Wreath Making Evening - Friday 28th November 7.30-9.30pm
Wreath making, mulled wine and pudding, great conversation and a short thought for Christmas. At the Old Schoolhouse.
All equipment provided. Cost £5 payable on the evening
Live Nativity - Saturday 6th December 10am-12pm
Our beloved and locally renowned Live Nativity returns this year. The Bethlehem Inn (aka Old Schoolhouse) will be open for business from 10-12, with the opportunity for children to meet the animals in the stable outside (courtesy of Chloe's Mobile Farm), and engage in all sorts of Christmas fun indoors (eg. crafts, face painting, a photo booth...). Lovely home-made cakes, hot drinks, and toddler-friendly healthy snacks will be served throughout. At the heart of this event will be a live-action retelling of the nativity story featuring the donkey and hopefully a real-life baby (who ever said 'don't work with children or animals'?!) as well as some sing-along carols. This would be a great event to invite friends with children aged 8 and younger too.
Family Friendly Carol Service - 14th December 10:30am
A regular Sunday morning worship service, but will be very family-friendly. There will be many opportunities for young and old to engage, interact and get dressed up as we consider the nativity story together and sing some well-known and loved carols! Invite your friends with or without school aged children
Evening Carol Service - 21st December 6:30pm
Nearly everyone loves a Christmas carol service. Come and join us in what we hope will be a lovely, darkly lit, cosy atmosphere for a wonderfully broad range of musical styles and songs led by our gifted team of musicians. Various Scriptures will be read by a wide range of members of the church family through the service followed by a talk on the message of Christmas towards the end.
Mince pies and mulled juice will be served afterwards. The service will be at 6:30pm, so would be suitable to invite friends with older children too and hopefully shouldn't be too late a night for anyone.
Christmas Morning Service - 10:30am
Got family coming to stay for Christmas itself? Bring them along to our short Christmas morning service. It will be family-friendly, upbeat, encouraging thought-provoking, and it will be finished within the hour! What better way to start(ish) Christmas Day. That turkey can look after itself in the oven for an hour or so!