even got to climb to the bell tower and saw the bells that were hung there 6 years ago and will hopefully last for  a few hundred years.

Dairy Barns to Christ Church

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Dairy Barns to Christ Church
Back in the 1950s a group of Christians wanted to create a church in the expanding housing developments of North Abingdon. They took over a dilapidated tithe barn in Northcourt, that had been part of a dairy, and restored it sympathetically for use as a church building. It is now the building for a growing church – Christ Church in Northcourt.

People from Christ Church in Northcourt then went on to set up a second church in Long Furlong, a little further north, where Abingdon housing had expanded in the 1980s.
Dairy Barns to Christ Church
In the last couple of years Christ Church has taken over the remainder of the dairy barns and this year are restoring the largest barn for use as a coffee shop and community space.

Sun Shines on Church Olympics

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I did see a report recently about the inter school olympics in Abingdon.
Church Olympics
Another less publicised event, last weekend, was the church olympics in the Albert Park – where St Helen’s, St Nicolas and St Michael’s churches held a picnic and Olympics challenge in Albert Park.
Church Olympics
The Rector of Abingdon, the Revd Dr Charles Miller, can be seen trying his hand at the javelin.

There was also a picture of Clare, the Revd Jane Baun and Tony from St Nicolas Church sharing a high-five after winning silver in the jug-of-water race.

Thanks to Tony, for the report. He says “The sun shone.”