Christmas
A brief chronological list of Christmas church services; all due apologies for errors, omissions and late changes.
Some services may be full; early arrival and extra time for parking is advised.
Church locations and disability access details are available on the listings pages of this website. See also the December Diary for more special services and events
Sunday 19 December
9:15am Advent Communion, St Paul's
9:30am, Morning Worship, St Mary & St Nicolas
10:30am Christmas service followed by mulled wine, mince pies and bring and share lunch, SHCC
10:30am Christmas family service, Spalding Baptist
11:00am Connect
11:00am Parish Eucharist, St Mary & St Nicolas
11:00am Morning service with Nativity play performed by the church Youth, Calvary Baptist
3:00pm Carol service around the crib, Deeping St Nicholas
3:00pm Children's concert, St Norbert's community hall
6:00pm Traditional Carol service, Lighthouse Pentecostal
6:00pm Carol service by candle light, Calvary Baptist
6:30pm Carols by glowlight, Spalding Baptist
6:30pm Lessons and carols by candlelight, St John's
6:30pm Lessons and Carols at St Mary & St Nicolas
Christmas Eve, Friday 24 December
2:00pm Service for those bereaved; St Mary & St Nicolas
3.00pm Carols around the crib, St Mary's, Cowbit
3:30pm Open Air service at Ayscoughfee Hall
4:00pm Carols around the crib, St John's
4.00pm Family Nativity Service, St Peter & St Paul, Gosberton
4.00pm Crib Service, All Saints, Moulton
4:15pm Nativity service with Christingle, St Mary & St Nicolas
4.30pm Stocking Service, St James's, Moulton Chapel
6.00pm Carol Service, St Mary's, Weston
7.00pm Candlelit Carol Service, Broad Street Methodist
8.00pm Christmas Communion, St James's, Moulton Chapel
9.00pm Vigil Mass, Holy Trinity, Holbeach
11.15pm United Communion Service with St Thomas's Rd Methodist at United Reformed Church
11:30pm Midnight Mass, Deeping St Nicholas
11:30pm Midnight Mass, St John's
11:30pm Midnight Mass, St Mary & St Nicolas
11:30pm Midnight Mass Holy Communion, St Paul's
11.30pm Joint Anglican, Baptist & Methodist Communion, St Peter & St Paul, Gosberton
11.30pm Midnight Mass, All Saints, Moulton
Christmas Day, Saturday 25 December
8:00am Holy Communion, St John's
9.00am Holy Mass, Holy Trinity, Holbeach
9.15am Holy Communion, St John's, Weston Hills
10.00am United Family Communion, St Mary & St Nicolas
10:00am Family Communion, St John's
10.00am Family Communion, All Saints Moulton
10.00am Service at Gosberton Baptist Church
10.00am Service at Gosberton Methodist Church
10:30am Christmas Morning Family Service, Spalding Baptist
10.30am United Service, St Thomas's Road Methodist
10.30am Family Service, United Reformed Church
11:00am Christmas Morning Worship, Lighthouse Pentecostal
Boxing Day, Sunday 26 December for St Stephen
8:00am Holy Communion, St John's
8.00am Holy Communion, St Mary & St Nicolas
9.00am Mass of the Holy Family, Holy Trinity, Holbeach
9:15am Holy Communion, St Paul's
9.30am Parish Eucharist, St Mary & St Nicolas
9:30am Communion, St John's
10.00am Joint Anglican Service, St Peter & St Paul, Gosberton
10:30am Choral Communion, St John's
10.30am United Service with United Reformed Church at St Thomas's Rd Methodist
10.30am Carol Service, Gosberton Baptist Church
10.30am Joint Methodist Service, Gosberton Clough Methodist Church
10.30am Meeting for Worship, Spalding Quaker Meeting, Westlode Street
11.00am Connect, Spalding Parish Church of England Day School
11:00am Morning worship, Calvary Baptist
11.00am Sung Eucharist, St Mary & St Nicolas
New Year's Eve, Friday 31 December
tbc New Year's Eve celebration, Lighthouse Pentecostal
11:40pm Bells ring out the old and ring in the New Year at St Mary & St Nicolas
Sunday 2 January 2011 - normal services as on the churches listing with these variations:
10:30am Morning worship, SHCC (resumes after no service on Boxing Day)
11:00am Morning worship followed by lunch, Calvary Baptist
11.00am Connect, Spalding Parish Church of England Day School
Thursday 6 January 2011
7.00pm Epiphany Service, Broad Street Methodist