Christingle Service

Occuring
for 1 hour
Venue
St Mary's Twickenham
Address
St Mary's Parish Church, Church Street, Twickenham, TW1 3NJ, United Kingdom

Our special service for children to celebrate Jesus Christ as the "Light of the World", with each given a Christingle - a symbolic object used in the Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany services of many Christian denominations. At St Mary's, we offer an orange decorated with sweets and a light stick!
'Christingle' is a word of Germanic origin, Christkindl, meaning "Christ Candle" or Christkind meaning "Little Christ Child",

Full List of our Advent & Christmas Services:

ADVENT SUNDAY, 3rd December
6pm Advent Carol Service with the Marble Hill Singers

Sunday 10th December
4pm Christingle Service

Sunday 17th December
9.30am Eucharist and Nativity Play
featuring the children of St Mary`s
6pm Christmas Carol Service

CHRISTMAS EVE, Sunday 24th December
9.30am Parish Eucharist
3.30pm Crib Service
4.30pm Crib Service
11pm Midnight Mass

CHRISTMAS DAY, Monday 25th December
10am Festival Eucharist and carols.

NEW YEAR`S EVE, Sunday 31st December
9.30am Parish Eucharist and prayers for the New Year.

St Mary's Twickenham

St Mary's is a welcoming and inclusive church where we hope people coming for the first time will feel at home. We welcome people of all ages to any of our services. St Mary's has signed up to 'Inclusive Church'.

St Mary's is a church which seeks to:

* Use our buildings more effectively to help make God more real for the people of this area.

* Nurture our relationships with God and with each other.

* Nurture our children and young people with a positive sense of God

Our Services and events that are organised by St Mary's are shown on this website. We are delighted that many outside organisations use our church and hall to serve the wider community - details of other events hosted at St Mary's can be found  on our own website: https://www.stmarytwick.org.uk 

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The parish of St Mary the Virgin Twickenham is committed to the safeguarding of children, young people and adults. We follow the House of Bishops guidance and policies and have our own Parish Safeguarding Officers, PSOs. The Diocese of London’s safeguarding pages contain vital links and information including contacts for the Diocesan Safeguarding Advisor (DSA) who advise our PSOs. If you are concerned that a child or adult has been harmed or may be at risk of harm please contact the DSA. If you have immediate concerns about the safety of someone, please contact the police and your local authority Children or Adults Services.

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Christingle Service

Occuring
for 1 hour
Venue
St Mary's Twickenham
Address
St Mary's Parish Church, Church Street, Twickenham, TW1 3NJ, United Kingdom

Our special service for children to celebrate Jesus Christ as the "Light of the World", with each given a Christingle - a symbolic object used in the Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany services of many Christian denominations. At St Mary's, we offer an orange decorated with sweets and a light stick!
'Christingle' is a word of Germanic origin, Christkindl, meaning "Christ Candle" or Christkind meaning "Little Christ Child",

Full List of our Advent & Christmas Services:

ADVENT SUNDAY, 3rd December
6pm Advent Carol Service with the Marble Hill Singers

Sunday 10th December
4pm Christingle Service

Sunday 17th December
9.30am Eucharist and Nativity Play
featuring the children of St Mary`s
6pm Christmas Carol Service

CHRISTMAS EVE, Sunday 24th December
9.30am Parish Eucharist
3.30pm Crib Service
4.30pm Crib Service
11pm Midnight Mass

CHRISTMAS DAY, Monday 25th December
10am Festival Eucharist and carols.

NEW YEAR`S EVE, Sunday 31st December
9.30am Parish Eucharist and prayers for the New Year.

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