There 's a warm welcome waiting for everyone at All Saints Church this Christmas. Services and events take place all through the week and on Sundays during December and over Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
There are events and services for families with young children - such as a hands-on Christingle Service on Sunday 14th December, where participants get to make their own Christingle - followed by a tea-party for all in The Cornerstone - in aid of the charity The Children's Society. On the Sunday before Christmas 21st December at 11am, the children of the church will act out the Christmas story in a Nativity tableau. And Christmas Eve Crib services at either 2pm or 3.30pm are perfect for families with younger children who really want to inspire their children with the joy and awe of the Christmas story, when the Christmas Crib will be revealed and blessed.
There are services where the emphasis is on music, such as the ever-popular Service of Nine Lessons and Carols on Christmas Eve sung by the All Saints Church Choir; and there are candlelit services too; on Advent Sunday 30th November after the Winter Carnival ends; and the atmospheric First Communion of Christmas ("Midnight Communion") at 11.15pm on Christmas Eve. For those who want to make Christmas Day the most special day it can be there's Parish Communion for All Ages at 9.30am.
As well as these public services open to all, the church will welcome the children, staff and parents of local schools celebrating the season with special events and carol services.
For full details visit the dedicated Christmas webpage www.wokinghamchristmas.com
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