December services

So here we are in the Christmas season again, navigating the tensions between the commercial pressures, the discomforts of winter weather, and our core religious themes of the rebirth of love and hope. As last year, we are sharing both normal and extra December services with our friends and colleagues in St Nicholas’ Ashchurch – and yes, you can go to two carol services if you would like to.

Here are all our December services and events. Please come and join them whenever you can, and help to swell our two congregations.

Dec 1, 9:15 – Communion, led by Revd Bill Blakey, for Advent Sunday and also for the festival of our patron saint, St Nicholas.

Dec 8, 11:00 – Benefice Holy Communion, at Ashchurch.

Dec 10, 18:00 – Kemerton Carol procession for families and children, starting from the Victoria Hall. Well-known carols, led by Tom Ryder Smith on the trumpet (Salvation Army settings). Safe lanterns welcome! Raising funds for Tewkesbury Foodbank.

Dec 14, 18:00 – Carols by Candlelight, led by Revd Kay Mundy, and joined by our handbell ringers. There will be the traditional mulled wine and mince pies (and alternatives) to follow. Raising funds for Cheltenham Open Door.

Dec 15, 9:15 – Communion, led by Revd Andrew Keith

Dec 22, 11:00 – Benefice Holy Communion, at Ashchurch.

Dec 24, 23:00 – Midnight Mass, also at Ashchurch.

Dec 25, 10:30 – Benefice Holy Communion for Christmas Day, led by Revd Katy Morgan. Families and children especially welcome!

Dec 29, 11:00 – Benefice Morning Praise, led by Sue Bennett.

All worshippers will be very welcome – members of our villages, our extended families, and any visitors spending Christmas here in our quietly beautiful corner of the Cotswolds. Our services are approachable, but also thoughtful. They are primarily based on Common Worship, and the hymns we use are the well-known ones, especially over Christmas.