Take Time To Connect This Christmas

1 December 2014

The Salvation Army Ryde invites you, your family and friends to join us as we celebrate Christmas this year! Christmas is a time when we connect with those we love, but it can also be a time where we feel disconnected and alone. No matter how you feel this Christmas, we want you to know that there are ways you can connect and feel part of something bigger than yourself.

This Christmas, we hope you find ways to take the time you need to really connect with others, the things you care about, the world around you and the Christmas story itself – Jesus, the Son of God, being born in Bethlehem all those years ago.

Check out all the opportunities below that you have to connect with us this Christmas:

Community Carols Night

Sunday 21st December
Starts at 5:30pm
Wilga Reserve, Macquarie Park (off Cottonwood Crescent)

Join us as we celebrate Christmas with our annual Community Carols Night. Come and sing along with us at this family friendly event where we'll have kids activities, giveaways, espresso coffee & hot chocolate, sausage sizzle and an amazing FIREWORKS DISPLAY! Please BYO picnic blanket and chairs.

Christmas Eve Dinner

Wednesday 24th December
5:30pm - 8:00pm
Ivanhoe Estate Community Room (1 Ivanhoe Place, Macquarie Park)

We would love for you and any of your loved ones to enjoy a sit-down dinner with us on Christmas Eve. All food and drinks on the night are FREE and everyone is welcome! Connect with others over a cooked meal and share in the joy that comes from celebrating Christmas in community. Please RSVP to Nathan on (02) 9805 0698 or by contacting us here. We hope to see you there!

Christmas Day Church Service

Wednesday 25th December
10:30am - 11:30am
47 Ivanhoe Place, Macquarie Park (No 47)

You are invited to join with us on Christmas Day as we celebrate the true reason for the season, the birth of Jesus Christ - "The Word of God became flesh and blood and moved into the neighbourhood. We saw the glory with our own eyes, the one-of-a-kind glory, like Father, like Son, generous inside and out, true from start to finish.". Enjoy morning tea, live worship and a word to renew your spirit as we reflect on how Jesus is 'Emmanuel', God with us, and the difference this makes in our lives and world.

For more information on any of the above events just give us a call or email us:

(02) 9805 0698

nathan.moulds@aue.salvationarmy.org