WITH the festive season just around the corner, a Wokingham parish is preparing to celebrate Christmas.
St Paul’s Church on Reading Road will hold reflective Christmas services, as well as events for younger children.
The parish embraces three church families: St Paul’s Church, St Nicholas Church,which meets in Emmbrook Village Hall, and Woosehill Church, situated behind Hawthornes School.
The Reverend Canon Richard Lamey, said:”I love Christmas for so many reasons, including meeting up with family, and remembering people I spent Christmas with in the past.
“And I love the way that the Church offers somewhere for the whole community to gather together.
“There, at the heart of it all, in the middle of all the busyness, organisation, and rush, people can come and find a still, calm space, with a manger, where a baby is born at night time just because God loves us, and can’t bear to be apart from us any longer.”
St Paul’s Church Christmas services begin on Sunday, December 17 with Nine Lessons and Carols at 6.15pm.
Then on Wednesday, December 20 there will be a Crib Service for younger children at 10am.
On Sunday, December 24, Christingle Services will take place at 3pm and at 5pm, followed by Midnight Mass at 11pm.
And on Monday, December 25, a Book of Common Prayer Communion Service will take place at 8am, with a Christmas Day Eucharist at 9.30am.
At St Nicholas Church, on Sunday, December 24, Midnight Mass will be celebrated at 9pm.
Woosehill Church will hold a Carol Service on Sunday, December 17, at 7.30pm, and a Crib Service on Sunday, December 24, at 4pm.
Morning Worship will take place on Christmas Day, December 25, at 10am.
For more information, call: 0118 979 2122m email church.office@stpauls.co.uk or visit: www.spauls.co.uk
