Christmas 2022

Especially for children

Saturday 10 December
10 am Christmas workshop at St Paul’s
(Craft and story workshop for children)

Sunday 11 December
5 pm Christingle service at St Paul’s

Friday 16 December
11 am Under-fives’ Christmas celebration at St Paul’s
(Children are invited to dress in nativity costume)

Tuesday 20 December
10 am Animal nativity – outside at St Paul’s

Christmas Eve
3 for 3.30 pm Nativity service at St Paul’s
(Children are invited to dress in nativity costume)

Christmas at St Paul’s

Saturday 17 December
5 pm Christmas lessons and carols
(Not suitable for babies or young children)

Christmas Eve
11.30 pm Midnight Communion

Christmas Day
9.30 am Holy Communion
(Especially for families)

Christmas at St Matthew’s

Christmas Day
8 am Holy Communion (BCP)
. 11.15 am Holy Communion with carols (BCP)

Christmas carol services filmed at St Paul’s in 2013 and 2015 are still available to view

Joyous Angels, woodcut by Nick Page, 2022

Advent prayers

In the lonely places

In the lonely places
The wilderness
Where we stand forlorn
Windswept and alone
Your voice calls out
Prepare a way for the Lord
In the dark places
The shadows
Where we hide our fears
Embrace our tears
Your voice calls out
Prepare a way for the Lord

A mystery so beautiful

May this eternal truth be always on our hearts
That the God who breathed this world into being
Placed stars into the heavens
And designed a butterfly’s wing
Is the God who entrusted his life
to the care of ordinary people
became vulnerable that we might know
how strong is the power of Love
A mystery so deep it is impossible to grasp
A mystery so beautiful it is impossible to ignore