Advent Windows, Ruishton

Our Advent Trail with Dotty the donkey has now come to an end, which must mean that Christmas Day has finally arrived! ⭐🥰

Thank you so much to all those of you who have supported our trail this year, through volunteering to display and light our story and directional posters, visiting and following Dotty's journey around our village, and liking and sharing our Facebook posts. You have all been brilliant and truly appreciated.

Now, on behalf of our parish churches at Creech, Ruishton and Thornfalcon, may we wish you a wonderfully merry Christmas and a joyful and peaceful new year. As we remember and give thanks for the much-needed love, joy, peace and hope that this baby in a manger has brought us, (and using this year's secret puzzle phrase, if you've worked it out)... 'Let's share the light of hope this year' with those around us and beyond. God bless and thanks again 🥰 # # #

Thank you so much to you all for taking part and supporting Dotty's Trail across Ruishton (and online) this year. We hope you have enjoyed journeying through the Nativity story as much as we have, and now pray that the gift of a very peaceful, joyful and hopeful Christmas is received and shared by you all ❤⭐ # # #

Even if you haven't managed to collect our special trail booklet this year, you can still work out our code puzzle virtually. Have a look through the photos of the posters, as displayed around Ruishton, that have been posted here since the beginning of December, and see if you can spot the alphabet letters in yellow stars. Add each letter to the spaces with the corresponding poster number and they will spell out a phrase that we can take forward with us beyond Christmas and into 2024. ⭐ # # #

20th December: What an absolutely stunning window to accompany our tenth poster! The heavenly angels shine so beautifully and brightly as they sing their good news... and Dotty also has her own good news for our trail... You may have noticed alphabet letters in stars appearing in Dotty's posters on display around our village (for example, the letter on this poster is 'Y')... If you aren't journeying around Ruishton with our trail booklet, you can still use these letters to complete this year's special message. Just look out for Dotty's puzzle on our page in the next couple of days, and slot the right letters into the right spaces (referring to the previous posts and photos) to solve it virtually. ⭐ # # #

17th December: "Jesus was born in a stable and laid in a manger. He was God's special gift to the world. Mary's heart was full of love."