Christmas Services 2023

Details of your local Christmas services can be found on our Christmas Service page. These will be updated over the coming weeks, so do check back if your local church's details aren't here yet. 

Christmas Services 2022

 Details of your local Christmas services can be found on our Christmas Service page. These will be updated over the coming weeks, so do check back if your local church's details aren't here yet. We are also taking part in Hoddesdon Loves Christmas.

Drive In Carols (UPDATED DUE TO TIER FOUR)

Sadly, due to the Tier Four restrictions announced today, we can non longer meet at Paradise Wildlife Park. HOWEVER, we are determined to celebrate Christmas, and so we are now holding it online instead! The service will be streamed at 5.30pm below, and will be available to catch up later. The song sheet can be downloaded here.

Bryn is Back!

This Christmas, renown guitarist Bryn Haworth is back to celebrate with us! Details to be published on our dedicated page as they become available.

Christmas Outreach Thanks!

A big thank you to all who helped at our various Christmas activities this year. It was fantastic to be part of Hoddesdon Loves Christmas, both the craft activity/prayer tree during the day and the parade in the evening (what a success that was, never seen so many people!) with our star. The Lebkuchen distribution was again a great success, it was lovely to return back to local businesses we gave them too last year and to extend it to Broxbourne and Wormley as well.

Christmas Services

Details of our Christmas Services this year will be posted to our new Christmas page as they become available.

Christmas Services at your Local Churches

Broxbourne United Reform Church

• Sunday 21st - 10.30am, Nativity Café: the Nativity story celebrated in a café setting & 6.30pm, Lessons and Carols by Candlelight with traditional refreshments afterwards
• Christmas Eve - 11.30pm, Service of Reflection and Holy Communion
• Christmas Day - 10.00am, All Age celebration of Christmas

Hoddesdon Baptist Church:

• 21st December - 10:00am An All Age Advent service - Carols, Bible reading, lighting Advent candles and preparing for Christmas.  
• 21st December - 7:00pm Carol Service - A special service of storytelling, poems and traditional Christmas carols.
• 25th December - 10:00am Family Celebration of Christmas Day with Rev Chris Johnson

Hoddesdon Methodist Church:

• Sunday 21st December - 6.30pm, Carol Service
• Christmas Eve - 3pm, Messy Church Christingle Workshop followed by 4pm, Christingle Service & 11.30pm, Christmas Eve Midnight Communion
• Christmas Day - 9.45am, Christmas Day Family Service

Overcomer Outreach Ministries:

• 21st December - 1-3.30pm, Christmas Carols followed by Christmas get together
• Christmas Day - 1-2pm, Christmas service

Riverside:

• Sun. 14th - 11am Family Service @ High Leigh followed by Christmas meal (pre-booking for the meal is needed)
• Sun. 21st - 4pm At Home For Christmas: a family, fun, relaxed celebration of Christ's birth with carols, games, food and Christmas traditions from around the world.
• Christmas day 10:15am - 10:45am  - Morning service: a short family celebration.

St Augustine's (CofE), Broxbourne & St Laurence, Wormley:

• Sunday 7th December - 9.30am, Christingle Service at St Laurence & 9.30am, Christingle Service at St Augustine’s
• Sunday 21st December - 11am, Christmas Crib Service at St Augustine’s & 6.30pm, Carols by Candlelight at St Laurence
• Christmas Eve - 2.30pm, Christmas Crib Service at St Laurence, 4pm, Carols by Candlelight (child-friendly) at St Augustine’s, 6.30pm, Carols by Candlelight at St Augustine’s, & 11.30pm, First Communion of Christmas at both churches
• Christmas Day - 9.30am, Said Holy Communion at St Laurence, 10.30am, Christmas All Age Service at St Augustine’s

St Augustine's (RC)

• Sunday 21st December - 5.30pm, Parish Carol Service
• Christmas Eve - 11.30pm followed by Midnight Mass 
• Christmas Day - 9.15am and 11.15am Mass

St. Catherine & St. Paul's

• Sunday 21st December - 6:30pm, Carols by Candlelight followed by mince pies & mulled wine!
• Christmas Eve - 4.30pm, Christingle Service & 11pm, Midnight Communion
• Christmas Day - 10:30am, Christmas Day Family Celebration with Holy Communion

St. Cuthbert's

• Friday 19th Dec - Messy Church, 4-5.30pm
• Sun 21st Dec - 6pm, Nine Lessons & Carols
• Christmas Eve - 4pm, Family Carols followed by the Big Tea & 11.15pm, Midnight Communion
• Christmas Day - 10am, Family Communion Service

Wormley Free Church

• Sunday 21st December - 6pm, Carols by Candlelight, Wormley Community Centre
• Christmas Eve - 11.30pm, Christmas Eve Communion, Wormley Free Church, Slipe Lane
• Christmas Day - 10.30am, All Age Celebration, Wormley Free Church, Slipe Lane