Christmas services and events at St Mary's
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Christmas Comfort & Joy Giving Appeal
We're fundraising for a hope-filled Christmas at St Mary's, with a warm and welcoming, beautifully-decorated church, along with our usual Christmas Day lunch. Together, we can bring comfort and joy to our community this Christmas. www.justgiving.com/campaign/stmaryschristmasjoy2024 Advent Reflections This year our Advent Reflections are being held on Wednesdays, at 10.15am, in the Lady Chapel. with sessions being led by Margaret Green LLM, Maggie Redding, and Fr Andrew. Join us online @ bit.ly/StMarysKTAdventReflections (Zoom meeting will open in a new window) Christmas Services 2024 We continue to broadcast most of our services for people to view online at home, this will include our Midnight Mass and Christmas Day Eucharist. To join online, click this link for the live stream: https://bit.ly/StMarysKT You may need to download free Zoom software. Sunday, 1 December 2024, 10 am First Sunday of Advent - Sung Eucharist Led by Fr Andrew Woodward, who will also be preaching. Philip Bailey will be accompanying on the organ. Sunday, 8 December 2024, 10 am Second Sunday of Advent - Sung Eucharist Led by Fr Mike, who will also be preaching. Philip Bailey will be accompanying on the organ. Sunday, 15 December 2024, 10 am Third Sunday of Advent - Sung Eucharist Rev'd Jenny will be presiding, and Margaret Green LLM will be preaching. Philip Bailey will be accompanying on the organ. Sunday, 15 December 2024, 5 pm St Mary's Carol Service The Service of Nine Lessons and Carols is a beautiful, reflective service, and will be led by Fr Andrew Woodward. This year the choir of St Mary's will be accompanied by Nick Andrews on the organ. Traditional readings from the King James Bible and candles galore. Sunday, 22 December 2024, 10 am Fourth Sunday of Advent - Sung Eucharist Fr Mike will be presiding and preaching, with Nick Andrews accompanying on the organ. Tuesday, 24 December 2024, 3 pm Christmas Eve - Crib Service A beautiful, accessible service especially for little children, with the crib, a stupendous tree, a sparkly reindeer and lots and lots of candles. Rather nice for older people too! Children are welcome to come in costume. We can always accommodate more shepherds, donkeys and angels - or whatever takes your little one's fancy. The service will be led by Rev'd Jenny, with Fr Andrew accompanying the carols on the piano. Tuesday, 24 December 2024, 11.15 pm & online Christmas Eve - Midnight Mass of the Nativity The Midnight Mass of the Nativity is for many people the highlight of the Christmas calendar. If you're someone who only goes to church once a year, we would love to see you and the church will be as we can make it! Fr Andrew will be presiding and giving the sermon. Wednesday, 25 December 2024, 10 am & online Christmas Day - Said Eucharist & free Lunch Finally, we have our Christmas Day Eucharist on Wednesday, 25 December, at 10 am. Fr Andrew will be presiding and preaching. Again, everyone is very welcome. Following the service, at 12.30 pm, we will be welcoming people to the church for our Christmas Day lunch. If you would like to help with providing or cooking food, please get in touch here. On to About us and Regular services Back to Home page |
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