Christmas 2020

Collation commenced October 2020, listing Christmas services, concerts and events advised or published by churches across the area, in addition to their usual service times and diary events for December.Please check with individual churches to confirm events or for any late changes, especially in light of Covid-19 regulations; also please check for advance booking arrangements - places may be limited and some services may also be available livestream. See also our News page, full listings of Anglican Christmas services on A Church Near You (ACNY) and our Facebook (FB) page Hope4Spalding

Please see our Church Listings pages and Googlemap for church locations - and neighbouring Churches Together groups for their Christmas web-listings. See also Churches Together in Stamford's poster on their News page.

Italics = awaiting confirmation - or cancelled (where advised); all due apologies for errors and omissions - please let us know - thank you.

Saturday 28 November 2:30pm: Children's Christmas games and crafts via Zoom, hosted by St Guthlac's, Market Deeping FB

First Sunday in Advent, 29 November - online services only due to government restrictions

9:00am: Broad Street Methodist FB10:00am: Gen-Z, Spalding Baptist FB

10:30am: Broad Street Methodist FB

10:30am: Worship livestream, Calvary Baptist

10:30am: Gosberton Methodist

10:30am: Gosberton Clough Methodist

10:30am: Worship via Zoom Harvest Church FB

10:30am: Holbeach Methodist

10:30am: Worship livestream, Spalding Baptist FB

10:30am: Zoom service for Advent, Spalding United Reformed Church FB

11:00am: Mass, Immaculate Conception & St Norbert's FB

11:30am: Worship livestream, Lighthouse FB

2:00pm: Lighthouse Project virtual Christmas party FB

3:00pm: Bicker Methodist

5:00pm: Drive in Advent service, Elizabethan Centre car park, Whaplode Drove (PE12 0GB); organised by the Elloe Stone group of parishes (FB). Singing - in your own vehicle - is encouraged.

6:00pm: Gosberton Methodist

6:00pm: Evening Prayer at St Peter & St Paul, Gosberton FB

Also: Services recorded online from St John's and St Mary & St Nicolas and others across the area

Friday 4 December

3:00pm: Sutterton Methodist

7:00pm: Andy Kind comedy gig online, Spalding Baptist FB

6 December, Second Sunday in Advent - churches open or online; please check with the church for advance booking arrangements

8:00am: BCP Holy Communion, St Michael and All Angels, Langtoft FB Ness Group FB

9:10am: Eucharist, St Laurence, Surfleet FB

9:15am: Holy communion, St Paul's FB

10:00am: Christingle, Deeping St James FB

10:00am: Gen-Z, Spalding Baptist FB

10:00am: Morning worship, St Firmin's, Thurlby FB Ness Group FB

10:00am: Morning worship, St John's, Baston, Ness Group FB

10:00am: Livestream worship, Deeping St James Priory, FB

10:00am: Communion, St John's

10:00am: Morning worship, St Michael and All Angels, Langtoft FB Ness Group FB

10:30am: Morning worship, Broad Street Methodist FB

10:30am: Meeting for worship, Friends' Meeting House (Quakers)

10:30am: Worship via Zoom Harvest Church FB

10:30am: Pinchbeck Baptist FB

10:30am: Worship livestream, Spalding Baptist FB

10:30am: Advent service with Peter & Jennifer Rogers, Spalding United Reformed Church in the hall FB

10:30am: St Mary's, Long Sutton ACNY FB

10:30am: Holy Communion, St Mary's, Whaplode FB

11:00am: Mass, Immaculate Conception & St Norbert's FB

11:30am: Worship livestream, Lighthouse FB

4:00pm: Drive in Carol service at the Curlew Centre, Sutton Bridge (PE12 9SA); organised by St Matthew's FB

6:00pm: Evening Prayer, Deeping St James FB

6:30pm: Holy Communion, St James, Moulton Chapel ACNY

Friday 11 December, 3:00pm: Sutterton Methodist - full to capacity (11/12)

13 December, Third Sunday in Advent - most churches open or online; please check with the church for advance booking arrangements

9:15am: Holy communion, St Paul's FB

9:30am: Morning worship, Deeping St Nicholas

10:00am: Communion, Deeping St James FB

10:00am: Holy Communion, All Saints, Moulton FB

10:00am: Gen-Z livestream, Spalding Baptist FB

10:00am: Outdoor carol service, St Bartholomew's, West Pinchbeck FB

10:00am: Worship in church and online, St Guthlac's, Market Deeping FB

10:00am: Livestream worship, Deeping St James Priory, FB

10:00am: Communion, St John's

10:00am: Eucharist, St Matthew's, Sutton Bridge FB

10:00am: Morning worship in The Ness Group FB

10:30am: Nativity in church and online, Broad Street Methodist FB

10:30am: Meeting for worship, Friends' Meeting House (Quakers)

10:30am: Worship via Zoom Harvest Church FB

10:30am: Sunday worship, Open Door Baptist, Deeping St James FB

10:30am: Pinchbeck Baptist FB

10:30am: Worship livestream, Spalding Baptist FB

10:30am: Alan Fiddyment at Spalding United Reformed Church in the hall FB

10:30am: Holy communion, St Mary & St Nicolas FB

10:30am: Carol service online (and Godly Play), Sutton St James Baptist FB

10:30am: Mass livestream Bourne and Deepings Catholic churches

11:00am: Mass, Immaculate Conception & St Norbert's FB

11:30am: Worship livestream, Lighthouse FB

4:00pm: Christingle service, St Guthlac's, Market Deeping FB

6:00pm: Blue Christmas, Deeping St James FB

6:00pm: Candlelight service, St Gilbert & St Hugh, Gosberton Clough FB

Wednesday 16 December

2:00pm: Outdoor carol service, St Laurence, Surfleet FB - please book places in advance with the church

6:00pm: Carols on the Doorstep - organised by BBC Radio Lincolnshire (FB / BBC Sounds); download the lyrics from BBC Lincolnshire or Doorstep Carols

Thursday 17 December

2:30pm: Lutton Marsh Methodist

7:00pm: Nativity, Ringstone in Aveland group, online FB

7:30pm: Mothers' Union carol service online FB

Friday 18 December, 3:00pm: Sutterton Methodist - full to capacity (11/12)

6:00pm: Nottingham Diocese Youth service online FB

Lighting up St Mary's, Long Sutton, celebrating 850 years ACNY FB

Saturday 19 December

9:00am: Cake stall & raffle at the Lych Gate, All Saints, Moulton FB postponed (2/12)

3:00pm: Crib service outside with carols, St John's, Baston, Ness Group FB

6:00pm: Christmas celebration, Lighthouse FB - please check with the church for advance booking arrangements

Lighting up St Mary's, Long Sutton, celebrating 850 years ACNY FB

The grounds around Crowland Abbey remain open to visitors ACNY FB (16/11)

20 December, Fourth Sunday in Advent - churches open or online; please check with the church for pre-booking, required at most churches

9:00am: Christmas worship, Lighthouse FB9:00am: Holy Communion, St Laurence, Tallington ACNY FB

9:00am: Holy Communion, St Margaret's, Braceborough ACNY FB

9:15am: Holy communion, St Paul's FB

9:30am: Morning worship, Deeping St Nicholas

10:00am: Communion, Deeping St James FB

10:00am: Gen-Z livestream, Spalding Baptist FB

10:00am: Nativity-themed communion, St Guthlac's, Market Deeping FB

10:00am: Holy Communion, Deeping St James Priory, FB - pre-booking required

10:00am: Communion, St John's

10:00am: Nine Lessons and Carols, St Matthew's Sutton Bridge FB

10:00am: Morning worship in The Ness Group FB

10:30am: Morning worship in church and online, Broad Street Methodist FB

10:30am: Meeting for worship, Friends' Meeting House (Quakers)

10:30am: Gosberton Baptist FB

Please see Circuit Plan for Gosberton / ~ Clough Methodist Church services

10:30am: Worship via Zoom Harvest Church FB

10:30am: Sunday worship, Open Door Baptist, Deeping St James FB

10:30am: Pinchbeck Baptist FB

10:30am: Worship livestream with Canon J John, Sir David Suchet & Sir Cliff Richard video clips, Spalding Baptist FB

10:30am: Service of Music and Words for Christmas, Spalding United Reformed Church in the hall FB

10:30am: Holy Communion, St Mary's, Whaplode FB

10:30am: Holy communion, St Mary & St Nicolas FB

10:30am: Holy Communion, St Nicholas, Lutton ACNY

10:30am: Mass livestream Bourne and Deepings Catholic churches

10:45am: Morning worship, Sutton St James Baptist FB

11:00am: Mass, Immaculate Conception & St Norbert's FB

11:30am: Christmas worship, Lighthouse FB

1:30pm: Open air carol service, St Margaret's, Braceborough ACNY FB

3:00pm: Traditional Christmas carols and readings, livestream, Spalding Baptist FB

3:00pm: Carol service, Deeping St Nicholas ACNY

3:00pm: Crib service outside, St Michael & All Angels, Langtoft FB Ness Group FB

3:00pm: Carol service, St John's, Holbeach Fen ACNY

4:00pm: Christingle on Zoom, Ringstone in Aveland group, online FB

4:00pm: Outdoor carol service, St Mary's, Pinchbeck FB - pre-booking required

4:00pm: Outdoor readings and carols, Edenham vicarage ACNY FB

4:30pm: Carol service, St James, Moulton Chapel ACNY (previously planned for 6:30pm)

5:00pm: Christmas music and readings, St Guthlac's, Market Deeping FB

5:00pm: Carols for all in the churchyard, St Mary Magdalene, Gedney ACNY

5:00pm: Christmas in person in the churchyard, St Mary & St Nicolas FB

5:30pm: Carols on the doorstep; further details from Deepings Methodist or Premier Christian Radio

6:00pm: Candlelight carol service at Bourne Evangelical church, also livestream via Fenlands Evangelical Network FB

6:00pm: Festival of Lessons and Carols followed by carols in the churchyard, weather permitting, Deeping St James Priory FB booking advised

6:00pm: Christmas communion, St John's, Holbeach Fen ACNY

6:00pm: Candlelight service, St Margaret's, Quadring ACNY FB

6:00pm: Let the bells ring out for Christmas - on the doorstep and in churches

6:15pm: Village Carol service in the church paddock ('Fir Tree Field') organised by St Michael & All Angels, Uffington ACNY FB

7:00pm: Carol service online, Bourne Baptist FB

Lighting up St Mary's, Long Sutton, celebrating 850 years ACNY FB

Tuesday 22 December

7:00pm: Lessons and Carols online, Ringstone in Aveland group, online FB

Wednesday 23 December

9:00am: Morning Prayer, All Saints, Moulton FB

3:00pm: Crib service outside on Lawrence Park, St Firmin's, Thurlby FB Ness Group FB

3:00pm: Quiet Christmas, St Mary & St Nicolas FB - please check with the church for advance booking arrangements

Thursday 24 December, Christmas Eve - churches open or online, booking required at most churches

12 noon: First Mass of Christmas, Immaculate Conception & St Norbert's FB2-4pm: Light a Candle for Christmas, All Saints, Moulton FB

3:00pm: Bicker Methodist - full to capacity (11/12)

3:00pm: Carols 4 kids online, Spalding Baptist FB

3:00pm: Carols in the churchyard, St Faith of Aquitaine, Wilsthorpe ACNY FB tbc

3:00pm: Crib service online, St John's

3:00pm: Sutterton Methodist - full to capacity (11/12)

4:00pm: Carols in the churchyard, All Saints, Holbeach (bring a torch or lantern)

4:00pm: Christmas service for all the family, All Saints, Moulton FB - cancelled

4:00pm: Nativity, St Firmin's, Thurlby FB Ness Group FB

4:00pm: Nativity, Deeping St James Priory FB - pre-booking required

4:00pm: Church open, St Mary's, Sutterton ACNY FB

4:00pm: Almost Christmas, St Mary & St Nicolas FB

4:00pm: Nativity, St Michael & All Angels, Langtoft FB Ness Group FB

4:00pm: Nativity, St John's, Baston The Ness Group FB

4:00pm: Nativity, St Peter & St Paul, Gosberton ACNY FB

4:30pm: Vigil Mass, Immaculate Conception & St Norbert's FB

5:00pm: Holy Communion, All Saints, Moulton FB - cancelled

5:00pm: Carols by candlelight, Sutton St James Baptist FB

6:00pm: Mass, Bourne Catholic

6:00pm: Christmas communion, St John's, Holbeach Fen ACNY

6:00pm: Carols for all in the churchyard, Holbeach St Marks ACNY

6:30pm: Holy Communion, Pinchbeck Baptist FB - limited space, please check with the church/pre-book

7:00pm: Carol service, Broad Street Methodist FB

7:00pm: Christmas Communion, St John's

7:30pm: Mass, Holy Trinity, Holbeach

7:30pm: Nine lessons and Carols via Zoom, Crowland Abbey ACNY FB

8:00pm: Eucharist, St Andrew's Rippingale FB

8:00pm: Mass livestream Deepings Catholic

8:00pm: Holy Communion, St James, Moulton Chapel ACNY

10:00pm: 'Midnight' Mass, Tydd St Mary ACNY FB

10:00pm: 'Midnight' Mass, St Matthew's, Sutton Bridge ACNY FB

11:00pm: Midnight Mass Bourne Catholic

11:00pm: Midnight Eucharist, St Mary's, Pinchbeck FB - pre-booking required - cancelled (2pm, 24/12)

11:30pm: Midnight Mass, All Saints, Holbeach ACNY, carols in the churchyard, booking required

11:30pm: Midnight Mass, St Andrew's West Deeping ACNY FB

11:30pm: Holy Communion via Zoom, Crowland Abbey ACNY FB

11:30pm: Midnight Mass, Deeping St James Priory FB - pre-booking required

11:30pm: Midnight Mass, Deeping St Nicholas ACNY

11:30pm: Midnight Mass, St Guthlac's, Market Deeping FB

11:30pm: Midnight Mass, St John's

11:30pm: Midnight Mass, St Martin of Tours, Barholme-with-Stowe ACNY FB

11:30pm: Midnight Communion, St Mary's, Whaplode FB

11:30pm: Midnight Mass, St Mary & St Nicolas FB

11:30pm: Midnight Mass, St Mary Magdalene, Gedney ACNY

11:30pm: Midnight communion, St Michael & All Angels, Langtoft FB Ness Group FB

11:30pm: First communion of Christmas, St Paul's FB

11:30pm: Midnight Mass, St Peter & St Paul, Gosberton ACNY FB

11:45pm: Midnight Mass, St John the Baptist, Whaplode Drove ACNY

12:00am: Midnight Mass, Immaculate Conception & St Norbert's FB

Friday 25 December, Christmas Day - churches open or online; please check with the church for advance booking arrangements

8:00am: BCP Holy Communion, St Firmin's, Thurlby FB Ness Group FB

8:30am: Holy Communion, St Thomas of Canterbury, Greatford ACNY FB

8:45am: Mass Bourne Catholic

9:00am: Broadcast Christmas Communion, online, All Saints, Holbeach ACNY

9:00am: Mass, Holy Trinity, Holbeach

9:30am: Christmas Communion, Sutton St Edmund ACNY

9:30am: Christmas morning Communion, St Gilbert & St Hugh, Gosberton Clough ACNY FB

10:00am: Christmas Eucharist, Bourne Abbey ACNY

10:00am: Christmas morning, Broad Street Methodist FB

10:00am: Family Communion, Deeping St James Priory FB

10:00am: Gosberton Baptist FB

Please see Circuit Plan for Gosberton / ~ Clough Methodist Church services

10:00am: Christmas Morning at Lighthouse FB

10:00am: Service of the word, St Bartholomew's, West Pinchbeck FB - pre-booking required

10:00am: Christmas family eucharist, St Firmin's, Thurlby FB Ness Group FB

10:00am: All age Holy Communion, St Guthlac's, Market Deeping FB

10:00am: Christmas Morning, St John's

10:00am: Christmas family Eucharist, St John's, Baston Ness Group FB

10:00am: Service of extended communion, St Laurence, Surfleet FB - pre-booking required

10:00am: Parish Communion, St Mary's, Long Sutton ACNY FB

10:00am: Christmas family eucharist, St Michael & All Angels, Langtoft FB Ness Group FB

10:00am: Holy Communion, St Michael & All Angels, Uffington ACNY FB

10:00am: St Nicolas, Lutton ACNY

10:30am: Mass Deepings Catholic

10:30am: Christmas Day worship, Spalding Baptist FB

10:30am: Christmas Morning worship, venue tbc/via Zoom Harvest Church FB

10:30am: Holbeach Methodist - almost full to capacity (11/12/20)

10:30am: Family communion, St Mary & St Nicolas FB

10:30am: Parish Eucharist, St Michael's, Edenham ACNY FB

11:00am: Holy Communion via Zoom, Crowland Abbey ACNY FB

11:00am: Mass, Immaculate Conception & St Norbert's FB