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Christmas services

Our full list of services for this month is available as a PDF by following this link which will open in a separate window.  

Here are the highlights of the Christmas season.

A Guide to some of our Services for

Christmas and the New Year

Christingle Service – 6.30 pm Tuesday 1st December

A lovely service of light.  A Christingle is a symbolic fruit made from a decorated orange surmounted by a candle and the climax of the service is the moment when all the Christingles are lit.  Take your Christingle home and place it in your front window to burn throughout the Advent season, the season of waiting with longing and expectation for what is to come.  This popular service originates from the Moravian community and celebrates Christ the Light of the World.  The church will be packed with children and adults.

Nine Lessons and Carols – 6.00 pm on Sunday 20th December

We sing carols throughout the Advent season but this is a traditional service of Nine Lessons and Carols.     If you’re wondering whether children can come, the answer is “yes, of course”, but they probably need to be old enough to concentrate and take in the very special atmosphere created by lovely carols and scripture readings which lead us through the story of God’s love for us from the very beginning until now.

Christmas Eve – 3.00 pm and 11.15 pm

Christmas Eve is particularly special.

Carols and the Blessing of the Crib at 3.00 pm.    A short but moving service designed to involve and capture the imagination of very young children or indeed anyone below the age of ninety-nine!   The children help tell the story of Christmas as they gather round the crib, we sing some carols and songs, and go home in time for tea.

Festival Communion at 11.15 pm leads us into the events of Christmas Day.   It combines solemnity with celebration as we worship God together and give thanks for the birth of Jesus Christ.

Christmas Day – 8.00 am and 10.30 am

We celebrate Christmas Day with an early service of Holy Communion.   In mid-morning we celebrate with a relaxed service for all the family, which includes a Family Festival Communion for those who wish to receive.