{"id":3174,"date":"2019-11-28T17:07:45","date_gmt":"2019-11-28T15:07:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3174"},"modified":"2021-01-04T16:47:23","modified_gmt":"2021-01-04T14:47:23","slug":"christmas-services-at-christ-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/2019\/11\/christmas-services-at-christ-church\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Services at Christ Church"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:calc( 1460px + 0px );margin-left: calc(-0px \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-0px \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:0px;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:0px;--awb-spacing-left-medium:0px;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:0px;--awb-spacing-left-small:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Christingle &amp; Toy Service &#8211; December 1st 10am<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>A child friendly, family service where we each receive a candle to remind us that Jesus is the Light of the World. The candle is placed in an orange, decorated with fruits to symbolise the fruits of the earth, tied with a red ribbon to remember Christ\u2019s blood shed on the cross for us. You are invited to bring a soft toy to put under the tree as a gift for a child.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lessons &amp; Carol Service &#8211; December 22<\/strong><strong><sup>nd<\/sup><\/strong><strong> 6.30pm<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>A Candlelit service telling the Christmas Story in readings and carols sung by the choir and congregation. Followed by mulled wine and light refreshments.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Crib Service \u2013 December 24th 5pm<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>An opportunity for the whole family to enjoy the Christmas story together and sing well known and much-loved carols. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Midnight Mass  December 24th 11.30pm<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>A traditional candlelit service heralding our celebration of the birth of Jesus. Sing all the traditional carols. Start Christmas!<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Family Christmas Day Service December 25<\/strong><strong><sup>th<\/sup><\/strong><strong> 10.00am<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>A short, morning service aimed at families with young children. A chance to celebrate the birth of Jesus, hear the Christmas story and join in with traditional carols.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong><br>Watchnight Service December 31<\/strong><strong><sup>st<\/sup><\/strong><strong> 6pm<br><\/strong>See in the New Year together. Celebrate the hope that a New Year brings. All are welcome.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Welcome at Christ Church &#8211; Christmas can be a lonely and isolated time of year for some. Christ Church is open every day during daylight hours<\/p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-services"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3174"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3174\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5631,"href":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3174\/revisions\/5631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}