CHURCHES across Tynedale are planning a whole host of special festive services for all the family this Christmas.
HEXHAM
Hexham Abbey, Beaumont Street
Candlelit Carol Service Friday, December 23 and Saturday, December 24 at 6.30pm.
Crib service Saturday, December 24 at 3pm.
Midnight communion Saturday, December 24 at 11.30pm.
Holy communion Sunday, December 25 at 8.30am.
Christmas Day Eucharist Sunday, December 25 at 10am.
Hexham Community Church, Beaumont Street
Christmas celebration Sunday, December 25 at 10.30am.
Hexham Trinity Methodist Church, Beaumont Street.
All age Christmas celebration Saturday, December 24 at 4.30pm.
Christmas holy communion Saturday, December 24 at 7pm.
All age Christmas Day service Sunday, December 25 at 10.30am.
Hexham West End Methodist Church, Shaftoe Leazes
Christmas Day service Sunday, December 25 at 10.30am.
Hexham Quakers, meets at Hexham Community Centre, Gilesgate.
Meeting for worship Sundays at 10am.
St Aidan’s United Reformed Church, Hencotes
Christmas Eve candlelit carols Saturday, December 24 at 11.30pm.
St Mary’s Roman Catholic Church, Hencotes
Vigil mass with carols Saturday, December 24 at 7.30pm.
Mass to celebrate the nativity of Our Lord Sunday, December 25 at 10am.
St John Lee Church
Blessing of the crib Saturday, December 24 at 3.30pm.
Midnight mass Saturday, December 24 at 11.30pm.
Christmas morning communion service Sunday, December 25 at 10am.
The Point Church, meets at Priory School, Corbridge Road
Christmas Day service held at the bandstand Sunday, December 25 at 10am.
CORBRIDGE
St Andrew’s Church
Crib service Saturday, December 24 at 3pm.
Roman Catholic mass Saturday, December 24 at 5pm.
Candlelit carol service Saturday, December 24 at 7.30pm.
Midnight communion Saturday, December 24 at 11.30pm.
Holy communion Sunday, December 25 at 8am.
Family communion Sunday, December 25 at 9.30am.
St Oswald’s Church, Halton
Holy communion Sunday, December 25 at 9.15am.
ALLEN VALLEYS
St Cuthbert’s Church, Allendale
Holy communion Saturday, December 24 at 11pm.
Family communion Sunday, December 25 at 11am.
Holy Trinity, Whitfield
Holy communion Sunday, December 25 at 9.30am.
NORTH TYNE AND REDESDALE
St Christoper’s Church, Gunnerton
Crib service Saturday, December 24 at 5pm.
St Aidan’s Church, Thockrington
Family communion Sunday, December 25 at 9am
St Giles’s Church, Birtley
Family communion Sunday, December 25 at 10.30am
St Aidan’s Church, Thorneyburn
Candlelit carol service Friday, December 23 at 7pm.
Parish communion Sunday, December 25 at 11am.
All Saints Church, West Woodburn
Carol service Saturday, December 24 at 4pm.
Parish communion Sunday, December 25 at 11am.
St John’s Church, Otterburn
Crib and carol service Saturday, December 24 at 4pm.
St Cuthbert’s Church, Bellingham
Christingle service Saturday, December 24 at 7pm.
Midnight mass Saturday, December 24 at 11.30pm.
Family eucharist Sunday, December 25 at 9.30am.
St Peter’s Church, Falstone
Christmas service Saturday, December 24 at 9pm.
St Cuthbert’s Church, Elsdon
Midnight mass Saturday, December 24 at 11.30pm.
Holy Trinity Church, Horsley
Parish communion Sunday, December 25 at 9am.
St Francis’ Church, Byrness
Family service Sunday, December 25 at 10am.
EAST TYNEDALE
St Elizabeth’s Church, Minsteracres
Carols and midnight mass Saturday, December 24 at 11.30pm.
Christmas Day mass Sunday, December 25 at 9.30am.
St Peter’s Church, Bywell
Parish communion Sunday, December 25 at 9am.
St Mary Magdelene Church, Prudhoe
Christingle and crib building service Saturday, December 24 at 4pm and 6pm.
Midnight mass Saturday, December 24 at 11.30pm.
Family service Sunday, December 25 at 10am.
SOUTH TYNEDALE
Holy Cross Church, Haltwhistle
Christingle service Saturday, December 24 at 6pm.
Family eucharist Sunday, December 25 at 9.30am.
St Cuthbert’s, Greenhead
Midnight mass Saturday, December 24 at 11.30pm.
PONTELAND
St Mary the Virgin, Ponteland
Family carols Saturday, December 24 at 3pm and 4pm.
Carol service Saturday, December 24 at 7pm.
Midnight mass Saturday, December 24 at 11.30pm.
Holy communion Sunday, December 25 at 8am.
Family communion Sunday, December 25 at 10am.
Holy Saviour Church, Milbourne
Holy communion Sunday, December 25 at 11.15am.
* This is not an exhaustive list. All information was correct, to the best of our knowledge, at the time of going to press
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