Gear up for Christmas

Church Admin • 16 November 2024

We will soon be gearing up for Christmas and Natalie Garrett, our Associate Minister, has got just the thing to get you in the mood.

This Christmas, join Natalie Garrett – in person or online – through some festive performances and reflections.

Natalie worked as a professional actor in classical theatre for many years before being ordained in the Church of England. In 2008, she co-wrote Creation Theatre Company’s The Oxford Passion, playing the role of Mary Magdalene. In addition to being our Associate Minister here at St Michael’s, she narrates the Seen & Unseen Aloud podcast and is a regular contributor to BBC Radio 2’s Pause for Thought.

This Christmas, Natalie is performing a special one-woman play just for us:

The Innkeeper’s Wife on 30th November in St Michael’s Church, Bishop's Cleeve, starting at 7.30pm.

Experience an overfamiliar story, in a new way, with the Innkeeper’s Wife (who bears a passing resemblance to Sybil Fawlty). Come and meet the characters involved in an extraordinary night.

Buy your ticket for only £5 from bit.ly/InnkeepersWife

Natalie Garrett in rehearsal as The Innkeeper's Wife

Listen to a Christmas reflection every day this Advent

When Natalie is not ministering, writing and performing, she is the editor of the topical podcast Seen & Unseen Aloud. Every day in December, the podcast will be dropping some of their best seasonal content, from how to survive Christmas, reviews of the best Christmas movies to the origin story of Santa Claus.

For when you’ve got your hands full of mince pies and baubles, but you still want to hear some thoughtful content, subscribe to Seen & Unseen Aloud for the Christmas Countdown.

You can subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or Amazon, simply click the links and away in a manger you go!

Find out more at: seenandunseen.com/podcast