2005 Christmas Services - Harrogate

A selection of special Christmas services in and around Harrogate, with separate listings for Knaresborough and Wetherby. Many services and most churches are listed; apologies for errors, omissions and late changes. A brochure of Harrogate services has been circulated to Harrogate Tourist Info, hotels and selected shops . This listing was last updated on December 18, 2005 .
The brochure front (including map) and services listing (colour / black & white) can be dowloaded as pdf files.

Sunday 27 November
10:30am Advent Morning Worship, Pannal Methodist (Map)

2:00pm - 4:00pm: Posada Procession and Party, Pannal Methodist (Map)

6:00pm Advent Carol Service, St John's, Bilton (Map)
6:00pm Advent Carol service, St Robert's, Pannal (Map)
6:30pm Methodist Circuit Advent Service; coffee after the service. Starbeck Methodist (Map)

Saturday 3 December
6:30pm American Gospel Choir singing Mass at St Aelred's (Map)

Sunday 4 December
10:00am Toy Service with parade, St John's, Bilton (Map)

4:00pm Christingle, St Robert's, Pannal (Map)

Tuesday 6 December
2:30pm Christmas Flower Demonstration by Susan Stead of Creative Flowers; £3, St Mark's (Map)

Thursday 8 December
7:30pm Wesley Guild Christmas service in Harrogate Hospital Chapel (Map)

Saturday 10 December
Daytime: New Life church Routemaster bus on Oxford Street (Map)
4:00pm Christingle service, Starbeck Methodist (Map)
4:00pm A Puppets Presentation of Christmas, Jennyfield Evangelical Church

7:00pm 'Signs and Blunders' by the Riding Lights Theatre Company: £5 & £3, St Mark's (Map)

Sunday 11 December
10:00am Family Carol service, Harlow Hill Methodist (Map)
10:30am The Christmas Celebration with Sunday School play, followed by shared buffet lunch; Calvary Chapel (Map)
10:30am Christingle Family service, Grove Road Methodist (Map)
10:30am Toy Service, Pannal Methodist (Map)
10:30am Family Carol service with Nativity, Wesley (Map)
10:45am Christmas Gift service led by Boys' and Girls' Brigade, Starbeck Methodist Church (Map)
10:45am Nativity service, Woodlands Methodist (Map)

4:00pm Christingle Service, Pannal Methodist (Map)
4:00pm Christingle Service, St John's, Bilton (Map) (Repeated at 6pm)

6:00pm Holy Communion, Grove Road Methodist (Map)
6:00pm Christingle Service, St John's, Bilton (Map)
6:30pm Advent Holy Communion, Wesley (Map)

7:30pm Youth Service at St Robert's, Pannal (Map)

Monday 12 December
6:30pm St Aidan's Carol Service at Christ Church (Map)
7:00pm Ashville College Carol service at Wesley (Map)

Thursday 15 December
Baptist church leading carols in Harrogate town centre

Friday 16 December
7:00pm Candlelight Carol Service followed by mince pies, Bilton Grange URC (Map)

Saturday 16 December
2:15pm on Wesley Chapel steps; all welcome to join in and sing the Advent messages. Led by Harrogate Christian Outreach

Sunday 18 December
8:00am Holy Communion, Wesley (Map)

9:30am Family Gift Service on the theme of the Chronicles of Narnia - with walk-through wardrobe! St Robert's, Pannal (Map)

10:00am 'Come to the Party' nativity service led by the Junior Church, Bilton Grange URC (Map)
10:00am Morning Family Christmas Worship, Jennyfield Evangelical Church
10:00am Morning service, Harlow Hill Methodist (Map)
10:00am Life Destiny Church Christmas Celebration at Harrogate Odeon cinema; cappuccino and mince pies (Map)
10:00am Christmas Guest Service at the Cedar Court Hotel, led by New Life Church (Map)
10:30am Junior church nativity, Baptist (Map)
10:30am Morning service, Grove Road Methodist (Map)
10:30am Family Carol Service, Pannal Methodist (Map)
10:30am Nativity and Lessons and Carols, St Paul's URC (Map)
10:30am Church Family Carol Service followed by coffee and mince pies, Trinity Methodist (Map)
10:30am Carol Service, Wesley (Map)
10:30am Christmas Celebration and Gift Service led by the Travellers' Fellowship Group, collecting toiletries for the Harrogate Homeless Project, West Park URC (Map)
10:45am Nativity service, Starbeck Methodist Church (Map)
10:45am Carol Service, St Mary's (Map)

3:00pm Christingle, St Luke's, (Map)

4:00am Carol service, Grove Road Methodist (Map)
4:00pm Candlelight carols, Harlow Hill Methodist (Map)
4:00am Church Family Choral Carol Service, Trinity Methodist (Map)

6:00pm Festival of Lessons and Carols, Christ Church (Map)
6:00pm Nine Lessons & Carols, St John's, Bilton (Map)
6:00pm Carol Service, St Michael and All Angels, Beckwithshaw (Map)
6:00pm Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, St Robert's, Pannal (Map)
6:00pm Nine Lessons & Carols (followed by sherry and mince pies), St Wilfrid's (Map)

6:30pm Carol Service, Elim Pentecostal Church (Map); following buffet (5pm - please book with office: 546461)
6:30pm Carols by Candlelight, Jennyfield Evangelical Church
6:30pm Carol Service, Mayfield Community Church (Map)
6:30pm Carol Service, St Peter's (Map)
6:30pm Evening Service, Wesley (Map)
6:30pm Carol service, Woodlands Methodist (Map)

7:00pm Starbeck Community Carol Service, St Andrew's (Map)
7:00pm Nine Lessons and Carols, St Mark's (Map)

8:00pm Theos (Contemporary worship), St John's, Bilton (Map)

Monday 19 December
10:30am, Christ Church Parish Centre (Map), with speaker Andrew Vertigan of Wetherby Salvation Army. Organised by Harrogate Christian Outreach
6:30pm Pannal Green, carol singing
6:30pm - 8:30pm, Sainsbury's (Map), Christ Church choir charity carol singing

Tuesday 20 December
9:45am St Peter's school Carol Service, St Peter's (Map)
2:00pm Tax Office Carol Service, St Peter's (Map)

Wednesday 21 December
12:30pm Harrogate Hospital Trust Service in Harrogate Hospital Chapel (Map)
1:00pm Spotlight on Christmas - poetry and readings and music, Wesley (Map)

6:30pm Carol service followed by tea and mince pies, Starbeck Methodist Church (Map)

7:30pm Tewit Youth Band in concert, St Mark's (Map)

Thursday 22 December
2:00pm ‘Scrub that manger' by the Riding Lights Theatre Company: £5 & £3, St Andrew's (Map)
6:00pm Town Centre Churches Together Area Group singing carols in Harrogate Market Square
6:30pm Pannal, carol singing around the village

Friday 23 December
6:00pm Christingle Service, Bilton Grange URC (Map)
7:30pm Stuart Menzies Farrant with his band, live for the Rock ConneXion Christmas Concert; £10 for four tickets; St Peter's (Map)
7:30pm Christmas with Quintessential, with Christmas music from England and Renaissance Germany, choral songs of the early 20th Century and Elizabethan madrigals. Tickets £8 from Harrogate music shops or at the door. Seasonal refreshments. St Mark's (Map)

Christmas Eve
11:00am Crib Service, St Michael and All Angels, Beckwithshaw (Map)

3:30pm Journey to Bethlehem, St Mark's (Map) (repeated at 5pm)
3:00pm Children's crib service, Woodlands Methodist (Map)

4:00pm Crib service, Christ Church (Map)
4:00pm United Crib service, Harlow Hill Methodist (Map)
4:00pm Christmas praise family service, St John's, Bilton (Map) (Repeated at 6pm)
4:00pm Crib Service , St Mary's (Map)
4:00pm Crib Service, with donkey, St Robert's, Pannal (Map) (Repeated at 5:15pm)
4:00pm Christingle service, St Wilfrid's (Map)
4:30pm Bar and Grove Road chapels Christmas Eve Holy Communion at Bar Methodist (Map)

5:00pm Christingle (Children's Carol Service), St Peter's (Map)
5:00pm Children's Mass, St Robert's RC (Map)
5:00pm Journey to Bethlehem, St Mark's (Map)
5:15pm Crib Service, with donkey, St Robert's, Pannal (Map)
5:30pm Christingle Service, St Andrew's (Map)
5:30pm Christingle Service, St Paul's URC (Map)

6:00pm Christmas praise family service, St John's, Bilton (Map)
6:00pm Nativity Play, Knaresborough market square. Full listing for Knaresborough also available.
6:00pm Christmas Eve Carol Service, Woodfield Gospel Hall (Map)
6:30pm Vigil Mass, St Aelred's RC (Map)

7:00pm Vigil Mass, St Robert's RC (Map)
7:15pm Holy Communion, Killinghall Methodist (Map)

9:00pm Christmas Eve Communion Service, St Robert's, Pannal (Map)

11:00pm First Eucharist of Christmas, Christ Church (Map)
11:00pm Midnight Mass, St Aelred's RC (Map)
11:00pm Midnight Communion, St Mary's (Map)
11:15pm Holy Communion in Hampsthwaite at St Thomas à Becket, (Map)
11:15pm Holy Communion for Christmas night, Woodlands Methodist (Map)
11:30pm Carols by Candlelight, Baptist (Map)
11:30pm Christmas Eve Holy Communion, Pannal Methodist (Map)
11:30pm Midnight Communion, St John's, Bilton (Map)
11:30pm Carols followed by Midnight Mass, St Joseph's RC (Map)
11:30pm Midnight Mass by candlelight, St Luke's, (Map)
11:30pm Midnight Holy Communion, St Mark's (Map)
11:30pm Midnight Communion, St Michael and All Angels, Beckwithshaw (Map)
11:30pm Midnight Mass, St Peter's (Map)
11:30pm Midnight Communion, St Robert's, Pannal (Map)
11:30pm Christmas Eve Service of Holy Communion, Trinity Methodist (Map)
11:30pm Carols and Midnight Communion, Wesley (Map)
11:30pm Service of lessons and carols by candlelight, with friends from other churches; music led by the West Park Music Group, West Park URC (Map)
11:30pm Midnight Mass, St Wilfrid's (Map)

12:00am Midnight Mass, St Robert's RC (Map)

Christmas Day
8:00am Holy Communion, Christ Church (Map)
8:00am Holy Communion, St John's, Bilton (Map)
8:00am Mass, St Joseph's RC (Map)
8:00am Holy Communion, St Mark's (Map)
8:00am Holy Communion, St Robert's, Pannal (Map)
8:00am Holy Communion, St Wilfrid's (Map)
8:30am Holy Communion, St Peter's (Map)

9:00am Mass, St Robert's RC (Map)
9:00am Christmas Communion, All Saints congregation at Harlow Hill (Map)
9:30am Christmas morning with the West Park congregation at Harrogate Baptist Church (Map)
9:30am Family Communion, St Peter's (Map)
9:30am Family Communion (toys- and presents- based talk), St Robert's, Pannal (Map)
9:45am Christmas Day Celebratory Family Worship, Pannal Methodist (Map)
9:45am Family service, Starbeck Methodist Church (Map)

10:00am Parish Eucharist for Christmas Day, Christ Church (Map)
10:00am Christmas morning celebration, with toys and kids: Elim Pentecostal Church (Map);
10:00am Family service, Harlow Hill Methodist (Map)
10:00am Christmas morning Mass, St Aelred's RC (Map)
10:00am Parish Communion, St John's, Bilton (Map)
10:00am All Age Holy Communion, St Mark's (Map)
10:00am Sung Parish Mass, St Wilfrid's (Map)
10:00am Lord's Supper, Woodfield Gospel Hall (Map)
10:30am Meeting for Worship, Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) (Map)
10:30am Mass, St Robert's RC (Map)
10:30am Christmas Day united service with members of Bar chapel at Grove Road Methodist (Map)
10:30am Morning Service, Mayfield Community Church (Map)
10:30am Christmas Morning Family Communion, St Luke's, (Map)
10:30am Christmas morning worship, St Paul's URC (Map)
10:30am Christmas Morning Family Service, Trinity Methodist (Map)
10:45am All Age Christmas Communion, St Mary's (Map)
10:45am Christmas Family Service , Wesley (Map)
10:45am Family service, Woodlands Methodist (Map)

11:00am Christmas Service in Harrogate Hospital Chapel (Map)
11:00am Christmas Morning Celebration, Jennyfield Evangelical Church
11:00am Christmas Morning Mass, St Joseph's RC (Map)
11:00am BCP Holy Communion, St Michael and All Angels, Beckwithshaw (Map)
11:00am Christmas Morning Service, St Peter's (Map)

12:00 noon Holy Communion, Christ Church (Map)

Saturday 31 December
4:00pm Lighting of the New Year candles, St Peter's (Map)

11:30pm Watchnight Service, St Peter's (Map)

Sunday 1 January 2006
8:30am Holy Communion, St Peter's (Map)

9:30am Parish Communion, St Robert's, Pannal (Map)
9:30am Holy Communion, St Peter's (Map)

10:30am New Year joint service: Baptists, St Paul's URC together at West Park URC (Map)

11:00am Harrogate Bell Ringers service, St Michael and All Angels, Beckwithshaw (Map)
11:00am Choral Communion, St Peter's (Map)

3:00pm United Methodist Circuit service, followed by Faith Tea, Wesley (Map)

6:30pm Evening service, Mayfield Community Church (Map)
6:30pm Choral Evensong, St Peter's (Map)

Further details awaited; please contact the Secretary to add your event.

Last updated December 18, 2005 by Webmaster

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