St Margaret's News November 2019 | Page 12

Diary Dates Sunday 24 November, our Good Faith choir will join with Kaleidoscope choir to present a repeat concert in the Queanbeyan Uniting Church. Sunday 1 December, 9.30 AM - Joint Advent Family Worship Service 7.30 PM - ‘Darkness into Light’. Evening candlelit service - 9 lessons and carols. Good Faith and Holy Rosary choirs will join together to sing. Wednesday 11 to Sunday 15 December. Joint St Margaret’s/Holy Cross/Holy Rosary event: “North Canberra Nativity Festival” in our large hall. More than 130 nativity displays from around the world will be on exhibition. School groups will be invited to visit on the school days. Gold coin donation to Christmas Bowl. Saturday 14 December 7 PM: Looking Glass Percussion Concert in the church, followed by refreshments. Musicians will perform tuneful music on marimba, xylophone and vibraphone to usher in the start of the holi- day season. Be dazzled by duos, tap along to ragtime and sing along to carols. FREE ADMISSION. Sunday 15 December, free community BBQ at 6 PM, followed by community carols at 7PM. Outdoors in the area between the church and Phillip Avenue. Musical groups entertaining. Good Faith and Holy Rosary choirs singing. Contributions Wanted All members of St Margaret’s and the broader Hackett-Downer- Watson community are invited to contribute articles and photo- graphs about things that have happened or are going to happen at the St Margaret’s/Holy Cross complex or in the local community. Articles about members of the community’s own involvements in things of interest to others in the community may also be submitted for potential publication. The deadline for material for the next issue is 13 December 2019, with that issue being published on 20 December. Material should be given to the editor Brian Rope or to Lynda at the church office. It may be handwritten or typed. It may be posted, emailed or personally delivered. The Editor reserves the right to edit, or even not use, material. St Margaret’s News 12 November 2019