Christmas, Services

Crib Services, Midnight Mass and Christmas Day Services

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Christmas Eve

Come along to our Crib Services across the parish on 24th of December, Christmas Eve.

15:00 at St John’s

17:30 at St Mark’s

17:30 at St George’s

Plus a special Toddler Crib Service at

15:00 at St George’s

Crib Services are for all ages and tell the Christmas story with lots of congregation participation. Come dressed as your favourite Nativity character or just come and join the fun and sing Christmas carols.

Midnight Mass and Christmas Day

Come along to Midnight Mass and our Christmas Day Services across the Parish.

Midnight Mass is a traditional way to see in Christmas and to celebrate the birth of the Christ child with Holy Communion. All are welcome.

Midnight Mass at St George’s 24th December 11:30pm

Midnight Mass at St John’s 24th December 11:30pm

Come and celebrate Christmas and sing your favourite carols on Christmas morning. There is also Holy Communion and all are welcome.

Christmas Day service at St John’s at 9:30am

Christmas Day service at St George’s at 10am

Christmas Day service at St Mark’s at 11am

Christmas, Services

Carol Services

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Come along to our assortment of carol services taking place across the parish. Join in with your favourite carols and hear the story of Christmas in Bible readings.

St Mark’s on 8 December 6:00pm

St John’s on 10 December 6:00pm

St George’s on 17 December 6:00pm

Carols around the tree at St George’s, 18 December

Open air Carol Service at Hale Chapels (in Hale Cemetery) on 20 December 7:00pm – 8:30pm. The Mayor will be at this Carol Service and there will be refreshments afterwards at St Mark’s.

Christingle, Services

Christingle

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Come along to our Christingle Service at St. Mark’s Church on the 10th December, from 11:00am to 12:00pm.

Christingles are a tradition whereby the story of God’s love for the world, shown in Jesus Christ, is told using an orange, a candle, a red ribbon and dried fruits and/or sweets.

Each element of a Christingle has a special meaning:

·  The orange represents the world;

·  The red ribbon (or tape) symbolises the love and blood of Christ;

·  The sweets and dried fruit represent all of God’s creation and/or the seasons;

·  The lit candle represents Jesus’s light in the world.

The word Christingle comes from the German word ‘Christkindl’, meaning ‘Little Christ Child’.

The service has its origin in the Moravian church in the 18th century. The Children’s Society has explored the origins of the Christingle service and its website states: “At a children’s service in Marienborn in 1747, Bishop Johannes de Watteville looked for a simple way to explain the happiness that had come to people through Jesus, and created a symbol — the Christingle — to do this”.

Christingle services are also a way of raising money and awareness for the Children’s Society which works to support vulnerable children across the  UK. You can find out more here: www.childrenssociety.org.uk/

St John's Church

A Record of St. John’s

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The Church Recorders completed their work at St John’s Church and last month presented the parish with a book which has a record of everything inside – the windows; memorials; ironwork; textiles; the organ; the woodwork; stonework; and documents – essentially a snapshot of the church in 2023.

The recorders are members of The Arts Society Farnham, and are led by Margaret Popovic and Alison Boydell. They said afterwards: “We had a very warm welcome at St John’s for our presentation. We were pleased when Alan said how interested he’d been to read the St Mark’s Record and was looking forward to seeing what we’d written about St John’s. Afterwards we had an unexpected treat with Diana’s delicious cake!”

The book is available in St John’s which is open daily for prayer as well as on Sunday mornings for a service at 9.30am.

Christmas, Craft, St Mark's Church

November Craft Market

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 Come join us for the November Craft Market this Saturday, to get your hands on some beautiful homemade crafts and support your local community.

This month only our craft market will be visited by none other than Santa! So please come along and get into the Christmas spirit with us.

Its free entry and starts from 10am – 2pm Saturday, 18th November at St. Mark’s Church, Alma Lane, Upper Hale

Here are some examples of the crafts are wonderful stalls make:



Serving the Villages North of Farnham: Badshot Lea, Hale, Heath End & Weybourne