December 2020
The Adelaide House Christmas Service usually involves the whole LDCSA/Adelaide House
family enjoying festive music, thoughts, and food in the warmth of the house. This Christmas
we moved online for our time together, thanks in part to the new Smart TV installed at
Adelaide House which enabled a number of staff and residents to Zoom into a virtual
service, along with current and former Trustees and Bishop Bev. This year’s theme was
Memories of Christmas and, along with some Christmas songs and carols, the residents
shared a moving film of their Christmas memories and their hopes for the future. Ann
Hulbert, Adelaide House Chaplain, shared some of the Christmas activities that had been
taking place at the house (including the ever increasing number of joyful pom-poms on the
Christmas tree!). Bishop Bev shared her memories and thoughts around the meaning of
Christmas. Despite not being together it was a warm and encouraging time of community
and there was even some coordinated swaying across the Zoom screens to the final song!
We continue to pray as a charity that the Christmas message of hope and of light in the
darkness will bring peace to those across LDCSA and Adelaide House this year and into the
future.