Advent & Christmas Services & Activities

Christmas Bazaar
Saturday 25 November
10.00 am – 1.00 pm, St Andrew’s Church
11 London Road, Wickford SS12 0AN
(for the Wickford & Runwell Team Ministry – St Andrew’s, St Catherine’s & St Mary’s)

• School Choirs performing
• Guess the weight of the cake
• Tombola & Bottle Tombola
• Christmas Gifts & Crafts
• How many sweets?
• Cakes & Produce
• Name the Teddy
• Children’s Lucky Dip
• Meet Santa
• Refreshments
& Grand Christmas Draw

Mission to Seafarers talk & Sea Shanty singing
Friday 1 December 2023, 7.00 pm
St Andrew’s Church, 11 London Road, Wickford SS12 0AN

Hear Rev Paul Trathen, Port Development Manager for Mission to Seafarers, speak about the work of the charity around the world and hear Sea Shanties sung by local group The Crayhillbillies. Part of ‘Unveiled’, the fortnightly Friday night arts and performance event at St Andrew’s Church.

Advent Coffee Morning

Saturday 2 December, 9.00 am - 12 noon

St Catherine’s Church Hall 

Homemade cakes, Tombola, Bric-a-Brac, Raffle, Refreshments etc.

Advent Services

• Mondays in Advent: Advent Night Prayer with Reflection, 8pm in St Catherine’s (4, 11, 18 December)
• Sunday 10th December: Advent Carol Service, 6.30pm in St Catherine’s
• Wednesday 13th December: Messy Church, 4pm in St Andrew’s
• Sunday 17th December: Parish Carol Service, 6.30pm in St Andrew’s
• Friday 22nd December: ‘Blue Christmas’ service, 6.30pm in St Mary’s for those who are grieving and for whom a Happy Christmas will be difficult

A Service of Lessons and Carols

Tuesday 5 December, 6.30 pm

St Catherine's Church

Beauchamps High School
Invites you to
A Service of lessons
and Carols
Everyone Welcome
Free Entry
Tuesday 5th December 2023
St. Catherines Church,
Southend Road, Wickford

Take Note in concert
Saturday 9 December, 3.00 pm
St Andrew’s Church, 11 London Road, Wickford SS12 0AN

Take Note are an all-male a Cappella group of up to 12 singers formed in 2015. They sing many genres of music across many eras in four-part harmony. Their wide-ranging repertoire includes traditional male voice choir numbers, popular songs from the 50s and 60s sung in close harmony doo wop style, comedy items and other a Cappella arrangements that they think will appeal to their audiences. This concert is a fundraiser for St Andrew’s Church. No tickets required. Donations requested on the day.

Messy Nativity

Wednesday13 December, 4 p.m. for 2 hours

St Andrew's Church, 11 London Road Wickford, SS2 0AN

​Messy Church is a way of being church for families and others. It is Christ-centred, for all ages, based on creativity, hospitality and celebration.

Film Night: It's a Wonderful Life. 

Friday 15 December 2023, 7.00 pm
St Andrew’s Church, 11 London Road, Wickford SS12 0AN

The story of dejected & desperate George Bailey, who's spent his whole life in the small town of Bedford Falls, but longs to explore the world. Reaching rock bottom, he starts to believe that everyone in his life would be better off if he had never been born. An angel shows him how important a role he's had in the lives of friends & family.

Sunday 24th December, Christmas Eve:

• Eucharists 9.30am St Mary’s, 10am St Andrew’s, 11am St Catherine’s
• Christingle Service 2pm, 3pm, 4pm in St Catherine’s
• Crib Service 2pm and 3.30pm in St Mary’s
• Crib Service 5pm in St Andrew’s
• Midnight Mass 11.30pm in St Andrew’s, St Catherine’s and St Mary’s

Monday 25th December, Christmas Day:

• Eucharist 9.30am in St Mary’s
• Eucharist, 10am in St Andrew’s
• Eucharist, 10.30am in St Catherine’s

Sunday 31st December:

• Joint Eucharist, 10.30am in St Mary’s 
• Songs of Praise, 6.30pm in St Catherine’s

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Graham Kendrick - The Candle Song (Like A Candle Flame).