Christmas at St Chad’s

Not surprisingly we have a lot planned for the festive season at St Chad’s. Our All Age Communion service at 10am on 3 December not only celebrates the 1st Sunday of Advent but also “Stir Up Sunday”. This goes “way back” when, in England, one of the Bible readings which starts "Stir up, we beseech thee, O Lord, the wills of thy faithful people…" was used as a reminder to make the family Christmas pudding! We shall. amongst other things, be starting a Christmas Cake which we will share together at our traditional service of 9 Lessons and Carols at 7pm on Christmas Eve. This carol service will replace our normal 10am service on 24th.

On 10 December we not only have our usual 10am service but we welcome back the Pohutukawa Singers at 4pm for a concert of seasonal and not so seasonal music - entitled ’Tis the season..!’

On Christmas Day at 10am we welcome everyone to our short Family Communion Service which will include a delightful video called “Amazing Days”.

Details of all of these events and more can be found on the St Chad’s website www.saintchadshuapai.com All in our community are welcome to any and all of these services/events. And a very Happy Christ-mas to you!