Christmas services

Principal Services Advent and Christmas 2007

This year, make Christmas what it should really be – a celebration of the greatest gift ever given.

With a wide range of services, Christmas at St Paul’s offers everyone a chance to draw closer to God and to know his grace.

If this is your first Christmas with us, we hope and pray that it will be a really special time. And if you’ve been here before and settled into a pattern, why not try a different service and explore a new dimension of worship?

May God enrich your celebrations with the promise of his love.

2 December 2007 – Advent Sunday
10.00am Holy Communion
The unexpected hour
Romans 13.11-14; Matthew 24.36-44

2 December 2007
8.00pm Holy Space alternative worship
…and God became a man

9 December 2007
10.00am Toy Service and Parade
What do you want for Christmas?
Make someone’s Christmas with a special small gift for a child or young person. Pick up a leaflet from Church and bring your gift to church at this Parade Service for all the family.

16 December 2007
10.00am Holy Communion
John the Baptist prepares the way
James 5.7-10; Matthew 11.2-11

23 December 2007
10.00am Service of the Word
An unexpected pregnancy
Romans 1.1-7; Matthew 1.18-25

23 December 2007
6.30pm Carols by Candlelight
Our annual candlelit carol service with traditional favourites and readings that reveal the significance of the child born in Bethlehem.

Christmas Eve
4.00pm – 5.00pm Christingle Service
With the preparations for Christmas Day almost ready, come and join us for a wonderful celebration of the Nativity for all ages.

Christmas Eve
11.30pm – 12.45am Midnight Communion
The Christ-child is born
Titus 2.11-14; Luke 2.1-14
Approaching midnight, we wait and watch for the promise of the prophets and the message of the angels to be fulfilled – Glory to God in the Highest!

Christmas Day
10.00am – 11.00am Short Holy Communion
Happy Christmas!
Hebrews 1.1-4; John 1.1-14
At last the longed-for day is here. In a shorter service of Holy Communion we gather to put Jesus at the heart of our celebration of Christmas.

30 December 2007
10.00am Service of the Word
Jesus the refugee
Hebrews 2.10-18; Matthew 2.13-23